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House 012 Chapter 4 < | > House 012 Chapter 6

First, we check on our house goals:

House 012 Building Goals:
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (42k)
House 012 Generational Goals:
Complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Have The Drifter Declare another Sim an Enemy
-Then raise the relationship between The Drifter and their Enemy to BFF (good friends)
Have The Drifter Engage in and WIN 5 fights (3/5)
-Each win must be with a different Sim opponent
Produce and raise The Heir to the Young Adult life stage (child)

Four weeks until we’re done. I plan to get at least one week done in this post. (I get two). The first thing that happens Is Tracey’s birthday – and she grows up just as cute as her brother was.

She rolls charmer. And on that note, it’s time to go pick some fights.

I swear, this old lady looked at us sideways. 🙂

The gardener (not hired by us, though) looks pretty shocked at the whole thing.

… But at least we win.

… And then, I need one more fight target, and he’s here.. so we pick on another elder.

Not sure it was fair to target two elders, but that’s ok. We win this one, too.. and we’re done with fights.

Hmm. I need to finish decorating the house. Poor Tracey’s room is still drywall.

Our second to last goal. (The last being raising the heir).. and our enemy is now our BFF.

Sione really is a good Dad. Although there was one point this week where Lyric was at work and he couldn’t figure out how to change Tracey’s diaper. But we’ll excuse that.

Meanwhile, Lyric like to complain about taking care of her family all the time. I mean, she’s just making dinner… and she’s all dramatic like this.

Sione .. you COULD clean that mess up instead of standing around grinning to yourself.

At least Jax is being useful. Thimble is well cared for in this house. And I bought him an anti-aging treat, because we wouldn’t want to lose him!

Dear lord, Sione.. don’t throw the toddler out of the house!

I realize I need a second bathroom, so I add it and finish decorating. This is the value I end up with. And the second kid’s room isn’t upgraded yet!

Lyric, that’s not really a good spot for reading a story. Poor Tracey can’t even see the pictures!!

Time to teach Jax about astronomy. Which, apparently, triggers them to Stargaze. Kinda cool.

A whole week has passed, and it’s time for Tracey to age up. In her shades, of course.

… And she rolls Loves Dogs. Hrm. Sione loves them, too.

She’s really cute!

.. And here’s her room all upgraded.

… Yup. I called for a dog. A little German Spitz named Prissy. She turns out to be Friendly, Adventurous, and Hunter. All good traits. Not that I would have sent her back for bad ones – but hey. Good ones are all the better!

Adopted! (And creepy angry adoption guy kicked out.)

And so we buy some doggie stuff and fit in it where we can. Prissy immediately checks out her new bed.

And, the horse from the table earlier (if you were paying attention).. is as big as Prissy!!

Now that Prissy has moved in, the two Sims I bought the dog for are ignoring it. But it gives me something to have Lyric play with. LOL. So it wasn’t wasted.

The gnomes show up for Harvestfest, get appeased, and sold almost immediately. I’m not sure why they annoy me so much.. LOL. But they do.

Bet you can’t guess what I was taking the picture of…

.. Because it was clearly not the Sims in the background.

Lyric doesn’t really like participating in family dinners. She cooks, then sits on the couch while everyone else eats at the table.

I do make her interact with her kids, though. At least for homework and manners and volunteering and stuff. Gotta get those traits.

Prissy grew up!

… I love her so much. You be you, pupper.

Lyric hardly has to be told twice to take time out for the dog, at least.

The kids, however, are pretty much left to their own devices unless I intervene.

Sigh. Sione.. can’t you see that Lyric is making dinner already? (He’s addicted to Salsa and Chips.)

At this point, the dog has almost all of her tricks learned, Jax has his “A”, and I’m just waiting.

And watching everyone … proof that Thimble is still well cared for. Usually autonomously.

Finally!!

… How did I manage to hit the jackpot on traits? I can almost guarantee the third one when we get it will be bad. Like Unflirty.

HAHAHA.. What a face, Jax.

Smile, you’re the heir, buddy! (And he’s definitely going to be a heartbreaker!) … So where does that leave us? .. 13 days of torture while we wait for Jax to age up. Because everything else is done. So… I will probably speed three through the next play session and try to get it done in one chapter. In the hopes that the next house is more interesting. I already love Jax, though, so that’s a bonus!

House 012 Chapter 4 < | > House 012 Chapter 6

House 012 Chapter 3 < | > House 012 Chapter 5

First, we check on our house goals:

House 012 Building Goals:
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons
House 012 Generational Goals:
Complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Have The Drifter Declare another Sim an Enemy
-Then raise the relationship between The Drifter and their Enemy to BFF
Have The Drifter Engage in and WIN 5 fights (1/5)
-Each win must be with a different Sim opponent
Produce and raise The Heir to the Young Adult life stage (toddler)

I am.. literally… at the same place I was last time. Except for the fact that I have a toddler heir. Sigh. Maybe I can get some more done this week?

We start with Lyric picking a fight. Because she has to for this house. This fella is more than happy to comply with the plan.

Really – how do they think fights actually work. Feet do not get that high in the air, guys.

Despite how it looks – Lyric wins. That’s fight #2 for our goals.

For reference: I’m calling this fight #3. She’s fighting the Flower Bunny for eggs. I laugh so hard at the fact that eggs are flying everywhere around them.

But she wins. And gets… ONE EGG … for her trouble. Really? ONE?! Ok. To heck with that bunny, anyways.

The week continues on… and then Jax spins into his hot weather outfit and goes to wander outside. And I can’t even. Do you see how cute he is?!

Seriously. OMG. I love his coloring and hair. Maybe there’s a redeeming factor to playing this save right now after all. (Yep, still struggling – but I’m determined to get through this house!)

Just.. oh my gosh. Jax is so distracting!

Okay. We can do this. Back to our goals. We have to befriend our enemy. Sierra is no longer our enemy, we invite her over and work on friendship.

.. Wait. Why did I do this again? Yup, you’re reading the screenshot correctly. I had them Try for Baby again. I mean – it does have to be a three bedroom house. Who else will sleep there?!

