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Otts Family – Calvin 09

Calvin 08 | Rules | Family Tree | Calvin 10

Welcome back to the Otts! It has been FAR too long since we were with the family and I’m excited to be back. The last time we were with the family Hinata sadly got suspended from school after getting pregnant again and not being able to balance it all. The family celebrated Winterfest, Calvin got a promotion, we had a baby shower, and Dwight was born, and we end with Dustin’s childhood birthday.

We will start this update with Bailie and our founding spouse Julia sharing a hug. Julia has been out haunting quite a bit recently. We can also see little Dustin in the back. Dustin grew up with the Lazy trait and got the Artistic Prodigy aspiration, so he’s not likely to get much done.

Family updates come in and Danielle, Cedric’s daughter, is now a child and then part of the Otts family moved out of Forgotten Hollow. Not entirely sure where they moved to.

Calvin is up and working on fixing all the various things that have broken, including the tea maker. With as many ghosts as we are getting it feels more and more like we are forever fixing plumbing and electronics.

Bailie got us some points by maxing out dancing! Way to go Bailie! +10 points!

Once everyone is up and around for the day, I believe it’s New Year’s, Dustin works on his homework. Bailie is just enjoying her time being a NTH, and even Cordelia stopped by for some family time.

Hinata continues to be a great parent and goes to take care of Dwight, leveling up to parenting 5 while doing so. Dwight will be our first infant in this family and I’m looking forward to seeing how we do with infants in an ISBI.

The family gathers around the TV to celebrate ringing in the New Year together. HAPPY NEW YEAR OTTS!!! It wasn’t that long ago that new years was here in RL!

A new year brings a new life stage to the Otts and Dwight grows into an infant. He’s a cutie already and I don’t know how much of a makeover I’m going to worry about giving infants.

Almost immediately after growing up Dwight already unlocked a milestone for smiling. Smile now kid, I have no idea how you are going to grow up being born into an ISBI. We’ll see!

While little Dwight was growing up into an infant upstairs we have one of our reader’s favorite Otts ghosts haunting, Alan! Hi Alan, please don’t break all our stuff!!! Bailie appears to be eating up some popcorn while Dustin looks a bit sad.

Hinata and Calvin stand around upstairs with the newly grown-up Dwight unable to get by the baby, apparently. Calvin picks him up, moves him out into the hallway, and has some tummy time with him.

Our little Dwight turns out to be a Wiggly infant, which should be kind of fun. Hopefully, he’ll learn some of the milestones quickly, but we might have to struggle with getting him to sleep. Guess we’ll see how it goes.

Sadly, we will have to wait to find out more about Dwight, as downstairs Bailie is ready for her long life to be over. Alan and Audra are both in attendance, and poor Dustin also sees it happening. Grim finishes his tasks and then decides to hang around for a bit in the bathroom. You will be missed Bailie, but you can be with Adalyn now.

I took some time to edit and update the downstairs room to be a nursery for little Dwight. While Calvin starts working on getting him down to bed for the night we find out that Dwight is an early riser who loves wake-up time, which I guess makes sense. He’s too wiggly to want to sleep for a long time.

While everyone is sleeping for the night we get a bunch of family updates. Janessa and Corey have their new baby, a little boy named Derrik. Then there are multiple birthdays. Dalton, son of Cordelia, Darin, son of Cedric, and Brynlee, Brodie’s stepdaughter.

Dustin has had a bit of a rough time after his grandma’s death. He doesn’t sleep very well and rarely does more than nap. He also hasn’t been able to take great care of his needs, although he has managed to not lose us any points…yet.

Calvin stays home and works from home so we can try and be here for Dwight as much as possible and get him through some milestones. Dwight does quickly learn to lift his head!

Calvin’s work-from-home task was to go protest, so while Dustin is at school we send the others out to protest. Calvin feeds little Dwight before letting Hinata hold him while he works the protest to an essentially empty park.

Once back at home, Hianta proves to be a great mom once again by spending time with both of her sons before they head to bed that night. Hinata might help Dustin get through missing his grandma Bailie.

Sadly, we get the notice that Tai Lum, Cordelia’s husband, passed away. They have an infant son, and I’m sure she’ll likely end up remarried.

Calvin has been spending a fair amount of time with Dwight since he’s still a baby, but that doesn’t mean he won’t go spend time with his other son. Especially since he’s been having a hard time with the death of Bailie.

Maybe at his mom’s suggestion, maybe it was his dad’s, but that night I find Dustin upstairs giving himself a pep talk, which was so cute. Hopefully, this will help him when we come back to the family, as this feels like a decent time to wrap up this update. Next time we should be able to get through Dwight’s birthday to toddlerhood, let’s hope we survive the rest of infanthood. Hope to see you next time!

