Hi everyone!

OK, well I have been playing 3 games for exactly one month today and as you know each game has 4 collections that need to be completed. (Shells, Pebbles, Beetles and Butterflies)

I play this game all the time and I have been recovering from surgery for many weeks so all I do is rest in bed and play games. (Sounds like Heaven right? Not so much after 6 weeks of it! :)) Once I completed all the major puzzles I of course focused on getting those collections completed to see what would happen. After 30 days I have only completed one Butterfly collection. I am so frustrated with myself. It seems that the same items keep reappearing and I can spend an hour straight with a child just focusing on picking up items and after all that time might culminate in one new item to add to the collection. Is there anything I can do to speed up the freqency of new items? I am playing at the easy level on 2x speed. I have been keeping my populations in the 70s so I alway have children available to look for items. Do things like the number of children you have or putting people in key areas of the island trigger items appearing or is it just totally random luck?

I have seen many people post that they have completed all 4 collections. How did you do it? How long did it take you? If you have finished all 4 collections and want to post or PM me with advice I would really appreciate it.

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! Don't let anyone April Fool you today! LOL Fluteteacher