Ummmm… WHAT? I am so tempted to say yes. Then someone asks whether it would be bad to lose Lyric. Answer: yes. And I remember that’s she’s pregnant. So unless it’s a race to the toilet, we aren’t going to win. So, sadly, I say no. And mourn the opportunity. I don’t think I’ll be lucky enough to see that pop up again – I’ve certainly never seen it before now.

Hey. You’re not supposed to be cooking. I mean, I know your wife is at work… but there’s food in the fridge. And you better be making some for your son, too….

Chips and Salsa. For One. And he leaves it on the counter. Spoiler: he goes back to get it. No food for Jax after all.

Sierra is back over – and instead of coming to say hi, she’s checking our trash. Rude! However, we do get the relationship up to “Good Friends”. Progress. Finally.

That Charisma skill is the only thing holding us back on the aspiration we need. So we’re working on it. Hence the fact they’re still living in a tiny home, despite the fact that they have plenty of money to build a real house. Jax seems to not know the difference, at least.

Success! One thing to cross off. Finally! – I seem to be saying/thinking that word a lot this chapter. I apologize. But this sim-save just feels like its dragging along very slowly.

This is also when I realize I ought to stuff toddlers into tiny homes more often. An uncontrollable toddler just got Top Notch trait. And he has two days to age up still. Hm. Okay.

Clearly, I worked Lyric too hard. But we got that 10 Charisma, and that’s all that matters, right?

I get her into bed, and she wakes up almost right away. Figures. Baby time! I think I named her Tracey? .. I’ll check when I get in game next time. If I load the game now, I’ll never finish this post. LOL.

So: welcome, whatever your name is little girl! Oh, and turns out, Sione is a GREAT dad. I can hardly ever get to take care of either Jax or the new baby, because he’s on top of their needs nearly 100% of the time.

… Ever take what feels like a really long blink and wonder what happened while your eyes were closed?? I think that’s what my sims are currently doing. They were just peacefully doing their own thing while walking around their tiny home.. then POOF. HOUSE. Okay, so it’s not done. But – HOUSE! So, another pic:

I *may* have gone a bit overboard on the color scheme. But it matches Lyric’s outfit. Or something. Dunno, but I like it. Not something I’d do in my own house, lol, but whatever. Sims is all about doing new and different stuff for me.

Jax doesn’t appear impressed, though. In fact, he seems quite perturbed. OOh big word for the day! *grin*

Sorry for the dark picture – but Lyric comes home from work with a promotion, and my camera zooms to her… apparently that was her new year’s resolution. Scared me for a second, I thought she was dying or something!

Congrats, Lyric! .. Your kid isn’t even a child yet, you have WEEKS left – and maxing a career isn’t even on your to-do list. But you did it anyway. Nice.

Of all the chairs I put in that room to watch TV on. .. THAT’S the one you choose to sit on?! Umm.. that’s for the toddler, goofy. And the toddler always walks to the couch. *roll eyes*

Happy Bday, Jax! Top Notch Toddler here we go. And he rolled “Good”.. not the worst trait, that’s for sure. I can handle that.

Not sure I’m down with the color scheme he chose for his outfit, but he grew up cute! He’ll get his makeover for being heir soon enough. Or not soon enough, as the case might be.

And I’ll wrap this post up with an adorable hedgehog. Because I can. Thimble is always so adorable, and Lyric has a new little buddy. Not sure anyone else in the household has even noticed they have a pet, yet, but Lyric seems happy with it. She keeps getting positive moodlets from it. See you next time!

House 012 Chapter 3 < | > House 012 Chapter 5

House 012 Chapter 2 < | > House 012 Chapter 4

First, we check on our house goals:

House 012 Building Goals:
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons
House 012 Generational Goals:
Complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Have The Drifter Declare another Sim an Enemy
-Then raise the relationship between The Drifter and their Enemy to BFF
Have The Drifter Engage in and WIN 5 fights (1/5)
-Each win must be with a different Sim opponent
Produce and raise The Heir to the Young Adult life stage

This post is going back to just a tiny bit over a week long – and since most of the week was spent studying, there’s not a huge amount of pictures, for which I apologize.

Now, where were we… (Trying for Baby!)

Success! Poor Sione looks a little worried, though. He seems to be thinking “gee why are we doing this now, we’re both still unemployed!”

Halfway through the week, we have Lyric take a quick break from studying and celebrate Winterfest.

I don’t remember what he got, but it wasn’t spectacular. Lyric gets a nice, expensive painting.

Then Santa gives her a London’s Choice stove. I leave it in the family inventory – no sense having either of them starting fires yet.

Uh-oh, it’s that time! (And at least she had the decency to wait until classes were over for the day!)

Welcome, little Jax Rambler. Our heir is going to be a boy again!

Through the course of the week, Lyric gets this…

… then this, just by studying and going to class. Guess that leaves choice of careers wide open for her between Astronaut, Criminal, or Secret Agent.

Sione.. poking at the baby doesn’t help. Change the poor baby’s diaper!

Sione: “What? Did someone say something?”

Somehow I manage to pull a 4.0 while being pregnant. A feat I wasn’t sure I could do. Now if only I could have done half as well when I was in college years ago…

Lyric goes to the graduation ceremony, and sees that guy who was rude to her at the library. Apparently he graduated, too. And what’s up with the other dudes bracelets… I mean, if that’s not an.. interesting.. fashion choice, I don’t know what is. They’re all giving the side-eye to:

…. This dude, who just showed up to cheer all of them on. Weird.. but okay. Happy mascot day?

New Year’s arrives, and I have Lyric make a resolution to get a promotion (since she’s got a job now. I put her in the Criminal career – Boss branch because that was the highest paid job she was offered for finishing her University Degree.)

Look, ma, we have a house now! .. Er.. Sorta. Sione seems to like it, at least. Having a good bed should help, and we’re still able to be within the mid range tiny home for Lyric’s Charisma gains she needs to do for her aspiration. (She’s at level 7 now, I believe)

Sione: “No, you’re not supposed to stir it that way! Go Clockwise!”

Oh, you’re going to complain about how she’s cooking when you have no skill. I see how it is.

Jax rolled Silly. I can deal with that.

And he’s got some really cool genetics. Love that skin tone with the blond hair. Plus, this is a really cute picture.

