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Hello and welcome back to the Sweet 16 challenge with Buffy Cobb! I believe this will be our final update of this challenge, and I’m excited to share how it ends with you. The last time we were with the family, Xylia and Tori both aged up and moved out, Ethan became a teen, Ezra is a child, and Nikki is a toddler. Let’s dig back in!

We start with Buffy working on helping Nikki with her skills. They have been working on potty training and learning how to talk.

Ethan is going to work on Juice Fizzing, which is a lot faster to build than Nectar Making. We don’t have a ton of fruit, but we do have many things from the garden to use.

Summer came back over. She’s really just stayed in touch the whole challenge. I think she is helping one of the boys with their homework, but I’m not sure.

Nikki reveals her final quirk: she not only hates waking up, but she also hates bedtime. Well, that should be fun. I would like her to get through her skills quickly, so maybe she’ll have more time to do that.

Ok, Summer, I do not mind you hanging out, but can you please leave Ethan alone while he does some research? I decided to buy a research machine and have Ethan focus on research and debate.

Ezra and Nikki are quite the pair. Nikki seems to really like her older brother, although I think Ezra mostly puts up with her.

Ethan is apparently hoping to stay fit, at least a little bit, and hops on the bike. This thing has gotten a fair amount of autonomous use lately.

Ethan broke out a bottle he fizzed. I don’t remember which one it was, but he seemed to enjoy it. I was planning on selling it, but he grabbed it first. At least he seemed to like it. I put the rest of that set in the fridge.

I do not remember why Ethan decided to meditate. He might have been in a bad mood, hard to know with teens sometimes.

Then it’s back to juice fizzing for him. This skill really does go up pretty quickly. It’s kind of fun that you can even name the drinks (I really haven’t done that since that isn’t my focus).

Buffy joins Ezra for some chess. We are getting close to the holidays again, I think. I wonder if we’ll have another Winterfest before it’s over. I think we will. I don’t think Nikki will age up that quickly.

Since you could see the corner of it before, I did set up a little handprint wall. Those are all 16 kids in order. I do love that there is a bit of variety in the handprints.

Nikki has completed her toddler skills! Happy Birthday, Nikki! Our final baby is now a child already! I know I said I’m ready to be done, and I am, but it’s still bittersweet to see the final kid aging up.

Here is Nikki after her makeover. She’s so cute! She rolled the Animal Enthusiast trait, which sadly won’t mean much since we are not bringing in a pet. She got Artistic Prodigy as her aspiration.

Nikki is going to learn Cooking, and so she gets the formative moment where she wants to learn to feed herself. Buffy has no problem teaching her daughter how to cook!

Then it’s time for some fun and to take down her brother in video games. I have no idea who actually won, as I wasn’t paying attention.

There was enough snow that I sent the kids all out to build snowpals. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun creating the different snowpals, and it made me think of Calvin and Hobbes and Calvin’s crazy snowman scenes.

Ezra came home with a B in school, so he’s probably only a day or two away from getting that A. All these final kids are doing really well!

The brothers once again do their homework together. I’m not sure where Nikki was at this moment, but she might have been at her desk upstairs doing her own homework.

She is going to go ahead and do some archery, since it’s been a long time since we did that skill. So she’s out in the night practicing.

Then it’s back inside to learn more cooking from her mom. She has to cook with someone three times, which is a little harder anymore since we don’t run out of food nearly as often.

Buffy is almost at level 10 of Handiness, so I sent her around upgrading the beds for the second time, so everyone wakes up in a better mood. I cannot remember if we managed to get all of the beds or not.

Nikki gets her B in school, hot on the heels of her brother. These two could, conceivably, grow up at the same time. Nikki is blazing through her skills.

Ethan was having an emotional meltdown, so I sent him on a jog to clear his mind. It’s nice they can jog around the pier.

I think it was TV premiere day again, and the whole family gathered to watch. Nikki is also working on her homework and isn’t paying as much attention.

Then it’s back to learning how to cook. I really do love that sims can cook together, and I’m really glad it got put into the game. There are a lot of small things like this that I really do love.

Nikki completed her formative moment, and hopefully, this will help her with her skills as a teen!

It’s Winterfest Eve, I’m relatively certain. Buffy bakes some cookies and makes sure to decorate them before the kids are home from school. Days for Buffy are a lot slower and quieter now.

The boys both came home with As in school, which means we will have some birthdays! Nikki is just a tiny bit behind Ezra, and it’s still possible she will catch him in high school.

Happy Birthday, Ethan! You did great with all of your skills! Ethan’s main skills were Juice Fizzing, Mischief, and Research and Debate.

Ethan, of course, graduates with honors. He rolls Cat Lover as his final trait. He also gets Computer Whiz as his aspiration. I thought that was great, since I had it in my head he was working on programming, but it’s Ezra. That would have been perfect though!

Here is Ethan with his moms. He seems like a pretty good mix of both of them. I definitely can see Sienna in there. What do you guys think, who does he take after more? Bye, Ethan!

Not to be outdone, Ezra is also growing up. He made it NINE levels on his Motor skill! That is a crazy number for this challenge, and all while he was waiting for that A.

Here is Ezra after his teen makeover. He really is a unique-looking sim, and I really like him! He rolled Evil as his teen trait, which should be fun. He got Freelance Botanist, which I’m not going to do much with.

As I mentioned before, it was Ezra who worked on Programming. I got the brothers mixed up in my head. Whoops. Anyway, Ezra gets started on that right away.

Nikki is determined not to be left behind by her brothers, and works hard on her required skill levels while she tries to get her A.

Buffy is a big help with things like homework and encouragement. All of her kids have been successful, and Nikki will be no different.

The draw on the bike must be pretty strong, because Ezra also decides he needs to do a bit of a workout with it. I really do like the bike though!

Buffy hasn’t been writing as much, but she does still write the occasional children’s book. All of her books have been based on the real-life children’s book series, The Boxcar Children.

Turns out we will get one more Winterfest before all is said and done, as I expected. We invite over a bunch of the siblings so Nikki and Ezra can meet them.

Everyone enjoys hanging out, opening gifts, and just spending time together. The shot of Nikki hugging Brandon holds a special place. Our first baby of this challenge and our last baby.

Buffy is back to help Nikki with her homework. I think Buffy might be getting a bit bored. She has finished all of her requirements for this challenge; it’s all up to the kids now.

With there being only two kids in the house now, the days go by quickly. They often eat together, do their homework, and then work on their skills.

Nikki finally comes home with an A in elementary school. That means a quick check of her skills is all that is in order for her to grow up!

So I managed to age Nikki up, missed her blowing out her candles, and also lost her skill screenshot. Here is an older screenshot I had, as well as the updates that happened after. Obviously, she had more than 16 skills either way.

Slightly late, but Happy Birthday, Nikki! Nikki rolled Lazy as her teen trait. She isn’t going to be allowed to be that lazy. We’ve got a challenge to finish here! Her aspiration is Neighborhood Confidante. She may or may not get very far with that one.

Nikki is, of course, doing cooking as one of her skills, and so Buffy mentors her. Since Buffy has maxed her cooking already, Nikki raises the skill very quickly.

Hard to believe, but it’s already New Year’s. The days really few by without a lot happening with the family. Everyone was just focused on skills.

Nikki is right on the tail of Ezra in terms of grades. She’s already close to getting her A, and with doing their homework, it’s possible that Nikki will get an A at the same time as her brother.

Ezra heads out to take care of the plants. No one is focused on the garden, but it does still need tending to. Plus, it makes a fair amount of money for the family.

It’s family cleaning day! Not really, but it’s just funny; everyone was busy cleaning in the tiny bathroom. The sink and toilet were scrubbed, and the trash was being taken out. It was practically sparkling by the end.

What better way to celebrate than with a dance party afterwards!? I think Ezra was going to work on a bit more programming, just to make sure he was ready.

Sadly, Nikki was just a sliver away from also getting her A, and it’s the weekend, so we’ll have to wait a bit. Ezra, though, got his A!

Ezra had more than enough skills, of course. His main skills were Dancing, Programming, and Vampire Lore. Happy Birthday, Ezra!

As we have come to expect, Ezra graduated with honors. He rolled Non-Commital as his final trait. He also got Extreme Sports Enthusiast as his final aspiration.

Our final boy of the challenge is moving out! So long, Ezra, thank you for not being horribly evil to your family!

Here’s a final look at Ezra and his parents. I think he got a fair amount of Skip. His coloring is all from Buffy, but his features all seem to come from Skip. What do you think?

It’s just Buffy and Nikki now. They are really quite close, and I really do love them. It’s super cute.

Since it’s the weekend and all Nikki needs is to get her A, they decide to head to the pier. They buy some ice cream before heading over to the Ferris Wheel to take a ride.

Nikki’s turn to be on the bike, apparently. I swear, this thing must really have quite the draw. I know I haven’t tasked everyone to ride it.

Nikki puts all her new skills to use and makes some food. We are going to have a big gathering very soon to celebrate Nikki.

Just for fun, here is another list of the latest books that Buffy has written. I think they all turned out quite fun with their titles.

Buffy comes home with the A we fully expected her to get the next time she goes to school, and that means it’s time for a party!

The first thing Nikki does is to prepare a special cake. A final cake for the celebration of the end of this challenge.

All of the siblings are invited over to celebrate. All of them are here, and spread all over the house and yard. It’s crowded in the little family home they all shared, and it’s fun to see all of them together.

Nikki clearly has enough skill points. Her main skills were Cooking (where she got to level 6 with two mentorships), Gourmet Cooking, and Archery. Happy Birthday, Nikki!!

Nikki, of course, graduated with honors. There was a piece of me that hoped she would get Valedictorian, but oh well. She rolled Cringe as her final trait and got the aspiration Spellcraft and Sorcery.

The party continued, the cake was actually eaten, and everyone celebrated. Xylia and Nikki went out into the pleasant evening together. Once the party wrapped up, Nikki prepared to move out on her own.

Our final child has officially moved out. I can see Lilith in her, but she does look a fair amount like Buffy as well. Who do you think she looks like more?

With that, we wrap up this challenge and the Boolprop’s 20th challenge as well!!! We managed to complete 5 challenges in about 10 months! I really wasn’t sure we would make it through this last one, but I’m happy we did! Thank you for reading, especially if you have followed along with all of the Cobb challenges. I hope you enjoyed this final update! Let’s check out how we did.

POINTS:

• Blog: 16 points
• House = 10 x 6: 16 points
• Aspiration completed: 16 points
• Top of a career: 16 points
• Sixteen children: 16 points
• Sixteen (birth partners): 16 points
• 16 Points for every 1,600: 432 points (43,226)

TOTAL: 528

• B: Brandon Cobb | Donor: Summer Holiday
• O: Oliver Cobb | Donor: Bella Goth
• O: Owen Cobb | Donor: Geoffrey Landgraab
• L: Lydia Cobb | Donor: Don Lothario
• P: Piper Cobb | Donor: Travis Scott
• R: Robert Cobb | Donor: Iris Landipo
• O: Otto Cobb | Donor: Johnny Zest
• P: Parker Cobb | Donor: Olive Specter
• S: Sally Cobb | Donor: Michael Bell
• S: Seth Cobb | Donor: Manuel Aguilar
• I: Issac Cobb | Donor: Angela Plesant
• X: Xylia Cobb | Donor: Liberty Lee
• T: Tori Cobb | Donor: Simeon Silverwater
• E: Ethan Cobb | Donor: Sienna Grove
• E: Ezra Cobb | Donor: Skip Brooke
• N: Nikki Cobb | Donor: Lilith Plesant

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Hello and welcome back to another update of the Sweet 16 challenge with Buffy Cobb! The last time we were with the family, Issac aged up and moved out, Xylia became a teen, Tori a child, Ethan a toddler, Ezra is an infant, and at the very end of the update, baby Nikki was born. That means all 16 pregnancies for the challenge are over! Let’s dig back in!

We start the update with Buffy mentoring Tori in Charisma. It’s a skill that can take forever to complete, so mentoring is the way to go!

It was season premiere night, so the girls all watched together. You can see Ethan, our newest destructive terror, has been at the dollhouse recently.

Ezra reveals another quirk, and he is another who frequently hiccups. That seems to have taken the place of sneezes.

Now that Buffy is done having babies, she goes and hops on the bike. She is certainly out of shape, although you would think with as many kids as she has chased around, she should be more fit.

Tori came home with an A in elementary school, so all that’s left is to check her skills. Then she can be a teen as well as Xylia!

Iris stops by for a visit and gets a chance to meet little Ezra. He’s a calm infant, so he’s one of the few who isn’t upset about this. I was shocked when he rolled Calm, I’m so used to Cautious and Wiggly in this family.

Xylia is back to working on her photography skill. Sadly, it’s been storming a lot, so taking outdoor photos has been rough. Luckily, she has an adorable kid brother.

Happy Birthday, Tori!!! She blazed through her skills, and you can see she’s actually already at level 2 Charisma.

Here is Tori after her makeover, and I think she’s a really pretty sim! She rolled Foodie to go along with Art Lover, and she got the Appliance Whiz aspiration. We don’t have the room for a bunch of appliances.

Xylia and Tori are both teens now, and I think they are just too funny already.

We are not done with birthdays, though, since Ethan got his 16 skill points as a toddler and is ready to grow up. He got a bit pushed to the background of the posts, but he’s been a good kid.

Happy Birthday, Ethan! He got a makeover and is a cute little boy. He rolled Child of the Ocean for his first trait and also got Cool Kid on the Block. That aspiration is suddenly very popular.

