Generation 4.26 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 5.01
Welcome back to the Latte’s! It’s been far far too long since I have been able to play this family and I’m super excited to bring you this next update. Last time we ended with an heir poll to help decide who will be our next heir. We had multiple birthdays, lots of new family dynamics, and a couple graduations. Let’s start out this update by seeing who won the heir poll!
Who is the next heir of this Latte Name Game?
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Haquim?
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Jacque?
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Orqidea?
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Ricquel?
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Dequan?
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Indiqua?
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Sacquet?
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The winner is:
Ricquel Latte!
Congrats Ricquel, you are our newest heiress! I’m sure you will do great!!!
Ricquel: Great!
Here is our voting broke down, Ricquel won pretty handily, although Sacquet was in the running for quite a while. I am thrilled to have Ricquel be our heiress, she was easily my second favorite, and probably the best pick from the girls of the group to continue the matriarchy. Thank you to everyone who voted!
With the new home chef hustle pack out and Ricquel being picked as heir it was time for a few room makeovers. First, the kitchen got some new appliances, counters, and shelves and I’m super happy with how it turned out. Then with Jacque ready to move out, we transferred Ricquel’s things to the room with the private bathroom, which is much smaller than the one she used to have to share with her sister, but it’s all hers. I think they turned out great. We also updated some of the other bedrooms, but we’ll get to those later.
With Ricquel being picked as heiress and Jacque and Orquid already graduated it’s time for them to move out. I realized we should have kept them until Sunday so we could go through their graduation, but it’s fine, time for them to be out in the world. Plus, there was a chance they wouldn’t get to go to graduation anyway with the bug. We send them out with a good portion of Jacque’s lotto winnings so they shouldn’t have an issue finding a place to live.
Sadly we get a sudden rash of death notifications from older family members. Natalie, Nick’s daughter, finally passed. Nick was our founder Kynzie’s third child so I’m surprised she’s still around. Then Tanvi Latte, who was married to Ijtiba passed, along with Ethan, one of Ember’s sons.
Hjordis is still working on her aspiration of being a best-selling author so she hops on a computer in the office to work on her writing. Mio is also doing some work in the office, maybe talking to a client. Sadly we are at the point of needing to write bestsellers and it isn’t going very well.
I decided to send Hjordis to work on prepping some ingredients, and I already love the idea of having this mixer and prepping stuff for meals. It’s been a lot of fun, but I also noticed that they can be picked up as leftovers, so I’ll have to watch this family with that one.
We get a couple more family notices, starting with another death. This time it’s Ivan Latte, who was Nick’s son, so in a pretty short time period, we lost both of Nick’s kids. In happier news though, Jacque has already moved into the hood, and Orquid moved with him.
Ricquel starts working on her comedy career. I know as an adult she is supposed to change to Musical Genius, but I might leave her doing comedy on the side, as a stand-up. Hjordis goes and talks to her daughter, likely giving her insights on what it takes to be heiress.
Mio and Hjordis hang out the next morning with each other. These two are just too fun and I will greatly miss them when they are eventually done. For now, Hjordis continues to be the head of the house since Ricquel is still a teen for a bit longer.
Mio decides that she likes affection, especially from her wife. That’s a good thing since these two are pretty affectionate with each other. They did have to have 7 kids after all.
The family seems to really like the new kitchen island and spends a lot of time talking and eating around it. While they still spend time eating at the table as well, socializing happens around the island most of the time.
I decided to have the family go around and start visiting the other houses that the Latte’s have spread out into. We start by visiting the house of Ivan Latte, and the Alvin Latte and meet all the various members of their households. This will make it easier to meet up and have them as options for holidays in the future.
While out and about visiting family Ricquel and Sacquet end up with the jokesters dynamic, which will be a surprise to no one. Right after this, however, Ricquel ended up going through a mean streak. Probably was good they joked around first.
It’s prom time again so we send the students who were at the right age to go, and Dequan even got a dance with Molly, whom he gets along with very well. Ricquel also went but I apparently didn’t get any pictures of her.