I buy little Jax the minimum he needs to be a toddler: potty, bed, blocks, toy… and I figure out that the only room I have for said bed and stuff.. is in the middle of the kitchen. I’m just not willing to lose that Tiny home bonus until I have no choice.

Sione: “TOY! Thank you, Watcher!”

Um…. that … wasn’t for.. you. Sigh. *Buys another toy*

At least Sione seems like he’s going to be a good dad. He’s going to be doing a lot of tucking in with Lyric having to work evenings when she’s “on shift”. Not sure where he pulled that toddler book out of, but we didn’t have one before he started reading it. LOL.

Lyric gets home from work – without a promotion because she aged up on her own and didn’t finish her work shift. How rude. – and makes some more fruit salad for the family. It turns out “Excellent” even without Sione’s “help”.

And.. I’ll leave you with Lyric’s little “wall of fame”.. her graduation picture and Magna Cum Laude diploma. She’s officially the first Rambler to go to school, nevermind graduate, and she somehow manages to do it with honors. Way to go, girl!

House 012 Chapter 2 < | > House 012 Chapter 4

House 012 Chapter 1 < | > House 012 Chapter 3

First, we check on our house goals:

House 012 Building Goals:
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons
House 012 Generational Goals:
Complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Have The Drifter Declare another Sim an Enemy
-Then raise the relationship between The Drifter and their Enemy to BFF
Have The Drifter Engage in and WIN 5 fights
-Each win must be with a different Sim opponent
Produce and raise The Heir to the Young Adult life stage

I’m not doing very well, am I? Well, unless you count on my Simnano Goals, which yesterday looked like this:

Here is what our little home looks like after I loaded in and realized that 1, the bed was still outside, and 2.. the strawberries were out of season. It felt wrong to just give her a greenhouse and make her still sleep on the lawn – so we built a secondary roof. The house still counts as a “micro” house for the purpose of skill gaining – which I plan to keep until she graduates. Or as close to it as possible.

She is still studying in the dark, however. Lights cost too much. =P

Only existing on naps isn’t turning out quite the way I’d hoped, though. And the bathroom breaking woes have clearly begun.

Social and Fun are perpetually low, so we invite Sione over. We try to start a romance, but with his Unflirty trait (He’s also Childish and Dog Lover) – he refuses because .. well I don’t know. But he didn’t want any part of it, so we just socialized and played with sand castles.

The final task of the week (that and final exams) .. can I be the first to say presentations are annoying in how you have to schedule them only at certain times!

The first week’s grades come in.. and I realize this past week went by so fast and so boring that I don’t have enough photos for an actual update. However, we did get to a 4.0 GPA, which I am thrilled about.

Since we don’t have enough photos, I continue play for an extra week.

We still have no lights, but things continue to break. I can’t imagine that fixing a sink in the dark is very easy….

At about this time, I realize two things. One, I’m bored stiff with grinding out grades as a solo sim.. and Two, I’m going to have to start thinking about the heir pretty soon. A friend calculates out exactly when I have to have the heir to have them grow up at the beginning of spring – and we have to get pregnant at the very beginning of Winter. Which is only a week away, and will mean that we have to spend the last week of school pregnant for part of it, and with a new baby for the rest.

So – expecting it to take a while to romance Mr. Reluctant.. I invite him over and get him to be “BFFs”. After a couple of flubbed attempts at romance, we finally get him to accept some flirts.

Finally.. full success.. we got the First Kiss. Should be smooth sailing from now on.

We hurry up and ask him to be a boyfriend, just to make sure he says yes while being really flirty…. (although he doesn’t really look hugely happy about it – he looks more shell-shocked than anything.

And then I send them to have some fun, because, as usual, Lyric is extremely low on fun. Apparently college and studying all the time isn’t fun. Who knew… (LOL)

Since he’s being so pliant, I decide to go ahead and ask him to marry us. This would be the successful proposal. They elope right away, and I quickly expand the house as far as I can without losing the Micro bonuses. Which means that I can’t fit in a double bed – so they’re just going to have to sleep in the same room.

The next morning, I notice that the garden is a disaster area, so Lyric works on that and her studies basically all day.

I get the presentation and the term paper out of the way as fast as possible this week, and try to keep up with the homework. Again, we have no time to work on House goals, but having Sione around means that we can keep Lyric’s fun in manageable ranges.

… Lyric.. what are you doing. I don’t think you get bonuses to skills if you’re not actively on your own lot…

I also figure out that we have to meet another Sim in another location for her aspiration – and that we can afford to travel with all the scholarship money – so we head to the park after Friday’s classes are done. We take advantage of the basketball court for a while, then have Lyric go find someone to say “hi” to.

In the interest of getting into House goals, I try to pick a a fight with this girl, but I keep getting routing errors and get frustrated, so I just send them home instead.

And Saturday arrives with our new report card. I don’t know what happened to that one class, but at least it didn’t hurt our average. Sometime during this week, I realized that Lyric’s fitness skill is actually quite a bit higher than I had thought it was from all her studying – in fact, she’s at 8 fitness, even though I don’t send her out running anymore due to lack of time to do so.

Spooky Day.. well evening.. and I decide it’s way past time to get into trouble. So I pick a fight with a costumed passer-by.

.. I keep my fingers crossed that her higher fitness skill will net her a win…

.. and it does!

So, since we’re thoroughly angry at them, we have them become enemies.

After that, I *TRY* to have Lyric apologize, but no dice. Sierra is WAY too ticked off at us, so we let her leave. We spend the rest of the day texting her trying to make up to her, and it seems to be working. We’re almost out of the “red” relationship bar.

Somehow, I end up playing Sunday, too, instead of stopping as usual.. and Lyric finishes all her homework for the week, her presentation work, and the term paper. Plus, she hits level 9 fitness. I think we’re all ready for babies next play session!

.. But before I go to save, Sione randomly decides to take care of the garden – which was a mess again. I had to wait until he was done to save. For obvious reasons. See you next time for the last week of college, and the heir!

