Chapter 3 | Chapter 5

Current Score: 110

All these kids are hard work! We start with an age-up. I’ve chosen to let Betty be our female Bad Apple, so the only things I’m going to know about her are the pops ups and pictures I take. I can’t click on her at all. (Which is a lot harder than I expected!)

Maybe Inquisitive will help her learn skills?? (Spoiler: it doesn’t…)

Betty: “But why, Mommy?”

Proof of Brycen’s toddler skills, +15 for three maxed skills. I don’t have a cake picture, because, as you can see, I was desperately trying to get him to all three maxed skills, and he aged up on his own.

Here’s his rolls.

… And a not-so-great photo of him.

Finally, a useful promotion for Brett. He’s actually starting to make decent money… which we can always use!

Brett sleeps through the baby again. Becca’s totally got this under control, though.

+30 for baby boy #2

Good boy, studying like he should be. Way to go, Brycen!

More toddler time! .. Apparently I didn’t think to take a picture of him at this point, but don’t worry, you will see him before he ages to child.

Both Brett and Brycen rolled whims to play in the leaves, so I had to buy some deciduous trees and make them rake leaves for the afternoon.

Time for Bridget to grow up!

Only two skills maxed, so +10 points.

Apparently, I’m forgetting all sorts of pictures, so I went back in to get her skills….

.. And a good picture of her as a child. She’s very pretty!

Proof that I grew a cowplant. I immediately put in in the family inventory. No way am I dealing with that. LOL.

Working on little Betty’s skills. Also: finally, a picture of her without her hat.

Time to start working on painting skill so we can get paintings of everyone on the wall.

Brett looks like he’s absolutely DONE with all these kids. Poor guy, if only he knew what was coming!! Also, Vlad stopped by, so I was working on Becca’s relationship with him.

Brycen and Betty working on their friendship.

Finally: the promised picture of Beckham as a toddler. Betty doesn’t seem to like him all that much.

Betty and Brycen are now best of friends! I then send them to the park so they can meet some other kids.

While there, we try out this skating thing.

I invite all the kids in the area to skate, and we have quite a party. Nobody’s very good at it, though, and I have a feeling everyone went home with bruised egos and backsides.

Can you find the toddler?? Betty has escaped. I have no idea where she was going, but luckily she came back soon after.

Brett’s Adult birthday…

Not time to go immortal yet. I’m still waffling about whether I’ll try for getting him to as old as possible before he goes immortal. And whether he’ll be a vampire or a spellcaster. Tough choices.

I get the notice that it’s Betty’s birthday, and I age her up ASAP. Because then she can take care of herself!

There’s her first trait and aspiration. Not that she’ll get anywhere on the aspiration, though, since she’s unplayable.

I had to go back in to get a decent picture of her, too.

Getting her to work on her homework with influencing. So glad for the Parenting pack!

Guess what?! Here we go again, another nooboo incoming!

Becca makes the family a Winterfest Grand Breakfast to wake up to. Everyone seems to enjoy it.

Then, everyone helps with decorating the tree (Except Betty, who is still choosing to sit at the table).

She’s apparently all-in on present time, though. LOL. Typical kid.

Note the smoke behind Betty. This will come into play by the end of this day.

Someone got coal … and she’s NOT happy about it.

Presents from Father Winter.

Poor Betty won’t get one. But Bridget does.

While everyone is filing off to their beds… Father Winter decides to fix the radio. … Why the radio, Santa?? Why not the house’s ONLY toilet that’s four steps away from you??

Becca finally gets a better present. Although I have no recollection of what it was. I probably sold it.

Naughty freezing toddler! Get your waddling rear end back in the warm house!!

He gets back in just in time for his birthday, and Betty’s nice enough to sing him a song while he ages.

Here’s proof of his skills. +15 again.

Here’s his rolls.

And his birthday pic.. that I apparently actually DIDN’T forget. Amazing.

Caleb does the whole vampire knock on the door thing, and I have Brett spend some time with him. Just in case I decide to go vampire, you know.

And, finally, the next baby is here. (Crossing fingers that it’s not twins!)

I know, the name is kinda similar to Beckham’s name. But it is the first one that came up and made me think of Pirates of the Caribbean. So I went with it. +30 for Boy #3.

New Points Total: 230
This includes parent milestone points, too.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 5

Chapter 2 | Chapter 4

First thing I want to go through is the Sims 4 scoring, and the mini challenges I’ll be attempting since deciding to keep score is why I restarted the challenge for the third time…

Now that all that is attended to, I went in game and made two new founders with backstories:

I set the season to start at as Spring, and then absolutely could not decide on where to live, so I made my hubby choose. He picked Windenburg, and of the two big lots, I chose Dresden House. Kicked out the family and bulldozed the lot.. then moved the Braxtons in.. dropped their funds down to the 1800 Simoleons for a “Legacy Start” and we were officially ready to start.

First order of business: Have Becca quit her story-mode-given Culinary job. I plan on her being the stay-at-home parent.