She did go to after prom though and Ricquel rode the ferris wheel alone and got a random event that had a beautiful outcome for Ricquel. I would like to think that while up in that ferris wheel, she thought about her future as heiress. Don’t worry Ricquel, I got you!
Right after the after prom was over we got the notice that Casey Joyson grew into a teen. He is Ethan’s stepson. Sad Ethan passed so close to Casey’s birthday. Still, he may not be a Latte by blood, but he’s part of the family. This also means we are going to have to make a quick run to start flagging everyone again.
We get another couple of quick family updates and four more members are now young adults. I also nearly immediately get notice that the triplets all got someone pregnant, so time to go flag everyone. We may or may not remove the pregnancies, sorry boys, I know you tried to get passed the flags. I send Hjordis to every house and flag everyone so no more Latte’s overpopulating.
Ricquel had joined the cheer squad and while I don’t think she’s going to get a ‘promotion’ in it, she joined much too late to make a lot of difference, she does still practice.
Indiqua brings her breakfast into the office the next morning to sit and talk with her mom while she works on another book. I really do like this office a lot, it’s so nice. I never use orange, but I feel like maybe I should use it more.
Hjordis gets a phone call from this girl about dating her son. At first, I thought this was our cousin, but then I realized her face wasn’t quite right to be who I was thinking. I’m not sure who she is, but sure you can go out with Haquim.
We moved a few of the things in the kitchen around so we could more easily pull things out of the fridge and Hjordis made up her first pizza. It went well and Hjorids made a very good pizza.
A new batch of family updates arrived, and at first, one of them confused me. I did not know a Bailee Latte, turns out she was the kid of someone who married in, but never lived with one of our family. Not entirely sure how she got the name switched, but not a bit deal. Probably an MCCC setting. Cora Robles on the other hand got remarried, she was married to Ethan. Jacque got married to a sweet girl, who has 3 kids already, so his family grew quickly. Then Xajvier and his wife adopted a cat, and finally, Marcus and Xander both got new jobs.
Dequan does still live here, he just hasn’t been very prominent. He needed some fun and social so he sits down to play some chess with his mom. Mio, has gotten a new client job and is busy working with the fabricator. She needs to level up fabrication and make some new candles to progress in her aspiration.
On Monday the kids of course bring home school projects which they sit down to diligently work on, and somehow never finish. It’s like they got stuck and just kept working and working and working. Ricquel went off to cheer without doing anything with her project. She’s already got an A and will grow up soon.
Indiqua and Sacquet start pulling pranks on each other and Indiqua decides she really actually likes it! These two are super cute kids. I am excited to see them as teens.
A big party is thrown and a ton of the family is invited over to the house, including many of the members we have recently met. While they are there Ricquel takes the time to hang out keys to Jacque and Orquid so they can stop by anytime they like. Ricquel does miss her big sister.
Then it’s time for the main event. Ricquel is ready to grow up into a YA. Hard to believe it’s finally time for the next generation. You can see the cousin I confused the phone call girl with at first. Everyone had a great time and it was a fun party. With that, we end Hjordis’ generation, which has been our longest so far, and we start Ricquel’s. Ricquel picked up the Child of the Ocean trait, and while I know I put on the poll that her adult aspiration was going to be musician, I kept her at joke star for the time being. I’ll switch her to musician a little bit later.
Before we wrap up the chapter completely let’s take a look at the updated family members, and new members that have joined over this last update.
We start with Jacque’s new wife, Audrey. Next up are her three kids, Edward, Ember, and Shane. These three are Jacque’s new stepkids. Next up is Oliva’s daughter (Oxkar’s daughter) Kataria, followed by Youssef’s stepdaughter Jasmin as a teen. Casey is next to Jasim, and he is Ethan’s stepson, and finally, finishing row two we have Arlene as a teen. She is Arthur Latte’s stepdaughter. Row 3 is made up of Ivy, Ixael’s daughter, as a teen, and Edward, Orion’s youngest stepson. Then we move to Amarja’s newest husband, Vernon, and finally, the two youngest are “accidently” born into the family, Gretchen Al Habib, granddaughter to Youssef, and Cody Morita, Orion’s grandson.