House 012 Chapter 1 < | > House 012 Chapter 3

House 011 Chapter 7 < | > House 012 Chapter 2

First, we check on our brand new goals:

House 012 Building Goals:
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons
House 012 Generational Goals:
Complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Have The Drifter Declare another Sim an Enemy
-Then raise the relationship between The Drifter and their Enemy to BFF
Have The Drifter Engage in and WIN 5 fights
-Each win must be with a different Sim opponent
Produce and raise The Heir to the Young Adult life stage

Then, we send Lyric through CAS – because it’s tradition!

She then moves out to her new lot, Nookstone,

… and we roll for lot traits:

Her inventory is cleared out, and here’s how she starts:

After all that.. we’re ready to play. Oh! Except for one more thing:

It’s rebate day! … Wouldn’t it be nice if we had enough money to spend on getting a rebate? Nice wish! =P

Anyway, we have poor Lyric standing around with 0 money, and zero ideas as to what she wants to do in life. I’ve been thinking on just this conundrum for days now. I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re going to University. To be a Villain. Because – why not? I’ve never tried it before!

So… the first thing we need to do is raise skills so we can get accepted to a distinguished degree. I’m going to need Vampire Lore, Mischief, Logic, and Fitness all to level three to pretty much guarantee it. Already have Mischief and Logic there, and Fitness will probably be a struggle because she’s Lazy. So, Vampire Lore. Which means we will need at the very least, a computer and a bookcase. For which, we need money. Sounds pretty straightforward. It’s not like we haven’t done this before. LOL.

So.. we start with a collection round. We get some plants, one frog – which is insanely un-useful….

… And, even more un-useful.. some common upgrade parts. Sigh.

At least we were able to afford this. Come on, girl, you can make it!! I believe in you! (She made it.)

We plant the strawberries we found, because they were the highest value plant we picked up… and by nightfall, we notice that some poor fool left an unspoiled hamburger laying on the ground by the (closed) food vendor. I send Lyric to go get it.. because, literally, beggars cannot be choosers.

The (albeit pretty) young adult vendor is the wrong gender.. and, apparently, it’s Springfest. We pretty much ignore the bunny, and spend all day gardening and gathering and forcing her to go jogging every once in a while when she’s not extremely fatigued. (Which only takes one run. Sigh. I guess that means, of the three careers possible for a Villain degree, Astronaut, the one I was leaning towards – is probably impossible. No way am I dragging her rear end to level 8 + Fitness skill.)

Today was far more profitable – we even found a second frog for breeding purposes.. and we were able to expand our.. er.. house? None too soon, by the look of her. That shower is going to come in handy! You have to wonder if Lyric is looking at all the silly decorations up in the middle of Spring on the past Rambler house and thinking how nice it would be to actually be living inside already.

Lyric: “Well, hi, Dad! Suuuure. Everything’s just FINE! Trust me! Things are going great!”

Honey, I think he remembers what starting a Drifter House is like, don’t lie to your dad like that.

Needing fun, we have her play in the sand for a while. Then it occurs to me, we could work on Mischief skill. I mean, it IS Prank Day.. so let’s take advantage of it.

That, and I’ve spotted the first Young Adult male to walk by our lot. A mail carrier. Turns out he’s alien. Sigh. Moving on.

Sure, let’s argue with him. He doesn’t seem to get upset about it, so we give up and go for a Lazy nap.

That house sure does look nice, doesn’t it, Lyric? =P As opposed to this stone bench. Ouch. At least she’s Lazy so she doesn’t really care.

Aww.. Darn. Now he’ll never see that we actually managed to get a roof over our heads.

Sort of. I mean, the bathroom is enclosed, right? And I *think* the computer will work when it’s raining?

She really does hate jogging. I feel your pain, girl. I’m not a jogger, either.

Lyric’s first fight. What can I say, I didn’t like this girl’s haircut?

Unfortunately, weird haircut girl wins. So we can’t count this as a real fight. And I don’t particularly want to be friends with her, so we let her leave.

By Friday, we have our scholarship applications in, and late that night, I put in our application for college, since we got to a whopping Two in Fitness, and the Three I needed in Vampire Lore.

We got accepted for a Distinguished Degree, which will mean at least a 7 in Criminal Boss, or a level 8 in the Secret Agent Villain one. If I can pull off a 3.9 total GPA, I’d be able to get a level 8 in the Boss career, too. Villains make more money.. but Bosses get better cash bonuses for promotions. I have no idea which one I’ll choose.

A huge positive, however, is that our scholarships came through, and we don’t have to pay a thing to enroll. Which is nice, because we only have so much in funds.

After signing up, We pull out the checkbook and finally get her a bed. I get a single, because that’s the best one I can afford right now stats-wise.. and I’m not planning on a baby anytime really soon. We’re sorta missing a spouse first.

Oh, look who I found. He must have the sun immunity trait or something, because he’s definitely not smoking. And in this sun, he should be.

Since we’re enrolled in University, and have more than 1k in the bank.. we take a trip to the Library (ostensibly to study …) to mostly scope out any Young Adult males we can find. This fella is named Miguel, and he’s studying Villain like us. However, he’s noncommittal , and I don’t think his looks “gel” with Lyric’s. I keep him on the list just in case, though.

I forgot to note this fella’s name down… I remember thinking it was a cool name – and his traits weren’t horrible.. but after this reaction to us saying hello, we decide to take a hard pass on this guy.

I didn’t take a photo the first time we ran across this guy, because he has the “Unflirty” trait… which makes wooing difficult. However, by the second time we find him, I’m rethinking that. I really like his looks… and he seems to like Lyric. They’re already “good friends” even though they’ve only met twice. His name, by the way, is Sione.

We get all but one of Lyric’s homeworks done for Monday by bedtime Saturday night, and I plan to come back the next day to start work on her one Term Paper. And maybe scope out some more guys. Meanwhile, Sunday AM is my cut-off for Ramblers.. so I save, and let Lyric nap her way to full Energy. We’ll see her again in a couple of days.

House 011 Chapter 7 < | > House 012 Chapter 2

House 011 Chapter 6 < | > House 012 Chapter 1

Our last check of our house goals:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait (teenage)

.. And we’re back for the second part of the last two weeks. And the generation wrap-up, of course.