There is still another birthday to celebrate, as Ezra also got all of his required milestones. He did great on the Gross Motor skills.

Happy Birthday, Ezra! We have a new spit cake!

Here is Ezra as a toddler. He is an Angelic toddler, which is a really nice change of pace from the 3 fussy/clingy toddlers we just went through.

Ezra, as we were preparing to give him his makeover, revealed his first quirk. He’s a Wanderer, which is always kind of fun, as long as he isn’t also destructive!

Tori apparently decided she wanted to work out. I found her on the stationary bike. I wonder if I should have gotten weights instead.

Ezra was wandering around and watching Ethan work on his mental skills. I’m ready to be able to get rid of toddler beds and shift a few things around to make a bit more room.

Especially since, for the second time, this challenge it decided to catch on fire! It was Xylia who kept her head this time around and worked to put out the fire.

Nikki has grown up into an infant, and I’m super excited she got red hair! Our final baby is no more, and now we are on the final infant!

Ezra shows us another quirk, and he also Hates Bedtime, which I suppose makes sense for a Wanderer.

Xylia has taken a few more pictures in and around town. It’s been a rather rainy and stormy season, so it’s been a bit tougher to get really nice pictures. She’s done well with them, though.

Xylia then goes and works on some more apothecary treatments. She had to purchase a few more ingredients, but they have the money for things like that now.

Tori is working on Comedy as well as Acting, so she spends a lot of time talking to no one in particular. She seems like she would be a good actress as well as a fun stand-up comedian!

Buffy is a bit attached to the final baby, I think. She spends a fair amount of time giving Nikki a nap, and she isn’t a snuggly sleeper.

I finally had Tori and Ethan try some rock, paper, scissors. That is actually really cute. They are too well-matched, though, and ended up picking the same thing almost every time.

Tori may end up talking to no one a lot of the time while skilling, but she really gets along great with Xylia. I think she’s glad to have her older sister to talk to.

Nikki reveals her first quirk. She Loves Wakeup Time. That’s not bad for an infant. Maybe she’ll unlock milestones pretty quickly.

I did not mention, Nikki is a Sunny Infant, which means she’s already usually pretty happy. Add that she is happy when she wakes up, and she’s a pretty awesome infant!

After a blowout, Buffy makes sure to quickly get her into a bath to clean her up. Buffy is taking a very hands-on approach to Nikki. Not that she wasn’t hands-on with the rest of the kids, but I think this being the last one has her extra attentive.

Ezra’s final quirk is revealed, and he is also a Picky Eater. That’s really too bad. I don’t really cater to feeding the toddlers; they get what is available.

Xylia heads out for a jog. She needed to clear her mind and relax a little bit. I think she was super angry about something.

I believe it was prank day, and one thing Xylia has never been afraid of is pranks. She messes with Ethan, and they both really enjoy the interaction.

Later out in the garden, Ethan gets Xylia into a rock, paper, scissors competition. I cannot remember who won this time.

I’m pretty sure Buffy is mentoring Tori in Charisma. That is such a slow skill to raise, so we’ll accept any help with building that skill!

Issac came by for a visit and got to meet the youngest sibling of the family, Nikki. Xylia is happy to introduce her to their brother. Of course, it was raining outside, so it would have been nice to do it indoors.

Buffy makes sure that Nikki gets her baths, and she works on tummy time with her. Nikki should have no problems getting all her milestones with all this attention from Buffy.

Tori works on her homework. I swear, these kids do their homework a lot more than it might seem like. We have to be getting those A’s!

Xylia is getting into fitness. We are mostly just waiting for her to get her A in school. I believe she has all her required skills.

It’s not just Nikki that Buffy has been attentive to. Ezra is also getting some extra special attention from his mom, now that she isn’t perpetually pregnant. He gets a bubble bath, and then his mom plays with him.

Xylia has gotten her A! That means she’ll be able to grow up, and while I will miss her, I ended up really loving Xylia, I’m also ready to be through this challenge!

Xylia brought home a friend from school, Luna Villareal, and so we had to let Xylia have some fun with her friend first.

Happy Birthday, Xylia!!! Her main skills were Apothecary, Cooking, Gemology, and Photography. She did so great!

Of course, Xylia graduated with honors. Pretty sure all this requires is an A in school. Her final trait is Party Animal, which would be really fun. She managed to roll the werewolf aspiration. I swear my roller is biased toward that one right now.

Before she moved out, she got a job in Social Media, and then became sick, poor thing. So long, Xylia, you were a fun kid to have around!

Here is Xylia with her two moms. She certainly takes after Liberty in a lot of ways. Her face is a bit rounder, more like Buffy’s, but otherwise. Who do you think she looks more like?

Life continues, and while I think Tori misses her sister, I think she also enjoys being the “big sister” in the house now. Ethan joins her in working on their homework after Tori is back from drama club.

Ezra gets put to bed by Buffy, only to immediately want to be up and about again, so we put him back to bed again. These hate bedtime toddlers, I swear.

We get the notice that Johnny Zest died, which is sad. If you remember, he was Otto’s dad. At least he got to meet Otto.

Tori and Ethan both come home with their grades up. That means Tori is almost ready to grow up, as long as she has the skills. Ethan just needs a bit more of a push to get that A.

Tori has the 16 skills she needs, and she is one of the few that had pretty focused skills. Her main skills were Active, Charisma, and Comedy. Happy Birthday, Tori!

Of course, she managed to graduate with honors. Tori rolled Hot-Headed as her final trait, which I might be glad was her final trait. She also got Master Mixologist as her aspiration.

So long, Tori, you were a lot of fun to have! Before she moved out, Tori got a job as a Writer, but unlike her mom, she’s going freelance.

Here is our final look at Tori with her parents. I never mentioned it, but Tori is a spellcaster. She got the weak bloodline trait from her dad. I think she’s a really good mixture of her parents. What do you guys think?

We are not done with the birthdays yet, though, as Nikki already blazed through 16 milestones. Way to go, Nikki!

Happy Birthday, Nikki! Our final infant has grown up now! We are so close to the end of this challenge, I can almost taste it!

Here is Nikki after her makeover. I love that she got Lilith’s red hair. She was a Sunny infant and is now a Silly Toddler. I actually really love that! What a nice toddler to be our last.

We currently have two toddlers, since Ezra is still working on all of his skills. They play with the dollhouse, which doesn’t get destroyed as much anymore.

Then Nikki learns some potty training by simply watching her brother use the little potty in their room, which someone needs to clean. They can really boost their skills by watching each other.

There are two sad updates. We got notice that both Olive and Skip have died. Olive was Parker’s donor, and Skip was Ezra’s. Sadly, Skip never got to meet his son.

Nikki reveals two toddler quirks. She loves sounds and hates wakeup time. That’s quite the change from the infant who loved to wake up!

Happy Birthday, Ezra!!! He’s gained all the required skills and is ready to be a child! That leaves just one more toddler, Nikki, in the house.

Here is Ezra after his makeover. He’s really a unique-looking sim, and I love it. He rolled Neat, which might be a great help. He also got the Creative Genius aspiration.

Ezra is going to be a little dancing fiend, I can already tell. I think he’s the sim I decided to let focus on dancing.

He even got Ethan to dance along with him while he chatted with his mom, who was attempting to write another book to bring in some more money.

For the first time, this challenge, I’m relatively sure, the fridge broke. I was shocked, but Buffy got to fixing it right away.

The boys both go to work in the garden and are busy watering and weeding. Neither of them is really going to focus on the garden, but it’s great for their mental skill.

Another bath for Nikki! She gets to play with the ducky this time. I really think it’s cute how bathtime changes from infant to toddler.

Nikki is locked in on skilling and gets to play with the blocks for a while. Her skills are building quickly, and we should be able to age her up soon.

Before that, however, Ethan got his A in school! Way to go, Ethan. Now we just have to check his skills.

Ethan has more than the required skills, of course, and has kept all his childhood skills pretty close in range to each other. Happy Birthday, Ethan!

Here is Ethan’s teen makeover. He rolled Good as his teen trait, and I like that for him. His aspiration is Beach Life, which we aren’t going to do too much with.

That, however, feels like a good place to leave this update! The next update can hopefully bring us to the end of the challenge, but we’ll just have to see how Nikki does. With fewer kids, though, I think time will go by quickly. Thank you so much for reading!

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Hello and welcome back once again to the Sweet 16th challenge. The last time we were with Buffy and family, Sally and Seth both made it through their teen years and moved out, Issac and Xylia are both currently children, Tori is an infant, and Ethan was born right at the end of the update. Let’s dig back in!

When we rejoin the family, Xylia and Issac are both working on their homework at the table.

Buffy was over at the pier. I had looked around and spied that Lilith Plesant is one of the baristas over there. That sold me, we’ve had Angela’s baby, so why not add Lilith to the mix?!

Then it’s over to Gibbi Point to meet the next donor. I was expecting to romance one of the residents, one we already knew. However, once we arrived, I changed my mind.

Skip Brooke also happened to live here. I was going to go for Angora, whom Buffy already knew, but it seems Buffy and Skip really hit it off nicely.

Very nicely indeed. Nothing further will happen today. We need to get Tori at least aged up to a toddler before we get pregnant again!

Wouldn’t you know it, shortly after Buffy got home, Tori had unlocked 16 milestones!

Happy Birthday, Tori! It’s crazy to think she marks the first baby of the final fourth of these kids! We are getting close to finishing this challenge!

Here is Tori after a makeover. I had to find the closest birthmark I could for her head because there isn’t a matching one, which seems weird. Maybe I just missed it somehow? Anyway, she is a clingy toddler.

I haven’t necessarily been taking pictures of it, but Buffy has still been writing, and we FINALLY got the final bestseller written! Buffy finished her aspiration. I went ahead and gave her Successful Linneage, even though we won’t finish it.

Potty training time! Since Tori isn’t independent, the faster we can get her to level 2 of this skill, the better!

Tori reveals two quirks in quick succession. She Loves Sounds and is a Picky Eater. Those are pretty decent quirks!

Time to see if we can get baby 15 on the way. Buffy heads back to Skip Brook’s house, and they have a hot tub, so we take advantage of that. Haven’t had a hot tub woohoo, maybe ever in my saves!

Issac has come home with his A, which might mean we are about to have a teen in the house again! Xylia is well on her way, having achieved a B!

I sent Buffy out to do some more collecting. It wasn’t going to give us a gemstone, but I thought I could at least sell the fossil!

Ethan is now an infant! Luckily, Tori is a toddler, so we have managed to not have two infants at once yet! Ethan is another Cautious infant. I swear, so many of these kids have been cautious.

Issac got all of his required skills and is ready to grow up! Happy Birthday, Issac!!

Here is Issac after his makeover. He rolled Disruptive as his teen trait. That isn’t one I’ve played with, so I have no idea what to expect. He also rolled the Mt. Komorebi Sightseeer, which isn’t likely to happen.

Issac is going to work on pottery as one of his skills, so the pottery wheel I’ve had for forever is finally going to get some use!

I did not find out right away if Buffy was pregnant, since I wanted a little bit of time with Ethan to get some of his milestones accomplished. We should find out soon.

Liberty came by again. She seems to be like Summer, visiting often. That means she gets to meet little Ethan, who, being Cautious, wasn’t so sure about it.

Tori is going to work on photography, so she gets a camera and starts taking shots around the house and of Liberty.

Ethan ends up showing us he hates to be held. Well, that would also explain why he didn’t like Liberty holding him!

Buffy works with Ethan on some tummy time, which he doesn’t seem to mind, since it doesn’t involve someone holding him. Meanwhile, Issac takes care of his little sister, Tori.

We got notice that Buffy is indeed pregnant! That means baby 15 is on the way!

I decided to have Issac do Nectar Making as one of his skills, and then realized that was going to take forever, but he still created a couple of bottles of nectar first. Xylia is sent out to get some additional crystals, hopefully. I forgot we could buy some too.

It’s Love Day, and Xylia gives her mom a flower, since it’s the only activity she cares about for the holiday, and I didn’t want her to have a horrible holiday. Buffy loves the gift from her daughter.

These two are cute! Xylia and Tori are the current sisters in the house, and while the girls have gotten a lot closer in number to the boys, they’ve been pretty spread out overall.

I’m surprised we haven’t gotten anything to suggest Tori loves books, or maybe hates bedtime, since Buffy usually has to put her to bed a couple of times with a book.

Xylia has been working hard on her photography skill, although mostly it’s building creativity right now, of course. She took some cute photos overall, and it’s fun to play around with this skill again.

Issac is another superstar brother. He plays with Ethan, which helps him get a milestone unlocked. Buffy sits and does flash cards at Tori’s request, which I always find so cute.

Once Buffy is done with flash cards, and Issac is done playing with Ethan, Buffy takes him down to have a bubble bath, with squeaky ducks!

Issac is determined to build up his medium skill the rest of the way, and is actually pretty close to being through his skills already.

First, though, Ethan is already ready to be a toddler! It’s crazy how quickly these infants have been getting milestones lately. It’s so handy to have older siblings to help!

Happy Birthday, Ethan! He is going from a Cautious infant to a Fussy toddler! What is with the rollers right now? I feel like I’ve had either clingy or fussy toddlers lately.

There are now two toddlers for a bit, since both Tori and Ethan are toddlers. Issac reads them to sleep.

Oh, for the love of the watcher!!! We have ANOTHER destructive toddler. I’m actually really glad these destructive toddlers are all towards the end of the challenge, but for Pete’s sake, it’s the new frequently sneezes!

We recognize this look! Buffy is in labor, and it’s time to head to the hospital for baby 15!

