Because we are not "blessed" with having a sweet gum tree in our yard, the children have had to look elsewhere for these "treasures".It was very windy on Saturday & Sunday - so a bunch of sweet gums got blown into our yard and in front of our driveway.
The girl cheerfully collected them all - along with some from the neighbors yard I'm sure - and filled up this box.
According to her counting - she collected 1000 sweet gums!
The box is partially empty b/c there was a reason she collected all those sweet gums - so her and her brother could pretend that the balls were ammunition and have a little sweet gum war with them.