Score:

Self Wetting (-5) : 10 (-50)
Pass Out (-5) : 59 (-295)
Failing School (-5) : 0 (0)
Accidental Deaths (-10) : 1 (-10)
Fires (-10) : 1 (-10)
Social Worker Visit (-15) : 0 (0)
Negative Traits Earned (-5): 0 (0)

Single Birth (+5) : 10 (+50)
Twins (+10) : 1 (+10)
Triplets (+15) : 0 (0)
Any sim in the house completing Any Aspiration Milestones (Child/Adult) (+5) : 34 (+170)
Any sim in the household completing Aspirations (+10) : 4 (+40)
Skills maxed by NTH family members (+10) : 3 (+30)
NTH children earning an A in school (+5) : 12 (+60)
NTH sims reaching the top of a career (+10) : 0 (0)
Positive Traits Earned (+5): 13 (+65)
NTH Toddler Skills Maxed (+5): 13 (+65)
NTH Toddler Becoming Top-Notch (+10): 0 (0)
NTH Toddler Becoming Happy Toddler (+5): 7 (+35)
Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation (+10) : 3 (+30)
Not using spares’ Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation (+10) : 3 (+30)
Every 100,000 simoleons earned (+20) : 226,576 (+40)
Immortalizing the Torch-Holder (+5) : 3 (+15)

TOTAL: +275

Calvin 08 | Rules | Family Tree | Calvin 10

Golden Plumbobs

I will hopefully have some new updates for you soon. I changed computers recently and it put a setback on my writing and playing, but I am getting everything set up soon. However, I wanted to send a quick message out to all our readers to thank you for the nominations for the stories here are ciyrosesims. Voting is open until the end of the month over at boolprop.net and if you haven’t voted you can go support these stories and sims over there. We received the following nominations for our stories here:

Best DIFT: Roots of Emerson
Best Uncommon Challenge: Meeple Monopoly
Best Common Challenge: Latte Game
Sweetest Lovebirds: Tim and Kayla Emerson (from Roots of Emerson)
Palmer Whisper: EPIC Tripp

Thank you again for everyone who nominated and have already voted. We received so many nominations this year!!!! I hope to see you all soon with updates coming soon!

Latte Game – Generation 4.27

Generation 4.26 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 5.01

Welcome back to the Latte’s! It’s been far far too long since I have been able to play this family and I’m super excited to bring you this next update. Last time we ended with an heir poll to help decide who will be our next heir. We had multiple birthdays, lots of new family dynamics, and a couple graduations. Let’s start out this update by seeing who won the heir poll!

Who is the next heir of this Latte Name Game?

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Haquim?

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Jacque?

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Orqidea?

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Ricquel?

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Dequan?

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Indiqua?

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Sacquet?

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The winner is:

Ricquel Latte!

Congrats Ricquel, you are our newest heiress! I’m sure you will do great!!!

Ricquel: Great!

Here is our voting broke down, Ricquel won pretty handily, although Sacquet was in the running for quite a while. I am thrilled to have Ricquel be our heiress, she was easily my second favorite, and probably the best pick from the girls of the group to continue the matriarchy. Thank you to everyone who voted!

With the new home chef hustle pack out and Ricquel being picked as heir it was time for a few room makeovers. First, the kitchen got some new appliances, counters, and shelves and I’m super happy with how it turned out. Then with Jacque ready to move out, we transferred Ricquel’s things to the room with the private bathroom, which is much smaller than the one she used to have to share with her sister, but it’s all hers. I think they turned out great. We also updated some of the other bedrooms, but we’ll get to those later.

With Ricquel being picked as heiress and Jacque and Orquid already graduated it’s time for them to move out. I realized we should have kept them until Sunday so we could go through their graduation, but it’s fine, time for them to be out in the world. Plus, there was a chance they wouldn’t get to go to graduation anyway with the bug. We send them out with a good portion of Jacque’s lotto winnings so they shouldn’t have an issue finding a place to live.

Sadly we get a sudden rash of death notifications from older family members. Natalie, Nick’s daughter, finally passed. Nick was our founder Kynzie’s third child so I’m surprised she’s still around. Then Tanvi Latte, who was married to Ijtiba passed, along with Ethan, one of Ember’s sons.

Hjordis is still working on her aspiration of being a best-selling author so she hops on a computer in the office to work on her writing. Mio is also doing some work in the office, maybe talking to a client. Sadly we are at the point of needing to write bestsellers and it isn’t going very well.

I decided to send Hjordis to work on prepping some ingredients, and I already love the idea of having this mixer and prepping stuff for meals. It’s been a lot of fun, but I also noticed that they can be picked up as leftovers, so I’ll have to watch this family with that one.

We get a couple more family notices, starting with another death. This time it’s Ivan Latte, who was Nick’s son, so in a pretty short time period, we lost both of Nick’s kids. In happier news though, Jacque has already moved into the hood, and Orquid moved with him.

Ricquel starts working on her comedy career. I know as an adult she is supposed to change to Musical Genius, but I might leave her doing comedy on the side, as a stand-up. Hjordis goes and talks to her daughter, likely giving her insights on what it takes to be heiress.

Mio and Hjordis hang out the next morning with each other. These two are just too fun and I will greatly miss them when they are eventually done. For now, Hjordis continues to be the head of the house since Ricquel is still a teen for a bit longer.