Well, our normal doctor arrives with us as normal, but a new doctor is in her place! Once again, with the random doctor, the machine glitches, doesn’t give us a baby, and Buffy walks about after giving “birth.” These interns are cursed!

Buffy goes home, and our newest baby is here, safe and sound. Crazy game! Everyone, meet Ezra Cobb, who is our 15th baby of the challenge! It’s another boy, so the boys are taking back over.

Ethan gives us his other two quirks right together. He’s a Light Sleeper, but he also Loves Wakeup Time. You know, if we have to have a light sleeper, at least he’s happy about waking up. That does mean, however, he has more hours to be destructive!

The decision was made to use Lilith as our final donor of the challenge, so right as Lilith gets off her shift at the coffee stand, Buffy is able to get the first kiss.

Then it’s once again off to the photo booth, which has been a winner for us most of the time in this challenge. So nice to have the pier so close!

Back at home, Issac is busy taking care of Ezra and making sure his needs are all handled. I’m going to miss Issac when he grows up!

Before Issac, though, it’s Tori’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Tori! Tori did great on all of her skills and will gain Happy Toddler!

Tori is also a really cute little girl! Buffy made some cute kids with all these donors. Tori rolled Art Lover for her trait and got Rambuncious Scamp as her aspiration.

Buffy sits down and helps her girls with their homework. We have had a couple of kids at children age at the same time for a while now in this challenge, and it’s been kind of nice.

Buffy discovers that the photobooth woohoo with Lilith from earlier was successful, and we have baby 16 on the way! We are almost to the end of this challenge, at least the having kids part!

Once homework is done, the girls sit down to battle it out with some Voidcritters gaming. I really like this retro console, and it makes me feel nostalgic for my own gaming experiences when I was younger.

Buffy has a really high cooking skill, thanks to all the kids she has fed over this challenge. The fridge was getting low, so she was going to work on filling it back up.

Both Xylia and Issac come home with A’s from school on the same day, and that means we are going to have more birthdays!

Issac is first to the cake. He was a good brother, and luckily, Xylia will give us another teen right away. Issac’s main skills were Gardening, Pottery, and Medium. He did get about 1/2 way to level 2 of Nectar Making before I pulled the plug on that one. Happy Birthday, Issac!

Issac, of course, graduated with honors. He’s final trait ended up being Neat. He also got Bestselling Author as his aspiration, just like his mom, which I think is sweet. You were great, Issac!

Here is Issac, all grown up with his moms. He has a fair amount of Angela in him, I think. He’s certainly got her longer face and her eyes. I think he’s a nice mixture. How about you guys?

Next up is Xylia, who did very well on all her skills. She got up to 7 of the motor skill, which is pretty impressive. Happy Birthday, Xylia!

Here is Xylia after her makeover. She is a really pretty teen, and I just love this hair on her. Her freckles are just so cute as well! Xylia got the Loyal trait as her teen trait, and her aspiration is Live Fast.

Tori goes and works on her homework, and her mom comes up to help her. Then it’s over to the mirror for some practice being dramatic. Tori is joining the Drama Club and is going to take on acting as one of her skills.

Baby Ezra is now an infant! He’s our next-to-last infant, and it’s going to be kind of weird to not have a bunch of kids just coming up after him!

Xylia is working on the geology, as was the plan since she was a child. We got more than enough crystals. Working even just one crystal really grows this skill fairly quickly.

Ezra reveals his first quirk, and he Loves Wakeup Time. We’ve had a handful of this quirk lately, and it’s kind of nice having them wake up happy.

Tori works on her metal skill by working in the garden. There are quite a few plants needing watering and weeding today, so she’ll stay busy.

Buffy gets started working with Ezra on his tummy time. We may or may not end up with two infants for a very short time with this final baby. We’ll just have to see how quickly Ezra unlocks milestones.

Tori came home with a B in school, and that means she’s going to be able to get the A quickly! Way to go, Tori!

Xylia comes home from school and works on a piece of jewelry. I actually really like this gemology crafting stuff. It’s the first time I’ve really done anything with it, and I’m excited to explore it more later!

I also decided to have Xylia work on the Apothecary skill. I have ailments turned off for this save. It is not worth it to me to have them getting sick all the time, but this was still fun!

Tori experiences the monster under the bed and attempts to befriend it. It doesn’t work, but she does try. Luckily, big sister Xylia was able to come spray it.

Ezra gets his first bath after quite a blowout, and then it’s back to more tummy time! Gotta unlock those milestones.

I haven’t really shown any of Ethan as a toddler. He really is here and working hard on his skills. I’m not sure why he hasn’t shown up much in pictures. He’s a fussy toddler, so I try and keep him busy.

Well, this face means that Buffy is back in labor…for the last time. It’s crazy that this is the last pregnancy. Buffy really didn’t have too many hard pregnancies, and amazingly, she hasn’t had twins. I’m so glad.

We are back with our normal doctor today, so I feel confident everything will go smoothly, even if we are in the other room. We are hoping to not get twins this final time.

Sure enough, everything goes smoothly, and with only one baby, baby 16 is here! It’s another girl, and her name is Nikki Cobb! Welcome to the challenge, Nikki.

With that, we will end this chapter here as it’s getting pretty long. Our updates will now be focused on getting all the kids, including Nikki, fully aged up and out of the house. We’ll see how many pictures I take, which will determine how many more updates we have. Thank you so much for reading!

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Hello and welcome back once again to the Sweet 16 challenge! The last update, which got a bit long, we had the births of babies 11 and 12, Issac and Xylia. Robert, Otto, and Parker all aged up and out of the house. Sally became a teen, and Seth grew into a child right at the end of the update. Buffy also maxed her career, and we had a quiet Harvestfest. Let’s dig back in!

Let’s start with the makeovers for Sally and Seth. Sally kept some light freckles. I will likely make her over again with the darker freckles of her toddlerhood if I use her again. She rolled Chased by Death as her trait, and she wants to be a paragon partner. That’s not happening. Seth got competitive as his trait and rolled the Cool Kid on the Block aspiration.

Buffy is working on tummy time with Issac when we are first back with the family. I’m having a bit of trouble keeping all the kids straight at this point.

Sally is going to be my musical sim. She played the piano a lot as a child, not that I ever took a picture of it, and now, as a teen, she will work with guitar and violin. Those 7 creative points really made this an easy choice.

Issac has his required milestones and can grow up! Way to go, Issac!

Right before Buffy brings him to his cake, Issac actually gets another milestone and learns to sit up! Happy Birthday, Issac!

Isaac lets us know right away that he hates bedtime. Well, that will be fun.

Buffy invites Knox over one more time to see if he and Buffy can get on the same page. Sadly, Knox really does not seem to like Buffy, and they are not a good match, so time to find a different donor.

We check over at the pier, and there is a new person working the ice cream stand. It’s actually Simeon Silverwater, who is usually a magical sage. Buffy introduces herself.

They hit it off really well, and Buffy is able to get that first kiss right away. We have our next donor!

A quick trip to the photo booth, and hopefully we’ll get lucky. I’m taking a chance here with Xylia still being a baby.

Apparently, it was a shift change anyway, because Angela is back at the stand right after. Buffy goes and gets some ice cream and chats with her before heading home.

Issac may hate bedtime, but he loves books. I’m all for him loving books, although I realized I never put a little bookcase in the toddler room for them to look at books with.

Seth comes home with a B in school already and is on his way to getting that A he needs. The kids feel like they just got into a rhythm.

We have managed to have a whole four girls in this challenge so far. Sally goes down to take care of little Xylia. The girls have gotta stick together in this challenge!

A fairy stops by, and Buffy goes out to talk to her for a bit. Maybe we’ll use her as a donor, and maybe not. Time will tell what we decide.

That woohoo with Simeon was successful, however, and Buffy confirms she is pregnant again! Baby 13 is on the way!

Why is the homework party so frequently in a toddler’s room? What is it about toddler beds that makes them so comfortable for doing homework?

Issac, it turns out, is a picky eater! Really, his traits could be worse. He could be destructive!

Xylia Cobb is now an infant! She actually already looks a bit like Liberty, so I’m excited to see how much she takes after her later.

Sally is the best big sister Xylia could ask for, and yes, I am very biased. I love Sally. She makes sure Xylia is fed and starts on some tummy time.

Xylia shows us two of her quirks. She hates being held and is a self-soother. I don’t mind either of those!

Dueling bath time! Sally gives Issac a bath while Buffy takes Xylia, who I think had a blowout, to her own bath. Bathtime can be so cute!

Otto comes over for a visit and gets to meet Xylia. She is a wiggly infant, and while she hates being held, she does seem to like being moved around and seeing different things.

Otto then goes and spends some time with Sally and Seth. Liberty is also apparently visiting in the back, probably to meet her daughter.

This game can be so crazy. Issac was so tired that he was ready to pass out. He was upstairs in the toddler room. Instead of passing out anywhere up there, he came downstairs, outside, and all the way down to the water to pass out. At least he gained a fair amount of movement!

Buffy is helping Xylia with some more tummy time. I’m hoping she will quickly gain milestones, as Buffy is going to have the next baby very soon.

Both Sally and Seth come home with A’s! This might be the first time I’m actually a little bit sad for a teen to move out. I’ll miss Sally.

Sally has more than enough skill points to be allowed to age up. She was all about music. Her main skills were Guitar, Piano, and Violin. She raised them super fast. Happy Birthday, Sally!

She also managed to be Valedictorian! Congrats, Sally! As if I didn’t already love her enough. She rolled Freegan as her final trait, and got Public Enemy (which seems weird) for her final aspiration.

Here is Sally with her parents. She really took after her dad. I think that’s why I find her so adorable! What do you guys think? You will be missed, Sally! (I went in and added back the freckles she had as a child, and I really love them.)

Seth is up next, and he also gained more than enough skills as a child to age up. He’s even completed getting level 3 in Logic already. Happy Birthday, Seth!

Here is Seth as a teenager after his makeover. He has a very square jaw; clearly got that from his dad. He got the Dance Machine trait, and that made me realize no one has done dancing as a skill. He also got the Admired Icon for his aspiration.

Turns out it’s Winterfest, so the family opens up presents the next morning and got a few good things. Some of it is sold, although we are not hurting for money, I’ve been giving each kid money upon moving out.

Issac really needed a diaper change, so Seth took care of that. Issac hasn’t gotten to the point where he can use the potty on his own quite yet.

Then, Buffy goes and gives Issac another bath. I feel like these kids are getting really dirty lately for some reason.

I recognize this face, Buffy is in labor! That means baby 13 is on the way!! After this, there are only 3 more babies left to have!

I did a slightly different set of pictures this time, but Buffy checked in, and then luckily we got the same doctor again. Hopefully, that means the birth won’t be weird like Xylia’s!

It was a success! Everyone, meet Tori Cobb. She is our 13th baby and our 5th girl of the challenge. The girls have been catching up to the boys a bit.

Buffy wastes no time. After the hospital, she goes straight to Seinna’s and gets that first kiss. I am quickly feeling like we could handle multiple infants now that we are so close to the end. I apparently didn’t catch a picture of them going into the shower for some woohoo.

When Buffy gets home, it’s time for Xylia’s birthday! She got all 16 of her required milestones.

Happy Birthday, Xylia! She was a cute little wiggly infant and grew up into a fussy toddler. Welp. I guess we can’t win them all.

She very nearly gives us all her quirks one right after the other. She is another kid who Hates Wakeup Time, and is Destructive. She is also a Messy Eater, so with being fussy, she’s going to be a handful.

Seth is on it, however, and immediately starts potty training, which let’s Issac watch her so he can grow his own.

We discover Buffy is once again pregnant, so that one time with Sienna was enough, and baby 14 is actually on the way already!

That means little Xylia here needs to gain skills quickly, and Issac as well. I love that Buffy is attempting to mop up water while Seth is giving Xylia a bath.

Issac managed to get all his required skills and is ready to grow up! Happy Birthday, Issac!! I can tell I was taking fewer pictures and just focused on getting through this challenge by this point.

Of course, he closed his eyes for the picture, but here is Issac after his makeover. He rolled the Creative trait, and the roller actually gave him Cool Kid on the Block as his aspiration.

We aren’t done with birthdays yet, because Tori is also becoming an infant! She got a little birthmark, which is so cute.

We did give Tori a little bit of a makeover. She is another Wiggly infant, which will hopefully help her with milestones!

It’s New Year’s, and the family celebrates by watching the countdown, and everyone resolves to gain skill points. It was a fun evening.

Tori reveals one of her quirks. She loves wakeup time, which isn’t a horrible thing for an infant.

Xylia and Issac are pretty close and play dolls together. Of course, shortly after this, Xylia destroys the dollhouse, but that’s ok.

Seth is working on some writing, and of course, he asks his mom to mentor him. I don’t know why I didn’t think to do this before. Mentoring really raises the skills quickly.

Sally is over visiting, and she gets to meet little Tori now that she’s an infant. Seth watches over the interaction.

Tori then reveals a new quirk. She frequently hiccups, which makes me realize frequently sneezes did not make a return, but we have had a few hiccupping infants lately.

Issac is going to work on the medium skill, and I bought him a table to practice on. This skill goes up fairly quickly, so I thought it would be fun.

Buffy either had the desire to, or maybe Xylia asked to be read to. I can’t remember, but this interaction is really cute. Xylia is a terror, though, and breaks the dollhouse usually multiple times a day.

Does it feel like Seth JUST grew up to anyone else? Happy Birthday, Seth! His main skills were Baking, Logic, Thanatology, and Writing. He had logic at level 3 before he aged up, so I picked 3 more.