We start with Ariana finding the Karaoke Machine. And she’s BAD. My hubby, who sits at his desk next to mine, begs me to fast forward through it, but I’m laughing too hard.

The other thing we’re starting with – the twins’ birthday.

Again – no job for her, she’s a Drifter spare.. but interesting rolls all the same.

I have to say, in looks, she’s probably my favorite from this family.

Go Derek! Your turn! (And who left their Fruit Loops on the counter!!??)

Congrats on teen, there, Derek!

He looks quite proud of himself. Deservedly so.

Hey. Excuse me… girl, there’s food in the fridge. PUT. THE. KNIVES. DOWN.

Sigh. What did I just say? I mean… really. Guys… There’s no reason to cook!!

Trevor Rambler stops by with a gift, and Blaze is actually home, so we invite him in this time. He gives us a Carved Guitar. Umm… thanks? Nobody’s ever used the regular guitar we have.. LOL. Not going to be putting the carved one out. But we’ll keep it. For a memento.

It’s New Years Day, and I find these two toasting to themselves in the office. How cute. *grin* They sure have a lot to be proud of. They made a great family!

I have Blaze and Lyric spend some last bonding time together, because she’s getting really close to age-up now. I try to figure out how to set this as a positive memory.. but I give up because I have too many screenshots in the folder to figure out where this one is. LOL. Perhaps I ought to archive some….

This … whatever that is… is what they seem so proud at having made. LOL. Silly Sims.

New Year’s Eve dinner. At least some of them found the table. And – since it was so cold outside, I made them all a nice warm bowl of Clam Chowder. Apparently the popcorn was better, though.

… !!  The entire family autonomously ends up celebrating together. Don’t think I’ve had another family do that. There’s always one who gets “lost” on the way to the party. Nice, guys!

Since it’s New Year’s… I figure they can have one last woohoo.. even if Blaze runs the risk of possibly dying from exertion. We’re close enough to the “end” now, anyway. I also have just gotten a message about Blaze’s time coming to an end, anyway. So Lyric better hurry up and age already.

… WHY is Blaze sparkling??  Little whitish then green stars. I’ve NEVER seen that happen before?? I watch in consternation for a while, but luckily it goes away. I have no idea what it was, and he had no moodlets that would have explained it. Anyone else ever seen this??

Uh-oh. Lyla’s down. And that position seems really painful for the neck… oww.

The next day, everyone rotates in and around the hot tub for some reason while Blaze is at work. I watch for a while, and then decide I ought to take a screenshot, because it’s kinda funny. Also amusing: the fact that Lyric has the same swimsuit as her mama in a different color. I don’t like the melon color on her, so I’ll change that, but It’ll let her keep that suit.

Blaze… really. A Strawberry. On his last day of work. Too funny! (At least it wasn’t a dirty dish!)

Guys.. You do realize you’re completely ignoring your mother’s birthday in the other corner of the screenshot??

… See?

Ariana complains about her back, the twins continue to ignore the world.. and Lyric stomps by on her way to her cake.

Did I say cake?? Yep. Yes, I did. Blaze is making Lyric her last meal at home, too.

Congrats, Lyric!!! And congrats me, of course! Because this was the last goal I had left – getting Lyric to Young Adult.

… What a mess of traits she has. I have no idea what is in store for her, because I’m playing spoiler-free. I haven’t even peeked at the next house’s rules. That being said… time to wrap up this house.

The house value. I think I managed to get there… LOL

The points Blaze has left. I didn’t do any other aspirations on him, he just didn’t really need to. So we didn’t.

His status at work. He managed to get another promotion after getting to the top of his career, even though I had him call off with vacation days a couple times since his level 10 promotion.

Blaze’s skill-set.

And the Traits Panel. As you can see, we cut his age bar very close!

The final household and the funds we have. Also, the effect of that darn “Sunny Aspect” lot trait. I hate it. I really do. I am SO tired of energized sims!!

I did remember to upload the final house (I cleaned it up a little bit first) under the #drifterchallenge tag. So it’s there if anyone is interested.

Hooray! House 11 is FINALLY done. One more house and I’m at the halfway point of Drifter. I’m so excited to get started on the next house, but I’ll hold off until it’s time to play this family again. (Which is in a day or two. Have two other saves to play first.) You, however, will only have to wait through tomorrow, since these guys are getting posted every other day during July! See you next time!

House 011 Chapter 6 < | > House 012 Chapter 1

House 011 Chapter 5 < | > House 011 Chapter 7

First, we check on our goals so we don’t forget:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait

.. Which means that, yes.. we’re basically done. We just have two miserable weeks with nothing to do except watch the sims. So, with that in mind.. I’m going to fast forward through it, and hope I don’t get too many pictures for one post.

We start off with Blaze being completely lost on what to do now that I’m not micromanaging his every second. He finally decides dinner standing up in the kitchen works best. Er. My bad. It was breakfast. Then he ran off to work.

Everyone else has a dance party. Except for Lyla, who was, I think, sleeping in still.

Poor Ariana. You think she has any idea that mopping is NOT going to help in this situation?

Happy Birthday, Lyric!!

Have your “mean” trait that you need for the challenge…. Yuck. At least she got one of the knowledge aspirations, she’ll learn whatever skills she needs in the next generation faster.  (I still haven’t looked ahead – so I’m flying completely blind, here.)

She’s not bad looking. If a little tubby. But that’s pretty irrelevant to prettiness. That hair looks good on her! (Not sure about that top, though…)

Lyric, learning her skills for an “A” … and handily tricking her dad into letting her swap the pieces around. She still loses the game, though. Poor Lyric. She tried.

Told you the hot tub works. And Ariana’s weird outfit? Is apparently a swimsuit. *cringe*

The kids, doing homework, while the parents make a run for it. Nobody wants to help them with the homework, eh?

The next day’s homework party works out much better. And Blaze even decides to help out.

Lyric really tries to put her mind into the game this time, although she still loses. They’re fairly evenly matched, so it’s not because Blaze is better at Logic. Maybe Lyric is just really bad at Chess. LOL. She finally gets her last skill point, though. So we don’t have to torture her anymore.