Mio decides that she likes affection, especially from her wife. That’s a good thing since these two are pretty affectionate with each other. They did have to have 7 kids after all.

The family seems to really like the new kitchen island and spends a lot of time talking and eating around it. While they still spend time eating at the table as well, socializing happens around the island most of the time.

I decided to have the family go around and start visiting the other houses that the Latte’s have spread out into. We start by visiting the house of Ivan Latte, and the Alvin Latte and meet all the various members of their households. This will make it easier to meet up and have them as options for holidays in the future.

While out and about visiting family Ricquel and Sacquet end up with the jokesters dynamic, which will be a surprise to no one. Right after this, however, Ricquel ended up going through a mean streak. Probably was good they joked around first.

It’s prom time again so we send the students who were at the right age to go, and Dequan even got a dance with Molly, whom he gets along with very well. Ricquel also went but I apparently didn’t get any pictures of her.

She did go to after prom though and Ricquel rode the ferris wheel alone and got a random event that had a beautiful outcome for Ricquel. I would like to think that while up in that ferris wheel, she thought about her future as heiress. Don’t worry Ricquel, I got you!

Right after the after prom was over we got the notice that Casey Joyson grew into a teen. He is Ethan’s stepson. Sad Ethan passed so close to Casey’s birthday. Still, he may not be a Latte by blood, but he’s part of the family. This also means we are going to have to make a quick run to start flagging everyone again.

We get another couple of quick family updates and four more members are now young adults. I also nearly immediately get notice that the triplets all got someone pregnant, so time to go flag everyone. We may or may not remove the pregnancies, sorry boys, I know you tried to get passed the flags. I send Hjordis to every house and flag everyone so no more Latte’s overpopulating.

Ricquel had joined the cheer squad and while I don’t think she’s going to get a ‘promotion’ in it, she joined much too late to make a lot of difference, she does still practice.

Indiqua brings her breakfast into the office the next morning to sit and talk with her mom while she works on another book. I really do like this office a lot, it’s so nice. I never use orange, but I feel like maybe I should use it more.

Hjordis gets a phone call from this girl about dating her son. At first, I thought this was our cousin, but then I realized her face wasn’t quite right to be who I was thinking. I’m not sure who she is, but sure you can go out with Haquim.

We moved a few of the things in the kitchen around so we could more easily pull things out of the fridge and Hjordis made up her first pizza. It went well and Hjorids made a very good pizza.

A new batch of family updates arrived, and at first, one of them confused me. I did not know a Bailee Latte, turns out she was the kid of someone who married in, but never lived with one of our family. Not entirely sure how she got the name switched, but not a bit deal. Probably an MCCC setting. Cora Robles on the other hand got remarried, she was married to Ethan. Jacque got married to a sweet girl, who has 3 kids already, so his family grew quickly. Then Xajvier and his wife adopted a cat, and finally, Marcus and Xander both got new jobs.

Dequan does still live here, he just hasn’t been very prominent. He needed some fun and social so he sits down to play some chess with his mom. Mio, has gotten a new client job and is busy working with the fabricator. She needs to level up fabrication and make some new candles to progress in her aspiration.

On Monday the kids of course bring home school projects which they sit down to diligently work on, and somehow never finish. It’s like they got stuck and just kept working and working and working. Ricquel went off to cheer without doing anything with her project. She’s already got an A and will grow up soon.

Indiqua and Sacquet start pulling pranks on each other and Indiqua decides she really actually likes it! These two are super cute kids. I am excited to see them as teens.

A big party is thrown and a ton of the family is invited over to the house, including many of the members we have recently met. While they are there Ricquel takes the time to hang out keys to Jacque and Orquid so they can stop by anytime they like. Ricquel does miss her big sister.

Then it’s time for the main event. Ricquel is ready to grow up into a YA. Hard to believe it’s finally time for the next generation. You can see the cousin I confused the phone call girl with at first. Everyone had a great time and it was a fun party. With that, we end Hjordis’ generation, which has been our longest so far, and we start Ricquel’s. Ricquel picked up the Child of the Ocean trait, and while I know I put on the poll that her adult aspiration was going to be musician, I kept her at joke star for the time being. I’ll switch her to musician a little bit later.

Before we wrap up the chapter completely let’s take a look at the updated family members, and new members that have joined over this last update.

We start with Jacque’s new wife, Audrey. Next up are her three kids, Edward, Ember, and Shane. These three are Jacque’s new stepkids. Next up is Oliva’s daughter (Oxkar’s daughter) Kataria, followed by Youssef’s stepdaughter Jasmin as a teen. Casey is next to Jasim, and he is Ethan’s stepson, and finally, finishing row two we have Arlene as a teen. She is Arthur Latte’s stepdaughter. Row 3 is made up of Ivy, Ixael’s daughter, as a teen, and Edward, Orion’s youngest stepson. Then we move to Amarja’s newest husband, Vernon, and finally, the two youngest are “accidently” born into the family, Gretchen Al Habib, granddaughter to Youssef, and Cody Morita, Orion’s grandson.