Seth graduated with honors, but wasn’t valedictorian. His final trait ended up being Socially Awkward, which I always find kind of funny to get as an adult trait. He got Championship Rider as his final aspiration.

Here is Seth with his parents. His jawline came from his dad, for sure. He also seems to have gotten his dad’s nose and darker hair, and eyes. The eye shape is from Buffy, though. Do you guys agree?

While we wait for the new baby to be born, there are still all kinds of things to take care of. Buffy gives little Tori a bath.

Xylia plays with her toys. She’s just about through her skills, and I think this was the last thing she needed to do. When she’s not destroying things, she’s super cute!

Sure enough, it’s Xylia’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Xylia. She did really good on all of her skills.

She also, as you might have noticed, got freckles, but they weren’t the easiest to see when she was small. I made sure to keep the same “pattern” this time around. Xylia rolled Loves Outdoors as her trait and got Creative Genius as her aspiration.

I believe I decided I wanted Xylia to get the Charisma skill, so she is going to work on being social as a child, even if it’s with the stuffed dog.

She also works on her metal skill by watering the garden. I love the little puppy onesie, it’s really pretty cute.

I also decided I wanted to see if Xylia could do the Gemology skill. For that, we need crystals, so I sent everyone out for some collection runs.

Issac comes home with a B in school. He’s going to be blazing through the rest of this challenge, I think.

Well, the collection run and time on the playground will need to be cut short this time. Buffy is in labor, and here comes baby 14!!

We have our normal doctor again, which always makes me feel a little bit better. The only time we’ve had an issue is when the random doctor delivered our baby.

It’s another boy! Everyone, welcome Ethan Cobb to the challenge! We are down to needing to final babies for this challenge, and I know who at least one of the donors will be.

That, however, will wrap up this chapter! Thank you so much for reading. I hope you’ve been enjoying this whirlwind challenge! I’m excited to complete all 5 of these challenges for Boolprop’s 20th birthday, which is happening this month (Nov)! If you are looking for a fun Sims community, you should come check it out! Hope to have you reading next time!

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Hello and welcome back to a new Sweet 16 challenge update! The last time we saw Buffy, we had just had baby 10, Seth Cobb. Sally had grown into a toddler, Parker into a child, and Robert was a teen. Piper aged up to YA and moved out, and Buffy had a birthday as well. Let’s dig back in!

So I decided to try and have Buffy meet a few more potential donors. We stopped by Evergreen Harbor, and while it appeared we initially were going to hit it off with Knox, he hated everything Buffy brought up.

So we headed over to Chestnut Ridge and got to know Sienna Grove instead. Buffy really hit it off with Sienna, and we will likely be using her as a donor later.

Back at home, Robert was potty training Sally. It is always nice when a toddler can use the potty on their own. Plus, we want to get Sally through skills quickly.

The boys started a cocoon, and while we have already done Entomology as a skill, I figured, why not? I was struggling a bit with what else to have everyone do, although I realized there are plenty of skills to still work on.

Buffy is really a very good mom and tends to be able to handle whatever is causing the babies’ distress quickly. She is at level 10 of parenting, so I often just direct her to do super-efficient care, though.

The boys now tend to like to prank each other. Especially Parker. He’s a bit of a menace, but that’s ok, he’s also a lot of fun.

Sally shows us her final toddler quirk, and she is a heavy sleeper. So she may hate bedtime, but when she finally goes to bed, she sleeps heavily, so that’s not really too bad.

Otto and Robert both come home with As in school, and we all know what that means!

We’re going to let Otto go first. He did a great job on a lot of skills and got a lot more than 16. Happy Birthday, Otto!

Robert also got his 16 skills, with his main skills being Handiness, Piano, and Singing. I never really showed that he was working on singing, but he managed to get to level 3. Happy Birthday, Robert!

Robert graduated with honors and rolled vegetarian as his final trait. I’m glad he got that as his adult trait while he’s moving out. I’m terrible at remembering those things when it comes to cooking!

Here is Otto after his makeover. He rolled Macabe to go along with the Perfectionist trait from his childhood. His aspiration upon becoming a teen is Painter Extraordinaire, which made me realize no one has done painting yet.

So long, Robert! I will actually be glad to not have to make sure I don’t type Roger, which is not his name. Robert got a job in Law before he moved out.

Here is Robert and his moms. He got Iris’ hair, obviously, but the Cobb’s darker skin tone. He did not get her freckles, which made me a bit sad, but I do think he is a good mixture between them. Let me know what you think.

With Robert moved out, it’s up to Otto to step up and take care of little Sally. He’s already showing he’s a good older brother.

Parker is working on another cocoon. He does seem to enjoy entomology.

Otto opts to do painting, of course, as one of his skills. The easel might actually get some use now.

Seth has grown into an infant. That means it’s time for us to really get moving on the next baby in this challenge!

Not before Buffy takes care of Seth and gets him settled into the infant room, of course!

Seth…. frequently sneezes!? It’s back! I guess time will tell if it sticks around. Funny how we haven’t seen it for a while. Frequently sneezes was a very frequent quirk there for a bit.

I realized that Natural Living was a skill I could easily work on with Otto, so he is out trying to forage for different things.

Back inside, Seth had a blowout and got it all over Buffy as well, so it’s time for a bath for him and a shower for her.

Angela stopped by the house to get to know Buffy a bit better. I need to consider who the next donor is going to be, and it might be Angela.

She gets invited inside to meet Seth, who was not thrilled, being a cautious infant. Luckily, he was able to go back to the infant room shortly after and take a nap.

Sure enough, Angela is totally on board for being the next donor, so Buffy gives her the first kiss. I’m excited to use Angela Plesant. Maybe we’ll have another redheaded baby!

Otto comes home with his A in school already, which is great! We just need him to wrap up his skills so he can grow up!

Some shower woohoo with Angela keeps Buffy occupied downstairs. Sadly, this does not result in a pregnancy.

The next time she is working, Buffy heads over to the pier and they try out the photo booth instead. Hopefully, Angela doesn’t get in trouble for leaving her post for a bit of fun.

The photo booth was a success! Buffy is pregnant with baby number 11! We are nearly three-fourths of the way through having babies in this challenge! I might not even need a youth potion.

Sally toddler spam incoming! She is working hard on her skills and can now use the potty on her own.

Otto and Sally hang out together while Otto works on his cross-stitch and Sally watches some TV. She deserves a little fun!

Ok, one more Sally spam, because I seriously cannot get enough of this little girl!

With Otto working on the Natural Living skill, I had him doing things like going down to the water to “bathe” in the water. It made a rather pretty picture on a lovely day.

Otto is then tasked with checking out what is in the apothecary table we bought. He stocks it with some of the items he’s foraged that will be useful.

Little Seth has taught himself to roll onto his tummy and is now able to do tummy time himself.

It’s Sally’s birthday! She got all of her skills done pretty quickly! We will now have 2 children for a bit. Happy Birthday, Sally!!!

Sally got a bit of a makeover, and here is where I discovered that the freckles don’t “stick” (possibly because I did change sim). She has freckles, but the ones she had as a toddler did not stay, and I didn’t realize this. She rolled Lazy as her child trait and Social Butterfly as her aspiration.

Parker and Sally, our two children, hang out the next morning at the dining room table. I really do like the new onesie from the event. It might be one of my favorite things from the event.

Seth has not shown that he is a snuggly sleeper, but Buffy apparently really wanted to give Seth a snuggly nap. It’s actually really cute.

Sally and Parker both head out into the gloomy early morning to be out in nature. Parker is going to take on fishing, so he goes and starts on that skill. Sally is just interested in getting some collectables.

Otto has achieved his required skill points. His main skills were Cross-stitch, Painting, and Natural Living. Happy Birthday, Otto! Hopefully, Parker can be a teen soon!

As I’ve come to expect, Otto graduated with honors. He rolled Child of the Ocean to wrap up his traits, and has Outdoor Enthusiast as his aspiration. He will get a job in politics before he moves out.

Here is Otto with his parents. I think Otto took after his dad the most. His coloring is from the Cobb side, but his facial shape and eyes are all Johnny.

Birthdays are not over, however, as Seth has reached more than 16 milestones. He unlocked a bunch in a row very quickly.

Happy Birthday, Seth! I’m excited to see what he looks like as a toddler!

He will get a bit of a makeover, but overall, he’s a really cute little toddler! Buffy gets him started on his movement skill immediately.

Seth gives us two of his quirks right away, and OF COURSE we have another destructive toddler! He is also a little singer, and I really like that quirk; it’s so cute!

Parker got tired of fishing and decided to take a break and play pretend. He was the captain of a spaceship landing on a distant planet searching for the distress signal that called them there!

Ok, he wasn’t doing anything but playing in the garden, but the fact that he basically pulled out a little trowel, and that I paused at just the right moment, I had to use it! He’s so cute, even if he is destructive.

Sally was busy working on her mental skill with the science station when it caught on fire! I’ve never had the science station catch on fire before, I don’t think. Luckily, Buffy was able to put it out with no one getting hurt.

Otto took over putting little Seth to bed, and we find out that Seth is also a Heavy Sleeper. At least nothing will wake him up easily.

Buffy wakes up in labor, and I’m excited to see what baby 11 will be!

I probably could stop taking these two pictures over and over again, but it’s tradition now!

We have another boy! Everyone, welcome Issac Cobb to the challenge!

Parker comes home with an A in school, finally. It feels like it took him forever. Now to check on his skills.

The skills are well past the required 16. In fact, he’s over halfway through his required teen skills! Happy Birthday, Parker!

Here is Parker after his makeover. He’s going to play around with tarot cards, since I haven’t done that at all. Parker rolled the Materialistic trait to go with loves outdoors, and has the werewolf initiate aspiration (my roller likes that one right now too.) His first Taro reading is kind of fun.

Parker decided, all on his own, to work on a cheer routine since I put the mat down. He’s actually fairly fit already.

Then it’s time to work in the garden. Sally also comes out and helps with weeding the garden while Parker waters.

Sally goes in and starts telling Seth a story. It seems quite dramatic. I do love all these little interactions kids can do with each other.

Much like all his siblings before him, Parker turns out to be a great older brother. He takes care of Issac, and then heads out to his fishing spot where he does his homework on the ground.

It’s time for a new donor, and Liberty Lee is up next. I figured we had a baby with Summer and Travis, so why not see if Liberty was interested? Buffy and Liberty hit it off just fine.

She gets a first kiss, but the rest will need to happen later, as it’s late, and Liberty decides to head home. The kids could use Buffy anyway.

She puts little Seth to bed with a bedtime story. I decided to put a wall hanging of the llama cross-stitch in the toddler room. I thought it was really cute.

Buffy then takes the quiet of the evening to get a bit of work done. She’s almost to the top of her career, and we also need some bestsellers!

Seth is out doing some fishing first thing the next morning. His skill isn’t going up very quickly, but we shouldn’t have any issues getting to level 3 soon enough.

Issac grows up into an infant, and he’s another cutie pie!

Sally manages to come home with a B in school, and she’s well on her way to getting that A.

Seth heads downstairs to meet Issac, and I can’t remember what all he did. I know he at least babbled at his brother a lot.

Oliver comes by to visit, and he gives Seth a big hug! Liberty is also over visiting again.

Liberty gets a chance to meet Issac, and Issac is another Causious infant. I’ve had a lot of those, cautious and wiggly. So he’s not thrilled with meeting Liberty.

But then it’s time to get back to the reason that Liberty is here today. Some shower woohoo might do the trick. While I didn’t appear to capture a picture of it, Buffy did indeed get pregnant here.

Buffy gets her final promotion! She is now a creator of worlds and has reached the top of her career. Way to go, Buffy!

Parker has gotten into doing daily tarot card readings for himself, and sometimes he does what the card says, and other times he doesn’t worry about it. It’s been kind of fun, though.

There is always a lot more big brother stuff to worry about than the tarot. Giving Issac a bath and then spending some time doing tummy time to help him with milestones, for instance.

Issac gives us two of his quirks. He’s a happy spitter and a feeding tinkler. Neither is a bad quirk, and Issac should be fairly easy to take care of.

It’s Harvestfest, and the family celebrates by eating a grand meal and watching sports on TV. It’s not an exciting holiday this time around.

Sally is likely to grow up soon. She’s got plenty of skills so far! All she needs is that A.

So I had to go FIND this picture, but both Sally and Parker got A’s on the same day. The notice just shows Sally as a teen already because I had to grab it after she had already grown.

Seth also has his required skills and is going to grow up into a child today! Happy Birthday, Seth!

I missed Sally’s skills, which is quite annoying. She had gotten to level 7 in creativity. That, with 4 mental, 3 motor, and 3 social, brought her more than enough skill points. Happy Birthday, Sally!

To cap off the birthdays for today, Parker also got all 16 of his required skills and is also growing up. His main skills were Entomology, Fishing, and Gardening.

He, of course, graduated with honors and rolled the creative trait. He also got the beach life aspiration.

Bye Parker! You were an interesting sim to have around, and I appreciate all of your help!

Here is Parker with his mom’s. I see a lot of Olive in him. I think he’s a good mixture of his parents. What do you guys think?

We are getting super long again, but Buffy went into labor after all those birthdays, so let’s see what she’s going to have!

It’s dark and cold when Buffy arrives at the hospital. So cold the front desk lady is nearly frozen to death, but everyone makes it into the building. Buffy has a different doctor, though!

The machine ends up glitching, and the baby doesn’t show up in the bassinet, and Buffy just walks out of the hospital. What did that new doctor do??? Luckily, baby Xylia is born successfully, and Buffy is able to care for her when she gets home. Xylia Cobb is baby number 12!