Just before we go, I didn’t actually do a point count at the end of the last generation, so I’m going to do a quick recap of the current points here:
Points for letters: 5 (K) + 4 (Y) + 1 (N) + 30 (Z’s) + 3 (I’s) + 1 (E) + 2 (O’s) + 3 (P) + 12 (H’s) + 1 (A) + 1 (L) + 8 (X) + 8 (J) + 1 (R) = 80 Points
Top of the Career: 30 Points
– Ukupanipo: Conservationist
– Easton: Astronaut
– Harvey: Athlete
– Zophi: Culinary
– Halix: Entertainer
– Hjordis: Writer
A Lifetime of Aspiring: 36 Points
– Beach Life: Ukupanipo
– Nerd Brain: Uupanipo
– Fabulously Wealthy: Harvey
– Bodybuilder: Easton
– Musical Genius: Halix
– Big Happy Family: Kynzie, Zophi
– World Famous Celebrity: Kynzie
Skilled Sims: 114 Points
– Cooking: Ukupanipo, Halix, Zophi, Hjordis
– Fitness: Ukupanipo, Zophi, Harvey, Halix, Easton, Hjordis
– Logic: Ukupanipo
– Parenting: Kynzie, Halix, Hordis
– Video Gaming: Kynzie
– Creativity (child): Kevin, Yuri, Isla, Ember, Amarja, Jacque, Orquidea
– Mental (child): Nick, Pixey, Halix, Ixael, Amarja, Lowitja,
– Social (child): Ixael, Amarja, Orquidea, Ricquel
– Motor (child): Ijtiba, Xjavier, Haquim, Hjordis, Ricquel,
– Gourmet Cooking: Zophi
– Dancing: Hjordis
– Gardening: Halix
– Guitar: Halix
– Handiness: Zophi, Mio
– Piano: Halix
– Writing: Hjordis
– Photograph: Harvey
Collections: 1 Points
Paintings: 0 Points
Matriarchy: 6 Points
Helicopter Parent: 169 Points
– Toddler Skills Maxed: Kevin (5), Yuri (4), Nick (4), Zorah (5), Zophi (5), Isla (5), Ember (4), Zax (3), Oxkar (4), Pixey (5), Halix (5), Ixael (5), Hjordis (5), Amajra (5), Lowitja (5), Ijtiba (5), Xjavier (5), Haquim (4), Jacque (5), Orquidea (5), Ricquel (5), Dequan (5), Indiqua (4), Sacquet (5)
– Watcher made it through
– Child Aspirations Met: Kevin, Yuri, Nick, Isla, Ember, Pixey, Halix, Ixael (x2), Hjordis, Amarja (x2), Lowitja, Ijtiba, Xjavier, Haquim, Jacque, Orquidea (x2), Ricquel (x2)
– Age Child Up Early
– A’s: Kevin, Yuri, Nick, Zorah, Isla, Ember, Zax, Oxkar, Pixey, Halix, Ixael, Hjorids, Amarja, Lowitja, Ijtiba, Xjavier, Haquim, Jacque, Orquidea, Ricquel, Dequan
– Teen A’s for 3 days: Halix, Hjordis, Amajara, Lowitja, Ijtiba, Haquim, Jacque, Orquidea, Ricquel
– Teen jobs maxed
Let the Public Decide: 20 Points
Parent of An Occult: 21 Points
Total Score: 477
We have a pretty decent score going now and we are quickly getting through letters. Next time we will see Ricquel start her reign as heiress, although don’t expect much to change yet as we still have to get the rest of the kids out of the house before Ricquel can do much with kids herself. Hope to see you then and thanks for reading!
Generation 4.26 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 5.01
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