Just before we go, I didn’t actually do a point count at the end of the last generation, so I’m going to do a quick recap of the current points here:

Points for letters: 5 (K) + 4 (Y) + 1 (N) + 30 (Z’s) + 3 (I’s) + 1 (E) + 2 (O’s) + 3 (P) + 12 (H’s) + 1 (A) + 1 (L) + 8 (X) + 8 (J) + 1 (R) = 80 Points
Top of the Career: 30 Points
– Ukupanipo: Conservationist
– Easton: Astronaut
– Harvey: Athlete
– Zophi: Culinary
– Halix: Entertainer
– Hjordis: Writer
A Lifetime of Aspiring: 36 Points
– Beach Life: Ukupanipo
– Nerd Brain: Uupanipo
– Fabulously Wealthy: Harvey
– Bodybuilder: Easton
– Musical Genius: Halix
– Big Happy Family: Kynzie, Zophi
– World Famous Celebrity: Kynzie
Skilled Sims: 114 Points
– Cooking: Ukupanipo, Halix, Zophi, Hjordis
– Fitness: Ukupanipo, Zophi, Harvey, Halix, Easton, Hjordis
– Logic: Ukupanipo
– Parenting: Kynzie, Halix, Hordis
– Video Gaming: Kynzie
– Creativity (child): Kevin, Yuri, Isla, Ember, Amarja, Jacque, Orquidea
– Mental (child): Nick, Pixey, Halix, Ixael, Amarja, Lowitja,
– Social (child): Ixael, Amarja, Orquidea, Ricquel
– Motor (child): Ijtiba, Xjavier, Haquim, Hjordis, Ricquel,
– Gourmet Cooking: Zophi
– Dancing: Hjordis
– Gardening: Halix
– Guitar: Halix
– Handiness: Zophi, Mio
– Piano: Halix
– Writing: Hjordis
– Photograph: Harvey
Collections: 1 Points
Paintings: 0 Points
Matriarchy: 6 Points
Helicopter Parent: 169 Points
– Toddler Skills Maxed: Kevin (5), Yuri (4), Nick (4), Zorah (5), Zophi (5), Isla (5), Ember (4), Zax (3), Oxkar (4), Pixey (5), Halix (5), Ixael (5), Hjordis (5), Amajra (5), Lowitja (5), Ijtiba (5), Xjavier (5), Haquim (4), Jacque (5), Orquidea (5), Ricquel (5), Dequan (5), Indiqua (4), Sacquet (5)
– Watcher made it through
– Child Aspirations Met: Kevin, Yuri, Nick, Isla, Ember, Pixey, Halix, Ixael (x2), Hjordis, Amarja (x2), Lowitja, Ijtiba, Xjavier, Haquim, Jacque, Orquidea (x2), Ricquel (x2)
– Age Child Up Early
– A’s: Kevin, Yuri, Nick, Zorah, Isla, Ember, Zax, Oxkar, Pixey, Halix, Ixael, Hjorids, Amarja, Lowitja, Ijtiba, Xjavier, Haquim, Jacque, Orquidea, Ricquel, Dequan
– Teen A’s for 3 days: Halix, Hjordis, Amajara, Lowitja, Ijtiba, Haquim, Jacque, Orquidea, Ricquel
– Teen jobs maxed
Let the Public Decide: 20 Points
Parent of An Occult: 21 Points

Total Score: 477

We have a pretty decent score going now and we are quickly getting through letters. Next time we will see Ricquel start her reign as heiress, although don’t expect much to change yet as we still have to get the rest of the kids out of the house before Ricquel can do much with kids herself. Hope to see you then and thanks for reading!

Generation 4.26 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 5.01

Meeple Monopoly – Post 1.09

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Welcome to the Meeple’s! I said last update I hoped it didn’t take me a full year to get back to these guys and I’m actually getting close sadly. This year has been full of ups and downs for my posting schedule. I hope to do better next year. Last time with the family Pip started a kid club to help with his aspiration and got a best friend in M. Faba. Parker grew into a toddler and worked on his skills, Pip completed his aspiration right before his teen birthday. All right, let’s dig in, we will probably actually have an heir poll at the end of the next update.

We start with Pip working on his homework while Parker eats some breakfast in bed. We are going to need to update this house soon so the kids and parents can have a bit of space to themselves.

Alvaro starts work on a painting of some sort and meanwhile, Jewel goes to help Pip out with his homework. Pip will get to start high school soon and I’ll have to decide if I download a new high school or just use the Maxis-made one. I like having different schools for my various hoods.

Jewel decides that she likes deep thoughts, so that is fun. I have really enjoyed these updates from Get Together and it’s still amazing how many families I still haven’t really fully played since that pack came out.

There was, I believe, a holiday (maybe firework day?) and the family went out to the cliffs to hang out around a bonfire. I really wish that there was a carrier or something for toddlers so it was easier to take them places.

The family continues the holiday by heading over to the park to grill some food. While there Pip talks with this girl and his socially awkward trait doesn’t seem to impact it too bad. They end up playing some chess after enjoying some food.