I will show off the makeovers for Sally and Seth next update, as this has gotten too long. Thank you so much for reading if you made it all the way through this update! It was a lot of fun, and I hope you will join me for the next update, hopefully tomorrow!

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Hello and welcome back yet again to the Sweet 16th challenge! I know it’s been a bit of a break, but I am back to hopefully finish up this challenge. The last time we had a long chapter, but we watched Lydia grow into a teen, and then a YA, and move out. We also saw Owen age into a YA and move out. Piper grew into a teen, and she already has her A. She just needs to finish her skills before she can move out. Robert became a toddler, then a child, Otto became a toddler, and we had both Parker and Sally born. Parker growing into an infant by the end. The family also celebrated New Year’s and Winterfest, so there was a lot going on. All right, let’s dig back in!

We will start the update with Piper and Robert eating some breakfast foods. Now, this could be for breakfast, or breakfast for dinner, but I think it’s breakfast.

Piper gets into a mood, so she is sent out for a jog. You can see the season slowly changing, the snow is melting, but it’s still under the trees where there isn’t much sun!

Lydia comes over to visit and decides she will help Robert with his homework. Robert is very close to getting the A he needs!

Piper got her A last update, and we were just trying to wrap up some skills. Her main skills were Cross-Stitch, Gardening, and Papercraft. Nothing new, but that’s ok.

Piper actually got Valedictorian! Congrats, Piper! I might have to think of something to use her for at some point. She also gained the clumsy trait and rolled for the vampire family aspiration. She had a werewolf one before, I guess she’s all about sups!

Here is Piper with her parents. Her dad is Travis Scott, and I think she takes after her mom a lot more than her dad. Do you agree?

Parker has also gathered up all of the milestones he needs to age up already! It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since he was born!

Happy Birthday, Parker! You are now going to be a toddler!

Now we have two toddlers, and it seems like Buffy is pumped about it. We’ll give Parker a makeover here in a bit.

First, though, it’s also Buffy’s birthday! She’s now a full adult, and we’ll give her a small makeover, update a few outfits, etc.

While Buffy was preparing to blow out her candles, Robert got a B in school today and is on his way to getting that required A.

Parker gives us his first quirk. He’s a destructive toddler. Well, that should be SUPER fun. I haven’t had a destructive toddler in any save for a while!

Robert sits down to do his homework, and I think Piper is over visiting, but she may not have left yet. She will be moving out on her own (if she hasn’t already).

Here is our little destructive kid as a toddler. He is very, very cute, and I decided to let him be in black, since he’s Olive’s son. I already see a bit of her in him.

It’s time to start potty training again! Parker is up to the task, and I might not mind him not having the movement to go down the stairs for a bit since the dollhouse is down there.

Parker gives us his other two quirks. He hates being carried. Well, that’s fine, you are welcome to toddle around on your own. He also hates wakeup time. That could be a lot worse with destructive.

Buffy is pretty much in parent mode for a bit with the youngest kids. She takes care of little Sally and makes sure Parker gets his baths.

However, it’s time for Otto’s birthday already. He has his 16 skill points, and we will have another child in the house, along with Robert. I apparently missed getting a screenshot of his toddler skills, sadly.

Otto got a bit of a makeover. I mostly started going through, and if the outfit wasn’t terrible all by itself, I would just try to adjust colors a bit; if the whole outfit was awful, then we’d change it all. Otto got the Happy Toddler trait (and a 4th communication skill) and rolled Perfectionist as his child trait. He also got the Artistic Prodigy aspiration.

Robert and Otto both started on their homework. Robert will hopefully be getting an A soon and can grow up into a teen.

Robert gets woken up by the monster under his bed. We haven’t had to deal with the monster very much since we have many “upper bunk” beds, but Robert actually befriends the monster.

Buffy reads Parker to sleep. It’s nice to be back to having only one toddler. I would like Robert to be a teen before we have another baby.

Robert woke up with a loose tooth, which he eventually just pulled because it was so uncomfortable. Otto started working on his aspiration. We aren’t going to focus on it, but it’s a good way to get skills.

I decided to take a picture of some of the books that Buffy has been writing. They are all based on titles from The Boxcar Children book series. I’ve just changed most of them slightly to be more Sims-related.

Sally has aged up into an infant. She is a cutie pie! Now it’s time for milestone work again!

Buffy takes Sally into the infant room and starts on tummy time with her. Sally isn’t thrilled, but we’ve gotta take the time we have to work these milestones.

After she spends time with Sally, she heads up to spend time playing with Parker. Parker was very low on fun and attention, so this managed to solve both. Plus, it lets him work on his movement skill.

Robert came home with an A! That means we just need to check his skills and he can grow up! That’s very exciting.

Robert has his required skills, more than his required skills actually, so it’s now cake time again! Happy Birthday, Robert!

Robert got a quick makeover, and he’s still a cutie! Robert rolled Slob to go with his Geek trait and got Zen Guru as his aspiration. Again, while we won’t focus on it, we might get some skill ideas.

Time to get started on the next baby, and Manuel Aguilar is picked as the next donor. Buffy invited him to one of the lots from Lovestruck.

After a little bit of time, Buffy goes in for the first kiss, and Manuel is totally into it. They spend a bit more time flirting and getting to know each other.

Then it’s into the janitor’s closet in the building for a little fun. I am not going to try and get all the various woohoo spots, but when we can try a new one easily, why not?

With Sally being so little still, I decided not to find out immediately if the woohoo got Buffy pregnant, so we can spend some time helping Sally with her milestones. I don’t want multiple infants at the same time if I can help it.

Our little destructive toddler went out to destroy the school project in the yard. I believe this was Robert’s from elementary school. Not the worst thing to have destroyed.

I’m going to have to remove the cross-stitch basket from the house, now that Piper covered that skill, although Otto has been working on it all by himself as well. Just everyone will pick up a hoop.

Sally was in need of a bath, so she got a bubble bath. Now that I know a bubble bath counts as both milestones again. Not sure why it wasn’t there for a bit.

She also showed us she has the quirks Feeding Tinkler and Frequently Hiccups. Not bad quirks.

Otto got himself a B in school, and is well on his way to being through his school requirements at least.

Buffy had not gotten pregnant, so we invited Manuel over and headed to the pier for a little fun in the photo booth. I really do like living right next to the pier.

Afterwards, Buffy wanted some ice cream and got to know Angela Plesant a little bit better, since she was working the stand. Maybe Angela will be a donor?

Buffy is once again pregnant, this time with Manuel’s baby! Baby 10 is on the way!

Manuel had come home with us, and since it was also Love Day, everyone celebrated. I am sure Parker had some destructive ideas in his head at this moment.

Robert has taken on the mantle of a good older brother and takes care of Sally while his mom is otherwise occupied.

She shows us her final quirk, and she got Self-Soother, one of the best quirks in the game, I think. Sally is a pretty good little infant.

These kids have needed all kinds of baths lately. Parker was in desperate need of another one, and now that she’s pregnant again, Buffy can refocus on the kids some more.

I decided to get a keyboard for the kids to use, so we moved the science set into the kids’ room and rearranged a few things to make room. Robert will be our first kid to work on the piano skill.

Sally is working on her milestones as quickly as a little infant can. She really is quite a cutie, and I really like this little shirt she grew up in.

Robert takes over for his mom and works some more tummy time with Sally. She seems to like it a bit better than before.

Otto was not really happy with Parker, since he trashed the dollhouse again. Parker was a little dancing machine and couldn’t have cared less, though.

Iris came by to visit her son, and he introduced her to our newest family member. He looks so proud to present his little sister.

Then it was back to baths and feeding times. I’ve taken a lot of pictures of Sally as an infant. She’s just so cute.

Sally managed to roll onto her tummy with no additional help and can now do tummy time all on her own.

She’s not really going to need to do that, however. Sally has enough milestones to have her birthday!

Buffy brings her to the cake, and we have another spit cake. Happy Birthday, Sally! Time to have 2 toddlers again.

Sally is just the CUTEST thing. She is so adorable, and here she is after a very small makeover. I love that she grew into freckles!!!

Adorable! Sally is going to have to be saved and used in a different save at some point. She’s just too stinking cute!

She reveals two quirks, and they aren’t the worst. Loves sounds is great, but hates bedtime is a little more annoying, but it’s totally doable.

Another bath for Parker, and we are about to be down to one toddler again. The double toddlers don’t usually last long when you are aging up based on skills.

Parker got his required 16 skills. He spread them out enough to earn the Happy Toddler trait. Buffy brings him to his cake. Happy Birthday, Parker! No more destructive toddler!!

Here is Parker after his makeover. He grew up into a cute little boy. He rolled the Loves Outdoor trait and will semi-work on the artistic prodigy aspiration. I swear my roller was really liking that aspiration lately.

Olive came by to get to know her son a little bit more, and Buffy went into labor. It’s time for the baby to be here!

As is a typical sight anymore, Buffy arrives around the same time as the doc, and after checking in, heads back to the birthing machine.

We have another little boy. Everyone, meet Seth Cobb. He is the 10th baby of this challenge.

While I would love to keep going, this chapter is getting pretty long already, so I think we will have another chapter with just a single birth. There were a lot of birthdays and infant/toddler care this time around. It’s slightly shorter than the last few, but if I try and cover another birth, it will get really long. I will be back soon with another update. Thank you so much for reading!

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Hello and welcome back to the Sweet 16 challenge with Buffy Cobb! The last time Owen grew into a teen, we had Robert with Iris, and then, right at the end gave birth to Otto with Johnny Zest. Robert is now an infant, Piper is a toddler, and both Lydia and Owen got A’s in school right before Otto was born! Let’s dig back in!

When we first rejoin the family, we start off with Piper working on some papercraft. She is a little artist, so this is a good skill for her, even though Brandon also did this.

We have a bunch of birthdays to celebrate. First up, we see that all that tummy time caused Robert to get 16 milestones, and that means he can grow up now!

Brandon is back visiting again, and I’m so glad because it means Piper can meet her older brother, but also, he’s here to celebrate all the birthdays!

Owen is a good older brother and brings Robert to the cake, where he spits out the candles and is now an independent toddler! He’s our first, and I’m super happy about that!

Next up is Lydia, who got her A at the end of the last update and has 16 skill points. Happy Birthday, Lydia! We will see makeovers in a bit.

Because we also have Owen growing up into a YA. Happy Birthday, Owen! His main skills were Flower Arranging, Gardening, and Logic. He did great!

He also, of course, graduated with honors. That seems pretty guaranteed if they get the A, I guess. Owen got Socially Awkward for his final trait.

So long, Owen, thank you for being a big help with Robert!

Here is Owen and his parents. He got a lot of Buffy, I think, and a bit less Geoffrey, which I’m ok with. What do you guys think, who does he take after more?

Here is Lydia after her makeover. She has a LOT of her dad, Don, in her. She got the Foodie trait to go with Child of the Ocean. Her first aspiration is Beach Life.

I did give Robert a small makeover, which you will see through the rest of the pictures. He’s very tired, so Buffy takes him up to put him to bed.

He has revealed two quirks already, Wanderer and Early Riser. Those should be fun, and he should have no issues with his movement skill.

I decided to have Lydia work on some logic herself, not really thinking about the fact that it’s what Owen did, but then she is also taking on wellness. We put a yoga mat out in the side yard.

Piper is now a bit more in charge of the garden than before, although she still needs help with harvesting. That seems so silly to me. She can water the right amount, but can’t be trusted to pull up the ripe fruits and veggies?

Buffy comes home with a new promotion, which I believe puts her at level 9 of the Author career. One more promotion to go! Additionally, Robert shows his final quirk: he hates being carried. Just as well!

It’s time to get the next baby in the works, and I decided Olive Spector is going to be the next donor. Buffy visits her and soon they share their first kiss.

A little fun upstairs, which took a bit to get them to actually do, and sadly, no baby. Buffy needed to get home, though; she was exhausted.

The next day, Piper takes over her mom’s attention for a bit. First, she asks her questions while she works on her cross-stitch, and then she gives her a papercraft gift, which sadly didn’t count in the formative moment.

The three eldest kids hang out in the toddler room so Robert can spend time watching them to improve his thinking skill.

Olive comes over to have a bit more fun with Buffy, and sadly, we once again are not pregnant.

Otto has grown up into a sensitive infant. We are quickly going to have a gap in the kids if we can’t get Buffy pregnant again. The kids have been doing really well with skills.

Maybe a shower woohoo will do the trick with Olive!?

Success! Finally, the next baby is on the way. Buffy has been pregnant so much that she is right on the edge of becoming a full adult, but she’ll remain a YA for a bit longer, thanks to aging pausing during pregnancies.

Lydia is another extremely helpful teen. She does tummy time with Otto and then reads Robert to sleep.

Otto shows he is another Early Riser. Apparently, we got rid of ‘Frequently Sneezes’ and replaced it with Early Riser!

Bathtime for all of the little ones! Robert gets a bath in the upstairs bathroom, and then Buffy heads down to give Otto one in her bathroom.

Next up is tummy time for Otto! I feel like I’ve gotten a rhythm going with the kids right now.

Lydia came home with an A in school! Way to go, Lydia! It’s about time to be without a teenager again for a bit!

She was, however, mortified, and since I have no intention of them being allowed to die upon growing up, I sent her for a jog before anything else.

She was in a much better mood when she came home, and it’s time to blow out her candles. Lydia’s main skills were handiness, logic, and wellness.

She, of course, graduated with honors and got Dance Machine as her final trait. She rolled ghost historian for her adult aspiration, and I got her a job as a scientist before she left the house.