I wasn’t really expecting the Teacher career for Brett, I was planning on going Tech Guru – but perhaps this will work out after all. So I have him start learning Research & Debate for work.

… And it begins. One of Becca’s first wishes was for a Bee Box, so there it is. Then she wants to water a plant. Which is a little tougher because .. it’s RAINING! We’ll have to wait and plant something quickly when the rain lets up.

After a while, one of them rolls a “Try for Baby” whim.. so we give it a try. (Spoiler.. it takes three tries to get the first baby on the way!)

Finally, baby success. She’s in her swimsuit because she wished for a pool. Took me a while to afford one, but she now has a 1 by 1 pool to satisfy her whim. Apparently it’s the new favorite place to eat meals and have conversations.

Geek Fest shows up, and, while Brett is at work, we have Becca go try to win a computer. She gets third place for 250, which isn’t too bad since she has no programming skill, but no computer.

The game contest gets her fun up, but she won’t be winning that one, either.

Ok, car that just went by: please come back and take away this half naked vampire!!

Uh-oh. Brett didn’t fix the toilet fast enough and Becca had an accident. Poor sweetie!

Yes, I got them a couch so they’d stop sitting in their suits at the pool so often. It only partially worked. Oh, and yes, I waited until the game gave us a bassinet for her to give birth in.

+30 Points! (Our first points!) Welcome, Brycen!

Yep, that means there’s another nooboo on the way. Also, if you’re looking very closely, we have our first roofed area: the baby’s room. I felt too bad having him out in the rain and cold.

Yay!! That Wild trait should be interesting, at least. Oh, and – It’ll be a bit before you get a good picture of him, since it’s pretty much always dark or raining. I do manage to buy them lights before he grows up, though.

The season changes, a thunderstorm hits, and we need a greenhouse to keep making money. So I enclose the plants, and send Becca and Brett inside to chat. Brycen apparently thinks it’s appropriate to talk to the bear during the storm, however. The stereo, the umbrella stand, and the bulletin board were all from whims.

Brycen: “Hey Mom, what are you doing??”

Becca: “ARRRGGGHHH!” (or something close to it.)

Also: the big circle on the wall is the thermostat that Becca wished for. Apparently she was getting cold. (Then stop getting in the pool, silly!!)

+30 more points. And welcome to Girl #1, Bridget.

Our last dark photo… because shortly after this, I finally get lights in the house! The highlights: Becca is pregnant again, the shower is filthy and Brett is still trying to get himself clean – and both Brycen and Bridget are sound asleep in the nursery. (For now.)

Finally. Meet Brycen! He’s working on his thinking skill.

Inquisitive isn’t too bad. Maybe it’ll help her skill faster?

Poor little girl is filthy and not happy about it, though. I have one of the parents fix that asap.

Nooboo # 3 incoming. And Brett sleeps through the entire thing. Which means he’s running around like a fool in the morning getting ready for work, which was hilarious.

First B name that was offered to me. I guess it’ll work. Perhaps I’ll make her the female bad apple?.. Or should I wait for a better house to do that in.. HMM

Oh, yeah.. and Becca is pregnant again.

We leave you with a picture of the three current kids in the “living room”. (Well, it’s more of a whole house room, but whatever. At least the parents finally have their own bed and aren’t out in the tent anymore.) We did manage to get through the tent phase with only one big scare – lightning hit the tent with both of them in it and burnt the tent to a crisp, but neither were harmed. Thank goodness. Took a while to replace the tent because we were out of money.. but that’s how this whole thing works!

Total Points currently: 110
90 from babies being born, 20 from parent aspiration milestones.

Chapter 2 | Chapter 4

Chapter 1 | Chapter 3

First order of business as soon as I load up the game: get some satisfaction points on Kody so I can get him a youth potion. He wants to be disliked by people.. so we find people to fight. Including the above vampire. Funny thing is… he won.

Where’s everyone else?

Mom’s teaching toddler…

Break time for dad.. and lunch time.

Working on her aspiration.. since I just figured out I can’t age her up early in this challenge.

Upgraded the house. Because I really hate it. Spoiler: upgrading didn’t make me like it anymore.

Kody gets his potion. Then .. I reread the rules.. again. and figured out I made a major mistake. I let them hire a gardener… and MOST their money has been from the garden…. and they haven’t been doing most the work. Feels very cheaty and wrong…. and since I’m absolutely done with this house.. I decide to make new founders and start over. So “Playing Hooky” Becomes the “Bell Boom”… and meet our new founders.

They were made via stories, but apparently I was too excited to get into game that I forgot to take pictures of their story results. Kaden started out unemployed, but with an aspiration that requires a job… Kamilla starts with a job, and me wanting to make her into the stay at home parent.

We bulldoze the largest lot in Brindleton Bay, drop their funds to 1800 for the “legacy start” and promptly load into a VERY rainy world. Kamilla quits her job…

… And Kaden gets his. Then I quickly buy them some stuff for living on the lawn.