Since the goal for the next generation is to learn skills only via books I grab a bunch of books that we aren’t going to “accidentally” learn or will simply learn through things like social interactions and school easily. Pip starts out with the rock climbing book.

We decided to update the house for the family. They have a slightly larger A-frame house now that has 2 stories and rooms for everyone. It still counts as a tiny house so they will continue to get skill-building bonuses.

In their new house, Pip starts working on his homework in his new room. Alvaro has to start by repairing the toilet. The family only has one bathroom, so they need to keep it repaired and will hopefully be able to upgrade it soon.

Parker discovers a few quirks and shares them with us. First, he loves books, which is really good news since he would need to read a LOT if chosen as heir. He is also, unfortunately, aggressive, but we do not have the final quirk yet.

Pip and Parker spend some time reading their books. Later on, Pip spends time talking with his dad. His skills are growing and he shouldn’t have any problems getting up to a top-notch toddler in this house.

Alvaro determines that he likes deception after his wife apparently provides him with a delightfully deceptive lie. Then it’s determined he and Parker gain a strict family dynamic.

Alvaro spends time with his youngest son to help him with all his skills. This includes reading books and doing flash cards. Parker is basically already at Top-Notch Toddler and now we are working on milestones.

Not to be outdone by his dad Pip plays with his brother and proves to be a good big brother. Parker loves to play with his big brother and it’s great for movement skills too.

With Pip around to help out with Parker more often Alvaro and Jewel are able to spend more time together and they take advantage of it. I do not plan on these two having any more kids, but we do have risky in, so you never know.

I have moved the easels out of the house so that we can do more paintings of the world around the house. Willow Creek is actually a very pretty world I think, and honestly, most of the sims worlds have their own beauty. So it’s fun to do paintings of the world.

Pip has been going to high school for classes and we found a fun high school to download, although I do want to fix it up a bit more eventually but it’s a great base to start from. I haven’t been following him much as I wanted to spend time with Parker to make sure he got his skills and milestones in before his birthday.

After school though it’s time to go to the park because it’s a very special day for Parker. His birthday is here so Jewel bakes and packs up a cake and we have a small party for him.

The small building on the lot provides a perfect place to blow out his candles and have Parker grow up. He managed to complete all his skills and get the Top Notch Toddler. He starts with the Social Butterfly aspiration as his first child aspriation.

Right before we wrap up this post we see that Alvaro and Jewel get the Close dynamic. I love this for them, they are so cute together and I love this little family. That feels like a good place to leave for now, next time we will see how Parker’s childhood goes and probably hold an heir poll!

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Roots of Emerson – Post 1.13

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Tim and Kayla adjust to life with teenagers as best they can. There is less to do for the kids now that they mostly take care of themselves, but that just means more things to work on teaching them.

Life continues on, seasons pass and everyone gets older. The chickens that have been so beloved are starting to pass on, and new chicks will be hatched. The farm is changing.

Kevin is close to being done with school and he will be finding his own path soon. Tim still holds out hope that his kids will help take over the farm as he is getting older and knows he won’t be able to stay up on everything by himself.

Kayla has seemed to perfect her cooking, and while she has become a bit of a perfectionist, everyone appreciates her cooking for the family. She makes sure they eat healthy and is happy to have Tim’s produce at her disposal.

Tim and Kalya are happy that the twins have gotten closer over time, and Jennifer and Ryan have become quite the joksters of the family.

Tim loves his kids, but there are mornings he’s not really sure what all they are talking about. At times it seems to him that Kevin doesn’t either, but at least Jennifer and Ryan have each other.

Much like her mother, Jennifer has gained an appreciation for the chickens and has found herself helping with the new chicks whenever she can.

Likewise, the cowplant has grown very attached to Ryan and Ryan has become attached to it. They spend more and more time together playing and Ryan has taken over feedings when he’s around.

Tim is trying to teach each of the kids about plants and farming as a whole. Jennifer seems to be the kid that caught on the fastest, but Tim will keep trying with all of them. His new greenhouse is his pride and joy.

When the greenhouse was all done Kayla was so proud of her husband that they went out into the greenhouse and took a picture to memorialize the moment. Even after all of these years, they are very much in love.

Tim finds himself still learning a thing or two about plants himself and is happy to still be learning new things. He wonders if his father ever felt like he had learned all he could.

Kayla has found herself challenging her cooking skills by creating treats for the chickens. Each one, she claims, does a little something different, and is excited to be trying them out.

Kayla still very much loves her husband and Tim adores his wife. He never believed he would be so successful in life, although he always hoped. Kayla has been the best partner.

Kayla always enjoys being able to help with hatching the chicks whenever she can. Throughout the seasons and the years, she attempts to be one of the first people to meet the chicks, especially with her new treats to provide them now.

The kids continue to do well in school, and Kayla is proud of all of her kids, but holds a special place in her heart for her daughter. She’s so glad that Jennifer and Ryan have gotten closer as they got older.

When the kids are in school and Tim has time to himself after tending the garden he can often be found fishing in the river by their house or feeding and playing with the cowplannt.