Here is Lydia with her parents. I think she looks a LOT like her daddy, Don! She got his nose for sure, although her darker skin tone is likely from Buffy’s side. So long, Lydia!

Piper might be one of my favorite kids so far. She tries really hard ot make friends with the monster under the bed. It doesn’t work, but she really does try.

Robert had a nightmare and worked to wake up everyone. I stopped him and had Buffy come hug away the sadness.

Johnny comes over to meet his son, little Otto. He’s not entirely sure what to do with him, and Otto doesn’t seem overly excited about Johnny either.

Turns out we do not need to be teenless for very long, because Piper has an A in school now!

Bring on the cake, because Piper has MORE than enough skill points, and she even already has level 3 in papercraft as a headstart on her teen years!

Here is Piper after her makeover. It turns out she is a slob. She also rolled the werewolf aspiration, which isn’t going to happen. I am not adding werewolves into this. She is going to help with the garden, though.

Piper gets started on homework while hanging out a bit with her mom, and then they head down to play some chess. I’m not entirely sure what skills to have her work on.

Then I remembered we got exercise bikes, so I rearranged the teen room again and managed to squeeze in a bike. There are other skills we could do, but some of them take more space than we have available in such a small house. I wonder if I should add another floor?

Travis Scott came by, likely to visit his daughter, Piper, and ended up holding Otto for a bit. Then he gets to see Piper as she helps her baby brother earn some milestones.

I must have missed the notice of Otto’s quirk of frequently hiccups, but then he’s also a picky eater. We have another without frequently sneezes!

Summer came by again, although her son aged up and moved out quite a while ago. While she is visiting, Buffy goes into labor!

Another trip to the hospital, another check-in at the front desk, another time in the machine with our favorite doctor helping Buffy give birth.

It’s another boy! I am so glad this isn’t 16 girls and 16 boys, we’d never finish this challenge at this rate. Anyway, everyone, welcome little Parker to the challenge! If you can’t remember, his donor is Olive Specter.

When they get home, Buffy starts playing with Robert. He has been such a good kid, even though he was a bit tough to conceive.

Piper, of course, is a great big sister. In the spirit of all her siblings before her, she makes sure Robert gets a bath and Parker gets his bottle.

Otto is doing tummy time by himself at this point, and we had another instance of milestones “unlocking” but not actually unlocking. I had to go to manage world and come back, and they were all unlocked after that.

Robert is an adorable little boy! I just love him to pieces. It’s so cute when they play with toys. He’ll be a child very soon!

Otto’s birthday is up first, however, as he did amazingly on all of his milestones. I’m relatively certain he actually got sit up right after I took these pictures as well!

Spit cake! Once again, I’m super happy no one gets to actually EAT the cakes; they are just for putting candles on and then putting back in the fridge. Could you imagine having to make ALL of these cakes?

It’s Winterfest, and the entire family has fun opening up gifts; even Lydia came by for the holiday. Father Winter brought some nice gifts himself, and many we sell, but some we will be keeping!

Otto’s turn to start potty training! We have gotten 4 kids through all of their skills and life stages so far, so we are officially a 1/4 of the way through the challenge. We have also had 8 of the required kids born (with Parker being number 8), bringing us to the halfway point of births.

Otto becomes the next kid to, so far, not get frequently sneezes. He loves water and loves being carried. That second one is just too bad; he’s not likely to get carried much.

Time to get the next donor ready! This time, we are going to see if we can get Michael Bell, normally the creature keeper, although he’s living in Ravenwood. A little talk, a romantic gesture, a first kiss, and we are basically ready.

We are trying out a crypt woohoo, this time, and Buffy pulls Michael in. Let’s hope it’s a positive result!

Piper comes home with an A already!! I’m not ready to be without a teen again, and we don’t even have a child that is close to being a teen this time around!

Although that could change quickly since it’s time for Robert to grow up. He got the required skill points and even managed to get Happy Toddler out of the deal.

Robert didn’t change much about his looks, just got a bit more coordinated outfits. He’s a geek who wants to be Playtime Captain. Not likely, but that’s ok. He’s going to try not to kill me with skilling singing.

Robert isn’t the only birthday. Parker has now aged up into an infant as well!

Parker immediately shows us that he hates wakeup time. Finally, not an early riser!

That crypt woohoo did the trick, and Buffy is officially pregnant with baby number 9!

Piper may have her A, but she still needs three skills at level 3, so she is back on the workout bike. Then, because as soon as you have a basket, everyone starts, she spends time cross-stitching!

Buffy doesn’t have to worry about becoming pregnant for a while again, so she spends time with Parker. He gets a bubble bath and does some tummy time.

He also gives us his final two quirks. He loves being held and is a feeding tinkler. Seems we have finally gotten through the sneezers.

It’s New Year’s, and Brandon comes over to hang out and celebrate! The whole family has a good time watching the countdown.

Sadly, we learned that Michael died! He will never get to know his baby.

She’s already pregnant, of course, but that doesn’t mean Buffy can’t get the next donor lined up and ready. We will be having a baby with Manuel Aguilar, hopefully, next time. He’s from lovestruck, although he moved to Sulani apparently.

I know this chapter is getting long, but I really want to get to the birth of the next baby, so hopefully you’ll stick with me. Piper is getting really close to being able to grow up and move out, but she spends time with Parker first.

Everyone, of course, is obsessed with cross-stitch now, except Buffy. She has all the skills she needs for the final promotion, but still needs to write 3 bestsellers for her aspiration. That’s not easy to do while consistently pregnant.

Parker had a blowout and then also peed all over Buffy, so they both needed a bath so bad. Parker learned to sit up all by himself. He’s such a smart little boy! I feel like I forgot to mention it, but Parker is Sensitive.

Buffy was busying changing Parker’s diaper, again, when she felt the first pangs of labor coming on.

Off to the hospital, with our favorite doctor, in our favorite room, and our favorite machine. I have no idea if any of that is actually true, but it kind of feels like it.

We have another little girl! Everyone, welcome, Sally Cobb, to the challenge!

That will finally bring us to the end of this chapter! In the next chapter, we will see multiple more birthdays, and hopefully the birth of a couple more kids! Thank you so much for reading. I know this chapter got long! I hope to have you here for the next update soon!

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Hello and welcome back to our Sweet 16 challenge with Buffy Cobb. The last time we saw the family, Brandon grew up and moved out, Piper was born, Lydia grew into a toddler, Owen became a toddler and then a child, and finally Oliver grew into a teen. Let’s dig back in!

When we first rejoin the family, Oliver is out working on his archery some more. He did get a new bow and is trying it out.

Iris is back over, and Buffy is able to get a kiss, finally. I was thinking about not using Iris for a donor if it was going to be too difficult.

The two head over to the pier and have a little fun in the photo booth.

Owen found the science station I put in the little “hallway” between all the various rooms upstairs in the house.

Buffy is not pregnant again, yet, but she spends time taking care of Piper. I am determined to help Piper get up to 16 milestones.

Lydia is up early, as usual, and having breakfast with her mom.

Don comes by and meets his little girl. He then plays with her. Impressively, while still holding an umbrella. Don just seems to always be such a good dad overall when he ends up with kids.

Oliver takes over for Brandon when it comes to taking care of the littlest sibling of the family. Piper gets a bath and a bottle from her big brother, and I do love this little hat.

Buffy decides to go for a jog on a drizzly day. I don’t fully remember why she wanted to go jogging; maybe she was tense.

I do like the “play pretend” action that exists for kids now; it’s really quite cute. Owen is on a deserted island.

For as much as I am not ready to go without a teen again, I do want to get Oliver up to an A as soon as possible.

Poor little Lydia needed a bath, so Buffy got up and was able to get her in the bath before everyone else needed to use the bathroom.

Iris is back, and the two of them are trying for a baby. They have no success, even after 3 tries. I went digging and think I may have found an issue.

First, though, Piper has achieved 16 milestones, and it’s time for her birthday!

Buffy pulls out the cake and helps Piper blow out her candles.

Piper has grown up, and as expected, she has more of Buffy in her than Travis, from what I can see so far. Buffy immediately gets her Silly little toddler starting to walk.

Lydia and Piper are such cute little toddlers. Being the only girls, so far, in the family. They really seem to connect with each other. I love these two, so cute!

I made a few changes, and Iris is back over to try for that baby with Buffy. A woohoo in the bed did nothing, but maybe a shower woohoo will work?

Finally success! The next baby is finally on the way. I was about ready to move on from Iris if this didn’t work.

All three of Piper’s quirks are revealed. She loves the water, books, and being carried. She really enjoys all sorts of things.

Owen has finally achieved a B in school, so he’s getting close to the requirements to grow into a teen.

Buffy got herself another promotion! That’s level 8 of the author career! Way to go, Buffy!

Now that we have another baby on the way, Buffy focuses on the kids again. Piper was in need of a bath, so she made sure to take care of that.

Then, Lydia has reached her 16 skills required to age up! I probably could have waited and gotten her imagination up, but that’s ok. Happy Birthday, Lydia!

Here is our Lydia after her makeover. Lydia got the Child of the Ocean trait upon growing up. I must have taken the skill screenshot early because she actually got Happy Toddler, which confused me a bit, so I guess she did get her imagination up!

I’m not likely to follow along much, but I did get a notice that Brandon moved into the world thanks to MCCC, which means we could go visit him if we want to.

Oliver was having a major mood swing one day, so we bought him some headphones and sent him out on a jog. We also now have a small garden and a flower bench. I figured this could be a good skill for someone to work on.

I rearranged the main room downstairs a bit more, and it’s going to change again soon. It’s snug in all the bedrooms with 2 beds in both the “toddler” and “teen” rooms.

I somehow missed the notice that Oliver got an A in school, but he did. His main skills were Archery, Handiness, and Knitting. We bring out the cake and say goodbye to having a teen in the house for a little bit.

Oliver managed to graduate with honors, which was expected since he got an A.

Oliver got his final trait of bookworm, and got the chief of mischief as his aspiration. Now it’s time for you to move out!

Here is Oliver with his moms. I actually see a fair amount of Buffy in him, but there is some Bella in there as well, for sure! Who do you think he looks like more?

Lydia and Owen are now the oldest kids in the house, and they are pretty close. I went ahead and put out a hopscotch item for the kids so they could play together.

Buffy needs more logic skills, so she sits (rather uncomfortably) at the chess table. Owen comes down and joins her for a game.

Later, Lydia wanted to cook with someone for a formative moment, so I went ahead and had her join Buffy in cooking some food for the family.

It’s Lydia’s turn to join Buffy for some chess, but Owen is there ready to take over when their game is done, but that will have to wait.

Buffy is in labor again, and it’s time for the next baby to be born. The doctor has become a good friend at this point.

Back into the machine, and once again, without any complications, Buffy gives birth. We have another boy in the family. Everyone, meet Robert Cobb!

Back at home, Lydia loses a tooth after pulling it out. She really does look a lot like her dad!

The oldest two kids in the house share some dinner with Buffy. I already miss having a teen, but Owen should be one before too much longer. We also need to prepare for the next baby!

To that end, Buffy goes and visits Mister Johnny Zest! It takes a bit to get to know him, but she is able to get that first kiss before she leaves and heads back home.

The three oldest kids spend some time together. Lydia and Owen have been our focus a fair amount, but Piper is still working on her own skills.

Often, Piper ends up just playing quietly to herself. Since she loves books, she can often be found in a chair reading books.

Lyida actually completed a formative moment, which is the first one I’ve completed so far, and that was fun. Owen also now has his A in school. All that’s left are the 16 skill points.

As I prepare to check on Owen’s skills and get ready for his teen birthday, Buffy is sent to fix the computer. She has been doing great with writing all of the books, and while the family is far from rich, she has kept them afloat.

Owen has more than the required 16 skills, and so a cake is brought out, and he is ready to become a teenager. It will be good to have a teen to help out again.

Owen is now a teenager. He adds the gloomy trait to his adventurous trait. He rolls the spellcraft and sorcery aspiration, which we are not going to mess with in this save.

After getting his makeover, we come back in to find Piper standing on the table. Crazy little girl.

Someone needs to tend the garden, so I decide to have Owen work on that for now. I’m not entirely sure what skills he’ll focus on yet.

Then we have a reading/homework party with all of the kids. Owen also plays some video games, but even Piper gets a book and brings it down to read with her siblings. You can see we updated the living room area again.

Buffy invites Johnny Zest over, since it’s time to get another baby started. For some reason the first kiss, back when they met, didn’t count. So another first kiss is shared.

Doesn’t take long to convince Johnny Zest to head to the room and have some fun with Buffy.

Right as that was finishing up, Robert grew up into a little infant! He’s another Cautious infant. Happy birthday, Robert!

Lydia and Owen both come home from school with B grades. Not surprising for Owen, but hopefully, Lydia will be able to grow up before too much longer.

Piper has finished up her skills, and now has 16, so it’s cake time! Happy Birthday, little Piper!

Piper gets a makeover, and she’s a really cute little girl! She gets the happy toddler trait as well as being an art lover. Her aspiration is artistic prodigy, which she may or may not get through; we’ll see.

The girls, being at the same general age level, spend a lot of time together. They do their homework, and Piper helps Lydia with a class project she brings home.

I missed the picture of Buffy taking the test, but her fun with Johnny indeed resulted in the next pregnancy!

Owen continues to be the one to take care of the garden, and the girls finish up the school project in record time thanks to them both working on it!

Robert got Iris’ red hair, and that makes me so happy! He’s a cutie, like all of Buffy’s kids so far!

