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Hello and welcome back to another Easter Egg challenge update! The last time we saw Tara, Robin, and Cadbury, the boys were busy with their Snacky Shack, and Tara nearly died in a rocket ship crash. Tara was able to win 3 more tournaments, Robin contracted Rapid Rodent Fever, and the boys graduated and grew into YA’s. Let’s dig back in!
Week 13
When we get back with Tara and the boys, they have a new greenhouse on the lot. With Cad’s desire to start making nectar, we will need additional plants, but we also need to be able to grow some out-of-season items during spring. The bees are moved in, and the nectar maker is installed.
Cad gets busy planting a few more things, like an apple tree and some grapes for using in nectar later, since those are the first nectars he’ll be able to make.
While they are sitting around chatting together, Robin decides he likes deception. Apparently, Tara told him a very good lie while downing her pitch black tea.
Tara takes on a MySims Racing tournament, but doesn’t place. Is this going to be our next SimScuffle, I wonder?
The Snacky Shack is open, and I did not apparently note how they did with their sales, but the boys have gotten pretty savvy at this stand, and it brings in some decent money.
The flea market is in town, and I decide to send the family to see if the seller has anything interesting. They don’t, so Tara sets up her own table. She doesn’t really sell much of anything.
She does, however, manage to do enough mischief that she is now at level 8 of the skill. Only two more levels to go to complete that easter egg!
Back at home, Tara decides to open her normal table again and gets a lot more interested customers. Her stand has become mostly Voidcritter cards and honey at the moment.
Cad has managed to get some apples, and so he gets started on making some Apple Nectar. We have also purchased some nectar racks. They are just in their room, so they won’t get the benefit of being in a cellar, but that’s ok.
Tara tries a new tournament and ends up getting third place this time. It’s better than last time, but I worry if she will be able to win this one or not. We have not, however, maximized our focus yet.
After a little while, Tara sat down to participate in another tournament, but this time the game console broke. Not the ideal time, but Tara was at least able to get it fixed quickly.
Since it was fixed so quickly, Tara was able to hop back into a tournament right away, and this time she took second place. This makes me feel it’s likely we’ll be able to win if we get the focus up and do not have the console break again.
Cad takes his nectar making very seriously now, and he loves to spend time in the greenhouse taking care of the plants and stomping on the fruit.
He is also really dedicated to the stand. He’s maxed his cooking, I believe, or maybe will soon, and gives the customers really good quality items.
So good in fact that the next sale is almost 1K. That’s pretty good for popcorn and candy. Daddy Don continues to stop by, and Robin gives him a hug when he visits the stand this time.
I had no idea that Tara’s skillful sleep astral projection would head out to the greenhouse, but she did and started on some nectar herself. Luckily, we were actually able to complete the nectar!
I sent Robin in to fix a toilet that had broken in the boys’ bathroom. While he was busy doing that, he decided he likes handiness. That’s a great thing to like, so yes!
Tara has discovered that the mixture of listening to focus music in her earbuds and drinking a cup of Pitch Black before starting a tournament seems to give her the focused mood she wants.
Sure enough, this time she wins the MySims Racing tournament without any issues! Way to go, Tara. That’s 2 down and 2 more to go on the console.
Taking a break from gaming to paint, Tara’s luck continues, and she gives us the Mona Lisa eater egg painting. That is worth 10 points!
Cad brings his homemade nectar into the room and starts filling up the nectar racks he was able to purchase. We will leave them here until they can become finely aged.
Tara sits down to get started practicing her next game. Next up is Destiney Effect, which is a play on Mass Effect.
Robin once again gets bitten by Thimble, but at least this time, there is no notice of the fever starting again. Thimble has been kind of mean to Robin lately.
Cad opens up the Snacky Shack and manages an incredible day of sales. There weren’t even that many items sold overall, but Cad’s quality items really do make a difference in getting good profits.
Tara works on a new painting and manages to unlock the Aspirational Thinker, which will give her some more satisfaction points. That will be nice. Anyway, Tara gets another easter egg painting completed for 10 more points. This picture is a play on the Son of Man painting by René Magritte.
It was at this moment, late on Tuesday, I believe, that I realized we had actually switched seasons to Summer. I also realized that the burglar stealing our weather machine appeared to wipe out the upgrades. Tara quickly upgraded it to change the seasons and was able to get us set back to spring.