The kids are making lots of friends in school and it is becoming rare for them to not request to bring their friends home with them. It makes Tim and Kayla both very happy that they have created a place their kids want to bring friends.

One evening Kayla was out checking on the chickens and found a strange egg. At first Kayla thought it must be a rotten egg, but it didn’t provide a smell and one of the hens seemed a bit more protective of it so Kayla left it alone.

She was highly surprised when right around Winterfest that same egg hatched into a chick with firey eyes. Kalya worried the chick was sick, but everything with him checked out, and he seems like a normal chick otherwise.

Winterfest is always a time the family loves to spend together. Not only do they enjoy the meals and opening up gifts, they can also simply enjoy each other’s company and hang out talking.

Jennifer got a guitar for Winterfest and spent some time practicing in her room. She isn’t really good yet, but she is determined.

Another change came in the setup of the twin’s room. Tim and Kayla were finally able to update it with more appropriate furnishings for teens and while Jennifer would like to have her own room, she is used to sharing with her twin.

Kayla was shocked and surprised when she got confirmation that she was pregnant again. She went out to tell Tim early one morning, a bit afraid of how he would react. He was certainly surprised, and this was an unexpected event, but Tim was thrilled. Now they just had to determine how to tell the kids.

POLL RESULTS

So now it’s time to see who won the poll for heir. Now that another baby is on the way I feel a bit bad that baby won’t be included, but it was a shock. So we will move forward with the results.

So….

Who…

Won….

The…

Poll?

Jennifer???

Ryan???

Kevin???

THE…

WINNER….

IS…

KEVIN!!!!!!

Kevin: Huh?

You won the heir poll, you will carry on the family!

Kevin: I don’t have to stay here with the terrifying plant outside?

You sure don’t, you’re moving to a new town!

Here is the breakdown of our results for this poll. You can see it was fairly close between Jennifer and Kevin, but Kevin won and I’m excited to move on soon. This is great timing since Kevin can move out and make room for the newest baby.

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EPIC Tripp: It’s Just Business – 6.11

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Hello and welcome back to the Tripp’s! It’s been far too long since we were last with this family but we are finally here. Last update Bonnie completed the goals for this generation, Corie grew up into a teenager, and the twins worked their way through high school (not followed.) Here is a look at the goal information.

Generation 6b – It’s Just Business

~~Once heir reaches level 10 of chosen career, computers, tablets, and video game consoles are able to be purchased and used.~~

We can see we crossed off our final goal! Now we just wait for Corie to age up so we can start on our next generation. I’m excited to be through this generation’s goals and so close to starting the next generation. Let’s dig in!

We start our update with Corie getting started on some of the things she was going to need to get good at in order to continue in this challenge, gardening and making friends with the bees. We don’t really need the bees specifically for the garden any longer, but we’ve had them for so long they are part of the family now.

That evening we have our first two generations visiting. Kiana and her daughter Belle come out haunting and quickly give each other a hug. While I get tired of having plumbing break, it is super nice to still have these ghosts come visit. I love these two.

I have not been focusing on the collections much recently, so I deiced to send Bonnie out with some diving gear so she can go treasure hunting. We haven’t found very many of the island collections yet, even though we’ve been living here a while.

Cousin Ruth comes by the next day and the kids play some games, since they have unlocked consoles, and then Corie gets ready to start high school by doing her homework sitting on her bed.

Over the course of the day and evening, Ruth and Corie become best friends. We of course said yes to this since Corie has known Ruth since they were both little girls. I want to keep these new generations close since we have started having more than 1 child.

The 3 boys in the house spend the time after school hanging out in the dining room. Both of the boys are doing well in school and Rene is slowly progressing through his job, we can probably complete it before Corie takes over, but his isn’t the most important.

Speaking of Rene, he gets the perfectionist trait discovered for himself. I can see this, so of course we say yes. Then Rene maxes out gardening! He has been taking care of the garden, with Patchy’s help, since essentially moving in, so I’m glad he got it maxed finally.

Bill is not the most fitness-oriented sim, most of his childhood was spent on creative and mental tasks, but he gets the bug to work out, so he uses the treadmill right outside the boys’ “room.”

I did not get a screenshot of it, but this woman asked to stay over with the family for a few days and we said yes. Then she died in our kitchen. Thanks, random lady. We grabbed the urn and will take it someplace for her to carry out her hauntings later. We have enough ghosts in our family graveyard.

The kids get a couple of dynamics. Poor Corie and Rene get the difficult one, which I think actually makes a little sense. She’s trying to find her own way with the plants and bees, and Rene has been doing it for a long time. Meanwhile, Bill and Rene get the jokesters dynamic.

I am pretty sure it was premier night and so the family gathers in the living room and watches the premiere together. I don’t pull this off too often with the entire family, so it was kind of fun, even if Steve (I think) stood up during the show.

Belle has been very active this round.

Thank you for cleaning up all the clothes!

Belle: Why do they not put things in the hamper?

Well, your great-great-granddaughter’s husband is lazy, unfortunately, but he still has helped keep the family going.