Robert shows two of his traits pretty quickly. He’s a feeding tinkler and another early riser.

Once Robert’s needs are taken care of, it’s time for some tummy time!

Poor Buffy is not having a good pregnancy, which makes me very nervous about twins. We have been lucky so far, but it could run out at any moment.

Buffy gets to writing her next book. We are going to have to put some effort into writing bestsellers here soon. The kids hang out together, watching TV and playing pretend. I think Piper was being a fairy princess, maybe?

Piper starts working on her mental skill by helping out in the garden. She also spends a lot of time drawing at the drawing table. She might actually make it through most of her aspiration!

Owen has taken on flower arranging as one of his “main” skills. I figured I would have the kids try some different things now and then. He has also started helping Robert with tummy time.

Robert is actually getting a lot of tummy time thanks to Owen and Buffy. She spends a lot of time with him, and now that work doesn’t take up as many hours, she can devote more time to the kids.

Robert gives us his last quirk, and he’s a free-air tinkler. So he’s all about tinkling, but you know what he doesn’t have? Frequently Sneezes! Have we moved beyond that trait, maybe?

Both Lydia and Owen come home with A’s in school, so that means we are about at birthday time again, once we can verify they both have 16 skill points.

Brandon stops by with perfect timing. His mom’s in labor, and he can help watch the kids while she heads to the hospital.

This doctor has gotten a lot of practice thanks to Buffy. It’s funny to me that they are such good friend now. Should Buffy consider having a baby with the doctor?

Regardless of who the next donor is, we have another little boy! So far, Lydia and Piper are our only girls! Everyone, welcome Otto Cobb to the challenge! I can’t remember if I mentioned it before, but the names do have to spell out BOOLPROPS SIXTEEN, and we are on that third O of boolprop.

That is where we will end this chapter, as it is getting quite long. Thank you so much for reading, and I hope to be back with another chapter soon. I have a lot going on in real life, so I got a bit behind posting updates, but more are coming soon!

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Hello and welcome back to the Sweet 16 challenge with Buffy Cobb! The last time we visited the family, Brandon worked on his skills as a child, Oliver grew up into a child, Buffy got pregnant by Geoffrey Landgraab and had a son, Owen, then she got pregnant by Don Lothario and had our first girl of the challenge, Lydia. Let’s dig back in!

We first rejoin the family shortly after Lydia and Buffy got home from the hospital. Lydia is changed into a cute little onesie.

We check out Owen’s milestones as his age bar is bubbling, but he has only gotten 14 milestones total. That’s too bad, but we aren’t making a big fuss over milestones; this challenge is about skills!

Buffy brings Owen to the cake, and he spits out his candles. It’s a good thing no one gets to eat this cake, we just put candles back on it and stick it back into the fridge for the next birthday!

Owen got a bit of a makeover, which you will see more of later. Buffy gives him a bath, since he was a mess upon growing up, and then reads him to sleep for the night. Owen is an Angelic toddler and got Top-Notch Infant!

Brandon finally comes home from school with an A, which is going to be a requirement for me to age someone up. He’s also got more than 16 skill points, so it’s birthday time!

Happy Birthday, Brandon! Brandon blows out his candles; it’s not a lot of fanfare, but he’s now going to be a teen!

Brandon grows up with the Idealist trait added to Art Lover. He rolled for Jungle Explorer as his aspiration, which we aren’t going to do much with in this challenge. He and Buffy start cooking up some food.

Buffy is learning handiness so she can upgrade beds. She’s struggling a lot, and the kids obviously could skill more if they could sleep less. We can’t afford a super nice bed, so we start levelling up handiness by upgrading the fridge.

Bella stops by to see her son, Oliver. It’s sweet that she wanted to come and meet him. They have a good convo, even if Bella isn’t looking super happy in this picture.

We have another birthday as well! Lydia is growing into an infant. She’s a cutie pie, as Don’s kids often are. She’s got his coloring for the most part and is now a sunny infant!

Lydia wasn’t sure about being an infant, but Buffy spends time snuggling her before she puts her on the playmat to work on tummy time. I am determined to get her up to 16 milestones.

Owen shows us two of his toddler quirks. He loves being carried and loves wakeup time. Not my favorite combination, but he’ll be ok.

Little Lydia gives us two of her infant quirks. She loves wakeup time and is yet another infant who frequently sneezes. I think I’m going to have to track that, three out of our 4 kids have had that quirk as an infant.

It’s potty training time again, this time for Owen. I’m kind of sad there have been no independent toddlers yet, but I’m sure we’ll get one eventually.

The oldest two boys both have B’s in school right now. It feels like a good time to lay out my rules for growing up, even though I’ve kind of mentioned it before. For infants, they will grow up at the allotted time, but if they reach 16 milestones, they can grow up early. Toddlers, Children, and Teens all must have 16 skill points, but teens require 3 skills at least at level 3 (to avoid just starting to learn 16 things). Additionally, Children and Teens must have an A in school.

Our next donor is here. This time, it’s Travis Scott. He was going to be one of the first, but he was in such a bad mood when he was at the house early on, I abandoned that plan in favor of Summer.

It doesn’t take long before Buffy is able to get a kiss from Travis this time. He’s in a much better mood, and they head to her room to have a bit more “fun” with each other.

Success, Buffy is once again pregnant! Travis gave us baby number 5! We are just working our way through these kids so far.

Buffy does some tummy time with Lydia, who shows us her final quirk. Lydia is a happy spitter.

Buffy is at the point in her career where she needs to gain logic skills, so we get a chess table semi-under the stairs so she can practice. We also got a telescope for the yard.

Oliver is determined to get his A in school and does his school work. He also works on doing a lot of drawings to get his creativity up.

It is so nice to have a teen in the house! Brandon feeds little Lydia, then he goes and gives Own a bath. It’s so much simpler when you have an extra set of hands to help with the young sims.

Summer came by and chatted with her son while he danced away. Buffy also had to fix the computer, I believe, or maybe she was upgrading the speaker. It honestly could have been either.

Owen is already pretty good at taking care of himself. He reads quietly to himself, or he might just be looking at the book, but either way. Then he spends time playing with the dollhouse.

Continuing to be a good older brother to all of his siblings, Brandon has breakfast with Oliver. Oliver might grow into a teen soon, which means I’m going to need to switch up the “teen room” to have bunk beds.

The entire family sits down to watch the TV premiere together, well, at least the ones old enough to want to watch.

Oliver had a formative moment regarding archery, and while he’s not likely to get into competitions, he’s out practicing, even at night.

Since Buffy is trying to work on her handiness, so we can update the beds, I noticed that the changing table has an upgrade. I didn’t actually know that, so Buffy upgrades it.

While Buffy is otherwise engaged, Brandon spends time playing with his little sister. She really is a cutie pie!

All of Oliver’s work has paid off, and he now has an A in school. That means as soon as we can verify he has 16 skill points, he will become a teen!

Before that can happen, however, Buffy is now in labor. It was also Love Day, either that day or the day before, and I had forgotten to take down the decorations.

The lady at the front desk pretty much recognizes Buffy by now and gets her all checked in. Buffy gets into the machine, and the doc helps her deliver.

It’s another little girl! Everyone, meet Piper Cobb. I kind of hope Piper gets a bit of her dad’s coloring, but I’m not really expecting her to, since Buffy’s brown hair will probably be prominent.

Back at home, we try to start preparing for Oliver to grow up when Brandon starts a fire in the kitchen and then catches fire himself. Luckily, everything gets put out, and no one is harmed, just our wallets.

With the fire out, we postponed the birthday a bit to get everyone cleaned up and reset the kitchen. Lydia got a bath from Buffy, and she was put into her crib to sleep for a bit.

There is a new cake, and as we saw, Oliver got his A in school, and he has the required 16 skills, although just barely. His creativity was pretty high, and Archery certainly helped raise his motor skill.

Happy Birthday, Oliver! May your teen years go as smoothly as your childhood!

So it also happens to be another little girl’s birthday. Right before we brought her to the cake, Lydia unlocked the sit up milestone by herself!

Lydia got the required 16 milestones and is ready to grow into a toddler. Obviously, I took the pictures of her milestones a bit early, so sitting up isn’t listed as being achieved. Happy Birthday, Lydia!

I somehow missed getting a picture of Oliver’s teen makeover, but here is little Lydia as a toddler. Lydia is a fussy toddler, that’s a far cry from her sunny infant years.

Brandon needed to gain some skills, and since he did a bit of papercraft before, I had him go down and work on it a bit more. He needs 3 skills at level 3, and his A to be ready to age up.

Here, we can see Oliver as a teen. He aged up and got the bookworm trait to go with hot-headed from his childhood. I decided he would do knitting as one of his skills, so he gets started. We also had to update the toddler room and move the dollhouse downstairs.

Brandon really loves his video games and heads down to play games. You can see we did a bit of updating to make room for the dollhouse downstairs.

Oliver is proving to be as good a big brother as Brandon was. He spends some time giving Owen attention and then goes to give Piper what she needs.

We find out two of Lydia’s toddler quirks. The poor thing is a light sleeper and also a wanderer. Sharing a room with her brother, who is an early riser, might be tough.

Oliver has stuck with archery even into his teens, and he takes a break to go shoot a few shots while things are quiet. I guess it could have also been loud, and he just wanted the quiet.

Buffy is ready to start working on the next baby and invites our next donor to the house. This is Iris, who came with Enchanted by Nature. They talk and flirt a bit out in the front yard.

The brothers tag-team their toddler siblings. Brandon gives Owen a bath and then spends some time with him, and then Oliver gets Lydia and does the same.

Happy birthday, Piper!! I go back and forth at wanting to give infants makeovers, since they aren’t in that stage for that long. I think I do eventually change Piper’s hat at least. She is a cautious infant.

Piper almost immediately shows us that she loves wakeup time and is an early riser, like her brother. This is not my favorite combination, but it’s fine.

Lydia then reveals she is ALSO an early riser. This is a house full of kids who like to wake up early! Also, for someone who sleeps lightly, I guess maybe being an early riser isn’t horrible.

Brandon goes and takes care of Piper a bit, and we discover she ALSO frequently sneezes. That makes 5 kids so far, 4 of whom sneeze a lot. Is there something about this house?

Brandon, I am going to miss you when you grow up, but at least we’ll still have Oliver for a bit! He’s just so good with the youngest siblings.

It’s birthday time again, and Owen finally has all the required skills to be able to grow up! Happy Birthday, little Owen!

Owen gets a bit of a makeover, which you’ll see more of later, and instantly heads out to ride a bike. He gets the adventurous trait, and I apparently didn’t make a note of his aspiration! I believe it was rambunctious scamp.

Iris is over again, and we still don’t have a new baby on the way yet, but we are making progress, I suppose. Buffy heads in to give Piper a bath and contemplate life.

Brandon FINALLY comes home with an A, and I am so excited, because it means he is ready to age up and move out!

Brandon’s 3 main skills were logic, papercraft, and video games, and then he even got 2 cooking skills. Way to go, Brandon, you were a great first kid!

Brandon even managed to graduate with honors, thanks to finally getting that A. It took longer than it probably needed to, but I was focused on the younger ones a fair amount.

All right, Brandon, it’s time to say goodbye. You really do have a lot of Summer in you; you can really see it here! So long, my boy, visit again, though!

That is where I am going to wrap up this chapter. We didn’t quite get a second baby, but it’s getting super long, so we’ll see if we can get 3 into one chapter at some point! Thanks so much for reading! For fun, here is a little side-by-side of Brandon and his moms, for comparison. Who do you think he looks more like? I hope you will be back to join us next time!

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Hello and welcome back ot the Sweet 16 challenge with Buffy Cobb! The last update, Buffy moved into her house in Copperdale and had two baby boys, one with Summer Holiday and the other with Bella Goth. She also got a job as an author. Let’s dig back in!

When we first rejoin the family, Buffy is busy giving little Brandon a bath. This has us discover his final quirk. He likes water.

Once the bath is over, it’s time for skilling again, and Brandon plays with the dollhouse. He has gotten enough movement to go up and down the stairs so that is helpful.

He goes and meets his new baby brother, and I think he was happy with having a new sibling.

Brandon wanted to do flash cards with Buffy, and she is happy to spend time with him. She will need to have a new baby fairly soon, but I’m trying not to pile up a bunch of infants on myself.

Time for Oliver to become an infant! Happy birthday, Oliver! He’s a cutie and certainly got more of Buffy’s coloring than Brandon did.

Oliver reveals two quirks pretty quickly. He hates wakeup time, and he also has a good appetite. Oliver is a Wiggly infant.

Buffy spends some time doing tummy time with Oliver. We don’t want him to not reach the milestones he needs, but between Oliver and Brandon, Buffy stays very busy.

Bath time for Oliver! This is a nice way to unlock a milestone or two, since both bath and bubble bath provide milestones!

Oliver’s third quirk is revealed, and he frequently sneezes. We have some sneezy kids so far. Both infants have had this quirk.

Buffy is ready to get started on baby number 3 and invites Geoffrey Landgraab over. Since she met him at the love hotel once before, I figured, let’s do it. We can have a Landgraab baby!

Geoffrey is ready and willing to hop into bed with Tara before too long. Do we have baby three on the way?

Sure enough, Buffy is pregnant again. Baby three is on the way, and we will have a lot of young kids!

Brandon really does like his little brother and is ready for him to grow up so they can play together. He’s down babbling at him.

A quick check of his skills reveals that Brandon has reached the required 16 skills! That means it’s time for cake!

Brandon gets his own room, which will now be considered the “child’s” room for as long as possible, and has a desk under the bed to do homework on. I decided I want them to get an A in school as well as 16 skills before they grow up.