Robin isn’t as into plants as his brother. In fact, he dislikes gardening, but that doesn’t mean he won’t go spend some time with him while he cleans up the nectar machine.
Tara sits down to try a tournament for Destiny Effect and has no problems winning another tournament. That means we have one final tournament left on the console to try and win.
We got the notice that Don has passed away. This is sad for everyone in the family, as they were all very close to Don, and the boys loved their dad.
Robin comes in to watch his mom work on the final console game, Genie’s Curse. I think this game is just meant to be a play on the side-scollers instead of any individual game, but I could be wrong.
Robin decides to go take the rocket ship out into space and see what he finds. He doesn’t get anything really exciting and arrives home safe and sound.
Robin applies for university and a bunch of different scholarships. He hears back that he has been awarded 2 different scholarships, which is great!
Then Robin takes a turn at the Snacky Shack while Cad is busy making some new nectar. It’s another great day of sales, and the boys have really increased our money and made up for Tara not having a job.
Tara and the boys take another trip to Granite Falls, hoping to find the elusive easter egg insect. First, though, they enjoy some food, and Tara manages to light the bonfire without causing any issues.
The family went out and worked on capturing insects, but they still haven’t found the one they want. It wasn’t a complete waste, however, as Cadbury was able to discover he loves the outdoors.
In the morning, before heading home, Cad goes and plays horseshoes for a little bit. This has become their family cabin, almost.
Now that they are home again, Tara gets serious about Genie’s Curse and starts to play it with the tournament in mind.
Robin decided to open up his mom’s selling stand and added a few items they had gotten recently. The sale did fine, and he was able to sell multiple things and add some additional money to the coffers.
Tara makes herself some Pitch Black tea. I think I kept saying coffee before, but either way.
Sadly, she only gets second place in this tournament, but that sort of makes sense with the fact that she took a little vacation in there.
Another night and another sale for the Snacky Shack. I apparently didn’t catch how the sales went this night, but Cad was on it and had a variety of popcorn options available.
Of course, what is an Easter Egg update nowadays without Tara getting abducted by the aliens?? They have really become obsessed with her.
Cad was out making some new nectar, and he unlocked a new mastery perk. He can now have a creative aura. Now I don’t often use the auras, but this could prove useful.
Tara wasn’t the only one to go to space during the night. Robin once again takes the rocket out. Maybe he went in search of his mother?
The next day, once Tara has returned and recovered, she takes another crack at the Genie’s Curse tournament, and this time she wins! Maybe the aliens helped, or maybe she had just finally practiced enough. Either way, that finishes all the console games!
Since it exists, and Tara already had a gaming mat from GeekCon, she rearranges the living room a bit to make room and gets started on Maniac Matchums.
Cad comes out to the greenhouse to find it’s become a bit of a mess. There is just an infestation of weeds to clear out. Many of the plants need a lot of water, but Cad was able to get it done, no problem.
I finally decided to have Robin take some classes for his aspiration. We are going to give him 2 classes, as he really only needs 1 for his aspiration. I decided to go with the economics degree.
Tara needed to do some more upgrades, and so she heads out to the rocket and gets those started while she is taking a gaming break. We still want to find that bunny!
She gets a good portion of the upgrade done and heads back inside to work some more on her latest game. I am determined to finish this game and see if we can win before the week is officially up.
Robin heads out to start making up some popcorn and other things to prepare the stand for the evening sale they will be having.
Cad handles the sale, and while it’s not the best they have ever had, it still brings in a good amount of money for a Snacky Shack.
Tara takes on a tournament right at the end of Saturday and manages to win! That gives her every game on the console, the one unique game on the gaming mat, and most of the computer games. Looking at it, SimScuffle came in Discover University, and isn’t base game. We have officially won all base game tournaments and the games from two other packs. I am going to officially award ourselves the 45 points for that easter egg, although I will continue to research and see if we can win SimScuffle before the end.
With that, this week is wrapped up. Tara had a GREAT week this week, earning another 65 points (20 for paintings and 45 for gaming). That brings our current total to 450 points for this challenge! Thank you so much for reading, and we are so close to being done with this challenge, but we have a couple of goals left to try and get, so I hope you will come back for the next update!
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