The welcome wagon is all playing in the rain.. while Kaden and Kamilla stand around and chat. Successful party? I will leave that to you to decide.

As a cat lover, Kamilla needs a pet.. so we pick three cats to pick between.

This loveable furrball named Monty wins our heart, and a place in the family.

Kamilla bonds with the kitten, while Kaden wonders where all the pet stuff suddenly came from.

Time for that baby!!

Kaden complains about the pregnancy as most Sim fathers do.. but in this picture it looks like he’s complaining to the cat.

The very beginnings of a house.

Sadly, only the greenhouse and the bathroom have roofs. *laughs* .. It had changed seasons, so I needed to shelter the plants to keep getting produce from them for money.

Researching in the dark. While Monty keeps watch, apparently.

Baby time!!

And… it’s twin girls! Welcome Blair and Blaine. I’m going to try to do the “Not the Bs” mini challenge, so all the kids will have “B” names. This should be interesting.

Just in time for the toddlers to age up.. we get pregnancy #2 on the way.

Flying baby alert!!

Inquisitive. Not bad.

And she’s ADORABLE!

Independent. Also okay.

Grown-up Monty supervises while the second twin grows up.. also so cute. I love this family already.

Blair playing with the pink bear.

While Blaine gets potty trained. It always takes too much time to potty train.. especially with toddlers. But it must be done.

Paying our first bills. With mostly gardening money. And no, I didn’t hire a gardener this time. *wink* I suppose that’s as good a place to stop as any. So we’ll see you next time!

Chapter 1 | Chapter 3

Welcome/Contents/Links | Chapter 2

So it begins. I started this one a while ago, took a few pictures (read: a very few), and started playing. I was on a tear of starting new things, and getting to a point where I was bored of Sims. So.. here’s those pictures, and then some.

Before we start, a couple introductions: (both were created via story, and randomized for looks. Explains the outfits. LOL)

Adelynn Hook

Kory Hook

I buy them what little they can afford, then Adalynn immediately quits her job.. because, per the rules, only one parent can have a job at a time.

And, now that we know the parents.. time to get started on kids… right?

Adalynn is thrilled, Kory.. less so. Starting on the lawn has it’s own challenges, as it seems to be raining constantly.

The first toddler. Not going to be the last.

Kory’s reaction to the second kid.

Two toddlers. And another baby on the way.

Which makes this happen. Poor lil’ Betsy and mom.

I forgot to get her age up picture, apparently.

And we’re back to two toddlers. This is the house at this point. -mostly funded by Adalynn’s garden. This is also where I stopped to take a break from Sims.

When I came back, this is where we started.

Betsy and Mom having dinner.

Owen and Betsy working on skills. I try to push Owen to Top Notch Toddler, but he’s two skills short.

Yeah, because prying the knife out of the cutting board like that looks safe.

Clearly, we ran out of food, because poor Kory is grimacing over Fruit Loops. Probably the generic kind. *wink*

REALLY?!?  The CAT won? … Time to adopt a cat?

Still working on Owen’s skills. While Oliver makes a disaster.

And mom is clearly pregnant again. Note the stellar parenting skills as poor Oliver is now in the corner, alone and filthy.

Owen grows up with a bubbly bar, and missing said skills. At least he got Happy toddler.

And the Lazy trait. Hm. Ok…

Time for the next baby.

Meet a new baby boy: Lucas. (We’re going with the Boolpropboolprop naming scheme.) So that puts us to 3 boys, 1 girl.

Betsy, you’re not supposed to tick off the gnome. Kory then decides to play “kick the gnome” with the rest of them.

He apologizes by taking care of Lucas by himself.

I add onto the house, realizing that they have no living room, and Owen needs a chess table for his aspiration.

Said Chess table in use. Betsy loses. Twice.

It’s that time again.

Baby #5 on the way!… And that’s a good place to pause, I think. On to the next save… and done with this full rotation! Woohoo!

Welcome/Contents/Links | Chapter 2

**ON HIATUS**

I “needed” more medals on the boolprop forums, so I started a Baby Boom Challenge. I didn’t have much in the way of reasoning beyond that, other than that, maybe, I needed a shorter challenge that I could complete. (Shorter – as defined against the other challenges I’m undertaking. LOL.) The title of the challenge comes from 1, the family name of Hook.. and 2, my husband who came up with a nice catchy name. .. When I restarted in Chapter 2, I changed family names and, hence the name of the challenge. I then restarted – yet AGAIN – in Chapter three.. but I think this time will stick. The last restart was so I could take on extra mini challenges, and keep score this time.

The basic premise is to start with a Sim couple, and get them to have a minimum of 24 kids. 12 boys, 12 girls. You’re not done until you have all 12 of each. Anything over that amount doesn’t count – so you can’t do, say 15 boys and 9 girls. At the very least, it’s an interesting challenge. I find it better than 100 baby challenge, for sure, but I had to put some of my challenges on hold for a while. So this is one of them.