Oh, Derek. *frown* Poor lil’ guy! This is what happens in a “Sunny Aspect” home when you don’t force the kids to go to bed on time.

AHHHH!!! They’re back!! My least favorite holiday. LOL. We feed one a pie and sell them ASAP. Then we decorate the house for Fall, and I think it looks awesome:

Can’t tell I really like this house, can you?

Italian meatballs for dinner. Doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

Lyric apparently likes stand-up comedy, too. To go with her horror film appreciation.. If I see her watching youtube videos, I’ll have to wonder if she’s my son’s Sim-counterpart. They’d have the same taste in TV…

The kids come home from school the next day – although Derek doesn’t look like he had a good day. Deirdre completely ignores her twin cursing… and Lyric.. is checking her phone. Typical teen.

However, on the good news – we got some more A students in the house!

Yup, it’s Spooky Day – and we all know that fairy one is my favorite outfit. We give her a “treat”.

With that face, you’d think this teen would have gotten a “trick” – but she didn’t. I swear, it was a “treat”!

We discover Lyric likes piercings. Good to know. I can comply there! We’ll see which one she has the most of on her auto outfits, and let her keep that one when she grows up.

Boba Fett. We give him a “trick” just because. Both Blaze and he crack up laughing about it afterwards.

Dinner! With everyone except Lyric. I think she was sleeping.

Happy Birthday, buddy!

I’m definitely going to miss you when we switch houses, old man. *frown* .. He’s been a good heir.

And – another birthday… (once she got home from school, of course).

Lyla totally got the better traits. And obviously, since I can’t control her, no career – I just thought it was funny that her rolled career fit her traits so well.

… Interesting. She looks nothing like her sister. And I’m not a fan of the haircut. I’m tempted to go into CAS and give her back her braids, but I refrain.

Another dinner with missing sims.. but the food actually looks tasty, somehow. I forget what it was called… Cioppino, maybe?

The house gets all dolled up for Winter-time, and looks amazing.

Time to decorate the tree… although Lyric looks like she’s going to “tap out” early.

I know, I know, it’s Winterfest. But homework wasn’t done the night before, so you might as well do it now!

Yup, you two, too. No slackers in this house!

A grand Meal of Ham dinner for everyone – and look, everyone actually made it!!

Presents! … Nothing particularly interesting, other than the fact that everyone got something she or he actually liked. Which was unusual.

Um… thanks for the teapot?

Left to his own devices most of the time, Blaze is the first to find the Karaoke Machine. He’s not half bad. More or less.

Um… Ariana, why do you look so confused. You’re playing with a KID’s toy.

The next morning, the service people show up in the middle of a blizzard and can barely find the house.

Ariana, in her great wisdom.. decides to take a nap outside in the hot tub in the middle of said blizzard. *rolls eyes* Way to go, silly.

Oh – And – Spoiler: I did get too many pictures. So you’ll have to wait until the next post to see the wrap-up of this generation. Sorry. *smile*

House 011 Chapter 5 < | > House 011 Chapter 7

House 011 Chapter 4 < | > House 011 Chapter 6

First, we check on our goals yet again:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration (3/4 done)
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career (lvl 9)
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait

Nothing really changed last week, I was too busy chasing toddlers. So, it’s time to get down to business. We start with Derek getting a sorely needed bath. Blaze doesn’t seem to appreciate the splashing, though.

Ariana, dear, that stuff is for the kids. But I appreciate you actually finding the dining room table!

She misses the “family meal”, though, because a few minutes after she leaves to work on the computer, everyone else shows up.

Except for the toddlers, who eat in the living room. We also seem to have a popcorn bowl issue… lol.

Lyric, don’t think I didn’t see you just destroy that sink. And doesn’t it figure – Blaze is at work so nobody can fix it.

Then I notice that the other bathroom sink is broken, too. No idea who did it.. but at least we still have the kitchen sink.

Wait… what?  Who?

Yup, found him. He’s completely nameless. But apparently was enough to give Blaze a two-day mourning moodlet. Sigh.

Zombies last time.. mummies this time? It seems our heir has a penchant for horror films.

Oh, Master Tinkerer – if only we could invite you in. There’s so much for you to fix!!

Dance party – although Lyla doesn’t seem to be completely happy about it. And the toddlers seem to be missing.

Where are they?… Asleep. Good.

Oh, Lyla, honey, I appreciate the thought, but you’re gonna be there a while…

Well…. we DID have a kitchen sink… Lyric strikes again!

Blaze is down. Trying to get everything taken care of after work was a little too much.

… At least he missed the puddle??

Oh, no. Not again… I still have one toddler and Lyla to get into bed. That dark Sunny Aspect lot trait means I have to put the kids to bed EVERY. NIGHT. Or they don’t sleep.

Sleep replacer. We clearly needed one.

How is it still only Monday?? (Bills arrived)

Um.. Derek.. that’s not really an approved place to eat dinner. But I guess when you’re that hungry, I appreciate you not walking all the way to the living room??

Home from school in a different outfit? We know what that means!

Congrats, Lyric!! (Lyla gets this later in the week, but I’m not concerned enough with the non-heirs to take a picture. LOL. Which just sounds bad.

Blaze is still struggling through to Level 8 Charisma. Still working on 7. This is taking forever!

Conference in the bathroom? LOL.

And a messy dance party..

Lyla is coming home with a B in this photo, but they both RUN in because of a thunderstorm.

Wow, someone actually found the activity table! Way to go, Lyric!

For some reason, Ariana feels the need to work on her non-existent Logic skill. And yes, we’re still struggling through Charisma. But we’re getting closer.

Better get that stereo fixed before they wake up. The whole household will break down if you don’t!

Lunch time with the toddlers. It’s the newest show! *wink*

Finally – it’s that time!

Somehow, we managed to get him to Happy Toddler after all – and he rolled Lazy. Good thing he’s not the heir!

He’s a cutie, though.. even if he does look a bit mischievious.

… Wait.. what?? Again my sims game decides to be weird. I assure you, there’s been a LOT of aging up in this save. Why is it only now getting to this??

Twin # 2… (who doesn’t look the LEAST bit excited to grow up).

At least she got a better trait? .. And no Happy Toddler. Wonder what she was missing.