I gave the “child’s” room an incubator and went ahead and had Brandon start raising a “random” butterfly/moth. He takes good care of it, and even reads to the cocoon when that forms.

I bought a child’s bike, which will sit out in the yard instead of being for a specific kid. Brandon got the trait Art Lover upon growing up and got the Mind and Body aspiration. I’m not overly trying to complete those.

It’s back for more homework, and Brandon may end up with an A before he ends up with 16 skill points. He’s rocking school so far.

Buffy comes home from work, and it’s clear it’s time for baby 3 to arrive. Buffy heads to the hospital again and this time manages to not pass out before getting checked in.

We have, what I believe, to be the same doctor working on us, although she is in different clothes. Buffy is ready for the baby to arrive.

We have another boy! It’s a good thing I don’t have to try and get 16 boys and girls! Everyone, meet Owen, our third baby.

Downstairs by the infant room, I set up a table with a nature press and papercraft station. Brandon heads down to work on some papercrafts! These new skills are really cute.

Poor Oliver is ready to age up and has only completed 11 milestones, and none of them were gross motor skills. We clearly were not able to spend as much time with Oliver, sorry buddy!

Happy Birthday, Oliver! I clearly did not check out his infant outfits since I would not have put him in sunglasses.

Oliver is now a Silly toddler. He might not have completed many infant milestones, but I think he will do better as a toddler.

We have another toddler who loves sounds! Oliver is also a messy eater, which means lots of messes are in our future!

Oliver is moved up into the toddler room, which does officially have walls and a door now, and gets started playing with his toys and upping those skills!

Happy Birthday, Owen! Owen grows up into a Cautious infant, which could make things interesting for sure!

I had not yet purchased a thermostat for the house, so everyone kept changing into cold-weather clothing. Buffy gets started with Owen on tummy time so we can hopefully do better than with Oliver.

Owen’s infant quirks come one right after the other, and we discover all three at basically the same time. He loves wakeup time, is a self-soother (thank goodness), and is a feeding tinkler.

Bathtime for little Owen. I did not give the infants makeovers, but I do think it’s cute that he has his little hat on in the bath.

Brandon got a formative moment where he wanted to win video games, so he and his mom started to play some old games. I love this retro console, it’s really quite fun.

Brandon heads up to play dolls with Oliver. I also clearly did not bother to give a makeover to the toddler. I figure at this point, I don’t overly care about what they look like at these younger years.

Buffy invites Don over, and they head up to the overblown yellow upstairs. We really needed some more walls. It was Winterfest Eve, so Buffy did some mistletoe kisses with Don to get him in the mood.

Time to try for baby number 4. If we can keep going around this pace, we’ll be in good shape, but I’m guessing we will be slowing down just a bit here soon while the kids try and get through all their skills.

Success! We have another nooboo on the way and will be about a 1/4 of the way through this challenge, well, at least the birth part.

Oh, maybe it was actually Winterfest. The whole family, including Don, gathers around the present pile to open up Winterfest gifts!

That evening, Bella comes by to meet her son, and Brandon gets to meet Father Winter. Brandon gets a gift from him, and I believe Oliver does as well. Most of the presents are sold to get a bit of money.

Buffy got a promotion for her Winterfest gift, apparently, and that money is very handy! Way to go, Buffy!

Buffy is a really good mom, although she is also very busy. She makes sure baths are had, and even maxed out the parenting skill already.

When Caleb stops by, Buffy heads out to chat with him. I really don’t know if I want to chance having a vampire baby very early on in this challenge, but it’s still good to know multiple sims.

Little Own gets some attention while Oliver watches. We are coming up on birthdays again here soon, and Buffy is ready to be through this particular pregnancy.

It’s actually Oliver’s birthday already. He did really well with his skill, and I probably could have gotten his potty finished, but we don’t care that much about traits; it’s all about skills.

Brandon is going through a bear phase, but he’s excited to have a new person to play video games against. Sadly, Oliver does not overly enjoy video games.

Poor Buffy comes home from work in labor again. She heads out to the hospital so she can get some of her needs met while having the baby.

She arrives at the same time as the doctor and goes to check in. It takes forever and I’m just sure Buffy is going to pass out again, but she doesn’t and heads back to the birthing room.

We have our first little girl of the challenge!!! Everyone, meet Lydia Cobb, the daughter of Don Lothario. His kids are always so cute, and I look forward to seeing Lydia grow up.

That, however, is where we will end this chapter. My goal is to have basically 2 kids born each chapter, but we will see if that holds true. We now have 4 of the 16 kids for this challenge. We will see some teenagers next time, and possibly watch some of them even move out. That will depend on the skills. Thank you so much for reading!

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Hello and welcome to the first post of our final challenge for the Boolprop 20th Birthday challenge! It has been quite the year of ups and downs of posting, and I’ve been playing and posting so much the last couple of months, I’m afraid I might need another break after this. First, we have this final challenge in the Cobb family, and this time we are using Buffy Cobb, the final child of Olivia and Nathaial Cobb from the Genetic Roulette challenge. The rules can be found on the landing page for this specific challenge, or at the link I’ll share here.

Buffy has been stripped of all skills, although I left all of her main traits alone. She is a fresh copy in a fresh save, and I have turned aging off for everyone but her and her household to make it easier to get the different baby mamas and daddies she needs. I have a few sims I will make sure she has kids with. I also plan on turning off story progression around relationships and kids, just to avoid any issues there. I think that gets the most important pieces out of the way, so let’s dig in!

I move Tara into Copperdale, one of the lots near the pier. I felt like that would be a fun place to raise kids. According to the rules, she is only allowed a 16 by 16 space to live on, and her house can only take up 10 by 6 squares of that space, although it can go higher and lower. Currently, the house is 3 stories, a basement, main story, and upper story. She can only have a max of 16 rooms, but right now, I think there are 6 total, so we should be good.

Buffy has the traits Perfectionist, Family Oriented, and Neat. As I stated in the initial paragraph, I did not wipe out her other traits, so she also still has Top-Notch Infant, Happy Toddler, Practiced Host, Physically Gifted, Socially Gifted, Muser, High Self-Esteem, Home Turf, and Good Manners. She has the Bestselling Author aspiration and will probably become an author.

This was a great pop-up to get, because Buffy is going to be doing a lot of writing, so yes, please, we would like to enjoy writing!

Buffy is visited by Oberon, and I thought I had fairies confined to Innisgreen, but it’s fine. It appears that it is possibly a bug, but also that it might keep Sims from randomly becoming a fairy outside Innisgreen. Regardless, the welcome wagon stops by next.

It turns out, Buffy is not a fan of fruit cake. The couple that stops by are very nice, though, and Buffy enjoys getting to know them.

She learns that one neighbor is good at writing, and he is willing to mentor her. This helps her make some great progress on her book writing already. She is going to be working on a children’s book series called The Carrier Kids. Meant to be a play on The Boxcar Children, which I read as a child.

Buffy discovers that she is a creative sim, and that works out great for us. Yes, Buffy, you can have a self-discovered trait of Creative. That should help with the writing.

The first book Buffy publishes is up for an award! That’s crazy, but also, I completely forgot to send her to the ceremony to see if she won. She probably didn’t.

Buffy works on mixing up some food to store in the fridge. She needs money, and a fair amount of it, before too much longer, so we can start having kids!

So we sent Buffy out on a collection run around Oasis Springs and then Willow Creek. Once she’s collected multiple things that we just sell outright, it’s time to meet some new people.

Buffy heads to the Goth house where she meets Bella, Cassandra, and Mortimer, then she greets Iris, from Enchanted by Nature. Buffy then stops by to meet Summer Holiday, Travis Scott, and finally over to Don Lothario’s. You can’t have a bunch of baby daddies/mammas without Don being in the mix.

Geoffrey Landgraab called Buffy as the “eccentric weirdo” from Lovestruck. I went ahead and had Buffy say yes, she’d meet him. She went and got a few things to sell out of the deal. She also met Geoffrey, which worked out great.

When Buffy gets back home, she sits down to do some more writing. She needs to at least attempt to finish her aspiration, and we need to get her a job. Freelancer would probably be better with a bunch of kids, but we got her into the Writing career.

Summer Holiday is invited over, and Buffy spends some time wooing her. Summer is very amenable to Buffy’s flirting, and we get the first kiss relatively quickly.

Buffy decides from there that she is a Lovebug. Sure, why not? Go ahead and be a Lovebug, Buffy; that’s fine.

Before long, the two head down to Buffy’s room to woohoo for the first time. I then realized I had some MCCC settings set weird, and we had to redo. Still, Summer is totally on board.

Baby one is on the way. I am hoping like crazy we do not get twins. The Cobbs have had a fair number of twins across the various siblings.

Buffy goes and lets Summer know, and Summer is happy about it. Baby mama number one achieved. Then it’s back to writing some more.

Buffy comes home with a promotion, which is great news because we can use that bonus. We will sell at least some of the items she gets as well, which should also help.

Buffy heads out on another collection run and does a bit of fishing as well. We are still in need of some additional money, as we don’t even have walls on the upper floor. I might end up adding ONE more floor, we’ll see.

Buffy heads over to the pier one evening with a craving for some ice cream. It’s really nice that they are this close to the pier and can just walk over whenever they want.

Buffy is up eating some food and goes into labor. I missed the notice, but it’s time to head to the hospital.

Buffy checks in and gets into the machine. Please don’t be twins, please don’t be twins!

Welcome, Brandon Cobb, our first (and luckily only) baby for Buffy. 15 more to go. Brandon currently looks like most babies, and we will get to see his features a bit more clearly later.

Buffy is now Cheerful, and hey, I’m all for it. This is going to be a tough enough challenge, so please be cheerful!

Bella Goth comes over, and Buffy figures, this might be a good baby mama for baby number two. She starts to flirt with her, and Bella is into it.

Lilith Vatore comes and crashes our party a bit, but hey, Lilith could be another good pick for a baby mama, although I’m not completely sold on having a vampire baby, especially early on.

Buffy works on taking care of little Brandon. He’s really a pretty good baby overall, but Buffy is very tired. It’s a good thing she has a fair amount of aspiration points already, thanks to all the wishes she’s completed, so she can buy the occasional sleep potion.

Buffy is taking a bit of time to get to know Bella. I don’t really want to have Buffy pregnant while Brandon is a baby if I don’t have to.

Buffy comes home with a new promotion. Great job, Buffy! She’s doing really well so far in this career.

Brandon is now an infant. I debated a lot on how I want to handle infants. I have decided that if they can unlock 16 milestones before their birthday, we will grow them up early; otherwise, they will just grow up at the appointed time.

I don’t know how realistic 16 milestones are for an infant to get easily, but it’s worth a shot. Of course, Buffy is going to be too busy with additional kids soon to really spend a ton of time teaching them, but she might as well try with Brandon.

Brandon is a Clam infant, and he got Summer’s blue eyes and her lighter skin tone. The rest comes from Buffy for sure, but he’s rather striking-looking and is super cute.

Brandon reveals two of his infant quirks. He frequently sneezes and is an early riser. That isn’t the best for Buffy, but at least he can play quietly on his playmat.

Time to get working on baby number two. Buffy invites Bella over, and they head down to have some woohoo time. Buffy may need to start traveling to people’s houses, but for now, her bed works.

Bella meets a VERY messy and very stinky Brandon. Poor little guy, he had a blowout and really needed a bath, which he got right after this.

A burglar broke in, come on game!!! This family doesn’t have ANYTHING, don’t take our stuff! Buffy calls the cops, and Summer even was over wanting some canoodling. Luckily, the police get there and capture the burglar before they can take anything.

Buffy takes good care of Brandon, and while she was doing some tummy time with him, she discovered she is pregnant again. I had decided to let it alert us without her taking a pregnancy test this time to give us a bit of extra time.

At least writing for a job means she can do this easily while pregnant. The biggest issue is her fun can plummet if she isn’t listening to music she really likes. I need to get some better “fun” items in the house.

Buffy comes home with the branching promotion already! Way to go, Buffy! She is now a Story Writer, having taken the Author track.

It also happens to be Brandon’s birthday! He actually got 17 milestones before I was able to get him to the cake, so it might be a reasonable feat. We’ll see how the next baby goes.

A spit cake shot! Brandon finishes his time as an infant and grows into a toddler!

Buffy quickly gets started on potty training. He has the whole upstairs to himself right now, and there are no walls since we don’t have the money.

Brandon does have a stuffed dog and some toy blocks, so he has what he needs to skill away for a bit. Buffy spends time with him as she can, although with work, she’s often tired.

To the point of passing out while trying to potty train. Sorry, Buffy, please go to bed! When it’s just one pregnant sim, it’s tough to keep everything going.

Brandon shows his first 2 toddler quirks; we never did learn his third infant quirk. He has a good appetite and loves sounds. Neither of those is too bad; we should have put a radio up here.

Brandon understands the mission and works on skilling. He’s been a really good first kid. I hope Buffy doesn’t have twins now, because that might be too much for Buffy….and me!

She comes home in labor, so I guess we are about ready to find out what Bella’s baby will be.

Buffy goes up to the desk to check in, and it takes so long that the poor thing passes out again. This is why I’m sending Buffy to the hospital. They will fix her poor needs.

We actually have the same hospital tech this time to do our birth. The last time went well, so let’s hope for another single birth!

Buffy welcomes another boy to the challenge. Everyone, meet Oliver Cobb. That is baby two, and a good place to call this update, which is getting rather long. Buffy has had a good start to his challenge so far. Thank you for reading, and I hope you will join me for the next update soon!

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