Why Don't We Ever Learn

Whenever we go camping, we lug around this huge bin filled with all sorts of buckets, shovels, rakes, sand molds and other stuff. The kids break it out, play with it for a few minutes and then move on. We forgot to bring it this time, so what did they do? They entertained themselves for hours (ok, maybe not actual hours) with four spoons, one small empty storage bin, one bucket and a bottle of water.