Deirdre is SO CUTE!! I love that hairstyle. And, Ariana.. what have I said about the popcorn??

We finally have Charisma to level 8 for the promotion. Now we just need Maxed Mixology.

Oh – and since we’re out of toddlers, I get the nursery converted over for the twins. Don’t worry, I didn’t forget the monster lights!

We did it!! Well done, Blaze!

Which means that the aspiration is completed, too.

… And we can start in on making those emotional drinks. (Which drains our bank account – they cost 1000 to make – EACH!)

I swear, I made all of them. He just kept drinking them. And the kids are on TOP of the dishes, so the glasses didn’t stay around.

I actually remember the garden for once. Selling, at least. Now that we need the money again.

Wait.. huh? Er.. okay, Blaze.

The “party area” needed work – now we have a karaoke machine, a guitar, and a microphone. Nobody’s going to use them – but they’re there.

And that deck got a makeover, too. Had to use move objects for the lights, but the hot tub still works. I made sure.

Ariana!! Really?

First of all, that’s the first time I’ve seen her in that outfit. Not sure which one it is, but I don’t like it – looks like she’s walking around naked when I just glance at her. LOL. And second – there’s PLENTY of food in the fridge.. just because Blaze isn’t home does not mean it’s time to try out your non existent cooking skills. (At least it’s a salad?)

A salad that she literally just leaves there and waddles off to the bathroom, instead.

WOO!!! That’s pretty much all our goals done, except for getting Lyric aged up. She’s due to be teen in a couple days – and then those next two weeks are going to be BORING! Perhaps I’ll speed three through them?

And that’s it for this chapter. Everyone’s tucked into bed, and goals are done. I can’t complain! See you next time for some fast aging up. I hope.

House 011 Chapter 4 < | > House 011 Chapter 6

House 011 Chapter 3 < | > House 011 Chapter 5

First, we check on our goals so we don’t forget:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration (3/4 done)
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career (lvl 9)
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait (child)

Feels like forever since I played this save – and when I load it up, I remember why – I have most of a week with three toddlers coming up. Yikes. And to make it worse, they’re uncontrollable. Thanks, Drifters.

Oh, and this post marks my first post of Simnano 2020 at the boolprop forums. I’m planning to post on alternating days with my Ramblers and my mermaid story, Tails of Sulani. The goal is to post once a day through the whole of July with a word total of at least 25,000 50,000 total. I got 31,000 words last year, so 25k should be a piece of cake, right – 50k will definitely be harder, but I have to start somewhere. I will also be posting some “bonus” chapters of my vampire story, Foreshadowed Sunset and starting a new challenge, that I will debut tomorrow.

Anyway, that’s enough stalling. Here goes nothing….

Not a stellar start, Ariana. Thank goodness this isn’t an ISBI.

I make sure our heir, Lyric, does her homework. (Spoiler: I don’t remember to do it every day this week… oops.)

Ariana makes it to the bed for a change.. and Blaze uses all the tricks he knows while cooking. The maid is not impressed.

… And that’s not the skill we need to max, dearie…. but thanks anyway?

That’s better. But before he gets much of anywhere on the skill, his daddy skills are needed again.

I just adore these kids. Lyla is so CUTE!

Blaze apparently really likes omelets. Good thing, too, because breakfast seems to be all he ever cooks.

Lyla.. you’re getting food everywhere. Thank goodness it doesn’t have to be wiped up.

Lyla is still working on her potty skill – but she’s only got that and imagination that aren’t at level 3 yet. So, we should get Happy Toddler with her.

It’s flower day, but we don’t really have time to celebrate. Poor Blaze is constantly running back and forth between the twin babies and Lyla.

However, whenever he’s off my control for a moment – this is where I always find him. They really love the stereo!

.. Yup. That vampire is still around. Seeing him there reminds me that I can now just say “no” to vampires. I disallow them. We’ll see it if works.

Fussy?!!  Ohh no.

Meet Derek, the eldest twin. And as it turns out, the only kid who got Ariana’s hair color.

Charmer. That’s much better.

And those sunglasses. I just can’t even. What a silly toddler she is.

I get the twins working on their potty skills. Blaze looks like he’s waving the white flag already. I can’t blame him. In reality, he’s complaining he can’t get out the door with both potties there. Which takes me a while to figure out. In a few shots, you’ll see that I move the potties and fix the issue.

Blaze has to take a few of these – luckily we have the points to spare. Because there’s simply no time to sleep with three toddlers and skills to be learned.

The madness that is three toddlers. Ariana is, at least, a good sport about it.

Lyla doesn’t make it all the way to bed. Poor tyke.

Blaze calls in to work on an invisible phone. No way am I leaving Ariana all alone with this mess. (Spoiler: I forget to call “off” the next day and Ariana gets left alone after all.)

Derek gets his first bath, which he desperately needed.

Blaze takes a moment to himself. He’s also the only one I ever see in the dining room.

I really appreciate Ariana helping out, though. She’s been a good mom.

I JUST missed getting a pic of the twins hugging, so you’ll have to take my word for it. It was really cute.

One of the few times this week that Blaze actually gets to lay down. Poor guy.

Ariana, on break with all the kids asleep, finds the computer again. She is the only one ever using the computer. At least for now, Lyric may use it when she’s a teen.

Ariana supervising the horde of toddlers eating clam chowder. That has to be such a mess to clean up after.

Nope – I was wrong. Blaze does actually get some sleep this week. For a little while, at least.

.. Until I make him put out the fire and use his new level 4 in handiness to upgrade it to make sure we’ll have no fires – at least not from the fireplace.

Happy birthday, Ariana!

For some reason I thought she was turning elder. Nope, just adult. Shows how much she’s been pregnant in this save!

I have learned to love this popcorn machine this week. Someone suggested toddlers would grab snacks from this to prevent social services from coming to get them – and they do. What a lifesaver.

Bathtime! Derek is always dirty, it seems.

He looks so much like his mama, though. So cute.

… Just.. please don’t wake your sisters!

Lyric decides it’s appropriate to watch the zombie movie on TV. Twice. In a row. With the proper horrified expressions both time. It totally cracked me up.

She then braves the dark outside to take out the trash. What a trooper.