Steve helps out with the bees while his sister works on beach combing. These bees are feeling better after we have spent a lot of time getting them out of irritation. They really do require a lot of social bonding.

Apparently, the island seating in the kitchen is more desirable than the dining table for the entire family to chat. I would think the table would be easier to have conversations around, but you know, you guys do what you want.

Spooky day brings outfits to garden in, and then the family takes a quick trip to Henford, to search out more plants. However, it was storming so hard the boys freaked out a bit, while Corie just worked on her homework. Sadly we didn’t get any new plants, but we’ll be back.

Bonnie and Steve find themselves with a Difficult family dynamic, just like Corie and Rene. I do enjoy the fact some of the teens are getting difficult dynamics with their parents. That makes a lot of sense to me.

Lara it out and tries her hand at video games. I love that the boys are on either side of her, almost like they are teaching her. Remington is also out haunting and Rene spends some time with him. I would like to add Remington back to the household at some point.

I love all these various updates we get. Bonnie maxes out her archaeology skill, Lindsey would be very proud of her descendant. Then Steve likes Video Gaming, which feels like an obvious item, finally, Rene has become Paranoid.

The Hijinks festival is in town and the family gets invited out by Ruth, I believe, and so we send the family down. They all join the joksters and enjoy the festival. The teens even spend some time with the bubble blower before they head home. I’m pretty sure they won.

The next day is a busy one update-wise for the family. Bill first becomes an A student and joins Steve as one of the top students. Then Corie also gets an A as well, so all of the kids are now the top students. Bonnie gets an energetic lifestyle, which makes a lot of sense for how much she works out. Corie gets some mischief skill, which I really should pursue a bit more with her probably.

Rene heads to Henford again, and the weather is much nicer than last time. He checks out the stand near the pub and then heads home. When he gets home we are greeted with quite the beachgoer. Why would you wear socks on the beach?

Bonnie manages to get herself a raise at work, and while the family is doing great, their bills have gotten pretty extravagant, so we might end up needing to move, which I wouldn’t hate doing, but I still love Sulani.

Corie got the Curator aspiration as a teen, so we send her out collecting. While we have almost completed the metals and crystals we are still missing a couple, so I’m hoping Corie might be able to finish them eventually.

We are going to end this update with a fire. Rene tried to cook, and while usually Bonnie cooks, Rene tried it and started a fire. He does manage to get everything put out and no lasting damage, but that was enough excitement for now. Next update we might get Corie aged up and ready to take over, and we should see the twins age up, but we’ll see how far we get. Hope you enjoyed and I hope to be back to these guys soon!

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Otts Family – Calvin 08

Calvin 07 | Rules | Family Tree | Calvin 09

Hello and welcome back to the crazy…I mean the ISBI. I’m so excited to be bringing you a new update to the Otts family. Last update Dustin grew up into a toddler and the family was busy taking care of him. Let’s dig in to this new update!

When we start the update we get family updates. Cordelia has gotten married, and nearly immediately gets pregnant as well. Then we get the notice that Kaleigh and Cedric are also expecting again. Yay for more Otts!

Cedric is over and perhaps he is letting him mom know she’s going to be a grandma again. I really love this generation of this family, they have been so much fun.

Eddie is out tonight and starts the night by destroying the dollhouse, then he is helpful and mops up Dustin’s mess. Thanks for the help Eddie, but I don’t suppose you could have not destroyed the dollhouse?

Hinata is sick and we start to wonder if she is pregnant again. Then she proves to be a really good mom, comforting little Dustin and then reading him to sleep. She is, sadly falling behind in school and I think she might not finish it now.

Calvin comes home with a promotion, way to go Calvin. Then we find out Corey’s twins are now toddlers. This portion was played before the infant update, so they went straight to toddlers. They are cuties.

Calvin gets busy potty training Dustin. He at least needs to get him to level 2 so Dustin can work on it more himself.

Hinata celebrates finding out she is, indeed, pregnant. She is going to fail out of college for sure now. She might surprise me, but pregnancy has been not great for Hianta and school. Hinata goes and tells Calvin, who is also happy about the news.

I love you Hinata, you are one of my favorite NTH’s. Your predecessor was also amazing, but I’m still mad at Adalyn for dying in the pool early. Please keep being amazing!

Julia, while I appreciate very much the fact you are mopping up a puddle, you BROKE the sink. The puddle will never go away unless you fix the sink.

It’s Winterfest Eve and the family works on decorating the tree together. One of these days I might actually consider decorating the inside for Winterfest (or maybe even most of the winter.) I love decorating for Christmas in real life.

*sigh* Sadly the excitement of Winterfest was too much for Dustin. He passes out on the floor. -5 points.

Brooke’s “whoops” twins (whoops in the fact I forgot to flag her before) have grown into children. We will get a better look at them later. I love all the Otts we have in the family now.

Before bed, Calvin gives Dustin a bubble bath. Once that is done and he’s put to bed Hinata sits with Dustin to work on her schoolwork. I hope she manages to get through these last classes.