Ariana decides to take the neglected garden in hand. (Which actually reminded me we HAD one. I had completely forgotten. Which means that I didn’t get any of the income from it, either. LOL. Oops.)

Lyla finally leaves toddlerhood behind.

With decent rolls, no less. Somehow, though, the twins needing food badly caused me to not get a picture of her all grown up. You’ll just have to wait for the next post to see her.

Popcorn saves the day again!

.. I love the little feet you can see on the couch under the mirror. Blaze needs to somehow get another half a skill point in Mixology and two whole points in Charisma (to level 8) to get his level 10 promotion. Hopefully we’ll have more time for skilling as the kids grow up… because as it is, it’s just not happening.

I breathe a huge sigh of relief as I save my Ramblers and move on to another save … that was so stressful! And I have two toddlers to come back to. Hopefully that’ll be easier than the three was!

House 011 Chapter 3 < | > House 011 Chapter 5

House 011 Chapter 2 < | > House 011 Chapter 4

First, we check on our goals so we don’t forget:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (60k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration (3/4 done)
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career (lvl 7)
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait

…And yes, you see correctly. I already have house value done even though the house is nowhere close to done.

Then, let’s post the few pictures I have from the last play session (because I got into toddler wrangling mode and forgot to stop on time)..

I would say you finally get to see Lyric here, but the hat sorta hides her. It looks like she’s contemplating the broken sink.

Aww. Ariana is such a good mom. She loves her little girl.

I love this treehouse dollhouse, it’s so cute.

We FINALLY get to see Lyric. She’s SO cute!! Even if she IS having a temper tantrum. Poor Blaze just got home from work, and is stressed and filthy.. so this was like the last straw. I sent him to bed and trusted Ariana to care for Lyric.

.. Which she does, quite capably.

Until Lyric decides to work on her imagination skill. And that finishes the pics from the last session. Time to play!

Poor Ariana’s back is killing her from the pregnancy.. and Lyric is stinky again.

Dad takes care of the toddler.. and while I had hoped that Ariana would take care of herself, she doesn’t quite make it to napping. She does that quite a bit this week.

It’s baby time!

Welcome Lyla! Hopefully she’ll be as cute as her sister.

Having fun with daddy. Note the empty bedroom behind them. I’ll get to it. I promise!

Blaze’s birthday. He’s now an official Adult.

Guys… there’s a place to sit and eat your Grand Breakfast for Winterfest just behind you. You don’t have to stand around. I make a note to do the dining room sooner rather than later.

Since it’s Winterfest, and they obviously need a tree.. and there’s no real place to put it but the unfinished livingroom…. I go ahead and finish the living room for them.

I think this house is turning out REALLY nicely. Definitely one of my favorite drifter builds.

Ariana finds the fireplace right away and warms herself. At which point I notice that they don’t have a thermostat and are freezing their rears off. I fix that.

Decorating for Winterfest. This is the first time I’ve noticed you can actually pick different tree colors when you buy a tree… Silly me has never noticed before and wondered how everyone else was getting snowy trees.

Blaze gets a Karaoke Machine, which I promptly sell… although considering I need a party space, maybe I should have kept it. I guess I can always buy a new one, right? This picture also shows the effect of the “sunny” aspect the house traits have. Ariana is always “energized”.. so she forgets to nap.. and the passing out is what eventually happens. Not my favorite lot trait. Lastly.. Lyric is toddling past the Harvestfest gnome – which – believe it or not, is STILL spitting out seed packets. I get rid of it before too long, because it just seems cheaty.

Blaze desperately needs to work on his Mixology skill, but he hardly ever has time. I hired a maid, by the way, with his “free services”.. because they need one.

Ariana takes such good care of the babies. Although Lyric could have just as easily grabbed the food off the counter, but whatever. Note the seed packet. I wasn’t kidding.

Try for Baby success! (foreshadowing .. this may have been a bad idea – you’ll see why.)

Could be worse. I don’t mind the Wild trait.

Blaze, honey, you make adorable kidlets. I’m totally in love with Lyla and Lyric.

Since we have a hefty bank account, and need another bed for the new toddler… I spend some time finishing some rooms.

First – the study:

Then, the dining room I promised them:

And, lastly, the second bathroom:

I STILL have two rooms empty and the party area to do, and I’m at like 84k value. This is crazy!

AWW!

Ariana … helping out instead of napping, again.

Dinner time! I simply love these toddlers.

Uh-oh. Pouty toddler escaping. Wonder where she’s going?

Playing in the snow, of course.

Man down! But at least he got the toddlers in bed first!?

I start putting in “party supplies” and Ariana seems to completely approve.

Heyy! Someone’s actually using the dining room!

“Broc-col-i”

“…Why?”

.. Clearly this is not a vegetarian household. LOL.

Blaze, I think you got that backwards. That’s where the toddler is supposed to be.

Computer is apparently a hit, as well.

Jeez. Haven’t even had the TV for a week, and they’re already breaking it.

And.. another parent down. Poor guys. This is not going to be that last time we see her like this, I foresee.

THERE’S that Wild side to Lyla. She looks like she’s having a good time, though.

.. The bed is RIGHT THERE!!! I really am counting myself lucky that this isn’t an ISBI.

Lyric’s birthday!

For being “fussy” she really wasn’t that fussy. And she didn’t get Top Notch Toddler, but at least she got Happy Toddler.

Such pretty eyes. (And the cheer is because it’s New Skill Day.)

I take a break to make a room for Lyric.. because she needs a place to sleep. Which leaves us the party space to finish and the third bathroom.

Loving this house!!

Oops. I keep pushing him to the very ends of his stat bars, and sometimes he pays the price.

It’s baby time!!!!!!

…. OHHHH .. Noooo. I was NOT planning on twins!

Taking a look at the calendar, I’ll have three whole days of having three uncontrollable toddlers. I have Blaze chug a moodlet solver. He’s going to need one.

What are the babies’ names? I’ll leave you in suspense. I will say one’s a boy and one’s a girl, though. And If Blaze and Ariana’s genes continue, they’re going to be adorable. See you next time!

House 011 Chapter 2 < | > House 011 Chapter 4

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