Bailie, I know you had the bodybuilder aspiration and worked really hard to get fit, but could you please take it easy on using the weight machine? I really don’t want you to die from exertion.

A bunch of fun new updates for the family. Bailie is squeamish now, which is sort of funny. Calvin and Dustin get a strict family dynamic, which makes a little sense, Calvin wants Dustin to be successful. Then we find out 2 of Dustin’s 3 quirks. Loves Sounds and Aggressive.

The house at night looks very pretty all decorated on the outside for Winterfest. I really do like this house, especially with all the changes we have made to it (which I’m going to be making more soon.)

More updates and we find out Corey and Janessa are expecting again too. A new baby will be joining their twins soon. This isn’t a family update, but I found it kind of funny, but also sad that Celeste (one of the new pre-mades from Growing Together) has already died. Then, Dustin maxes out his potty skill! That’s +5 points. Thank you, Dustin!

Ahh well. Points come and points go. Dustin is acting a lot like Alan in his toddler years. So far, points gained, points lost. -5 Points.

Luckily the family is still able to complete many of the traditions of Winterfest because we can do them as a group. Even little Dustin can get in on the fun now that he’s had a nap.

Corey comes by to see his brother, and maybe to let the family know that his wife is once again pregnant. I love that so many cousins are going to be close in age. Maybe we’ll try a toddler playdate.

Awww, Dustin’s last quirk is that he loves to wake up. That’s cute. Then, sadly, pregnancy with Hinata’s school just doesn’t work out and she officially flunks out, or rather is suspended. I’m not sure I’ll have her try again. We’ll have to see because she was doing really well on her own for a long time.

Speaking of Alan, later in the evening of Winterfest he comes haunting. He manages to stop Bailie from her constant drink-making. I think she might get close to maxing out Mixology all on her own.

Hinata has also developed some Squeamishness, what is it with this family? Bailie then decides she likes Silly Behavior thanks to her grandson.

Hinata is getting bigger and bigger, but she still is a great mother to Dustin. He even gets to work on flash cards with his mom. Maybe he’ll max another skill and even out our points.

I really want to try out a baby shower for Hinata, but we haven’t met all of the other members of our extended family, at least close cousins. So we make a quick tour of the extended family. Brodie’s adopted daughter is our first stop to flag her. Then we meet Cedric’s kids and flag his stepdaughter. Then we wrap up our time out by meeting Corey’s twins

We manage to hold a baby shower and it’s a lot of fun. It turns into a family-wide baby shower with each of this current generation’s wives all being pregnant together, at various levels. We take some lovely pictures of the family and have a lot of fun until Hinata goes into labor!

Hinata heads to the hospital with Calvin and heads back to the delivery room where she started treatment with one medical person, who then up and left in the middle of the delivery and Hinata had to wait for someone else. Calvin did come back to the room and soon we have a new little boy, Dwight. This is quite a boy-heavy generation so far. +5 points

After the birth of his newest son Calvin and his mom get the option to be jokesters. I go ahead and say yet cause I think this seems like fun.

When they get home Calvin shows off his new son to his mom. Bailie is super happy to meet her newest grandchild. She is getting to see so many grandkids and it makes her very happy.

That same evening we get family updates where we find out Kaleigh and Cordelia both give birth to their own baby boys, Darin and Dalton respectively. Brodie’s son, David, has also grown into a teen now.

Calvin takes care of Dustin while Hinata rests and takes care of their newest son. He plays with him and then at night reads him to sleep.

Dustin has managed to max out his movement, which gives us another +5 points! Then he gets to level 4 of imagination. We might manage to get 3 skills maxed for Dustin!

Hinata takes a little bit of time for herself on the pool floaty. Thank you for using the floaty and not drowning Hinata. Then she not only takes care of Dwight but also plays with and dances with Dustin.

Calvin remains busy working on his painting since we still need to immortalize him. Dustin also continues to be adorable and I love these poufs.

Dustin wandered outside in a storm and made this face. Baby, why did you go outside? Go back inside and your dad can comfort you and put you to bed. He’s so cute!

OMG, look at this, the parents and baby are all asleep at the same time, in bed! This is a rare and exciting event in any ISBI. Now, not all of the family was asleep, but still, it’s impressive all the same.

It only lasts for so long though and then Hinata is back up taking care of the baby. It’s funny, I try and have Calvin help out and Hinata always autonomously beats him to it and he can’t “reach” the baby.

You might have noticed Hinata is in a pretty shirt before and it’s because we are throwing a birthday party for Dustin. He’s already a child, and while he didn’t quite max out imagination, or any other skills, he did really well. All the family is invited over, and we determine one of the toddlers has the messy eater trait. Julia helps us out that night by helping clean up after the messy eater.

That feels like a good place to end this update, which is starting to feel long, but first I will leave you with some family updated pictures.

We will start with Cordelia’s husband, Tai Lum. Next to him is David Otts, and then we have Cedric’s kids, Mikayka and Danielle. He has the most girls right now. Next up is Brooke’s kids, Chance and Chaya, both of whom are vampires. Finally, we wrap up with Corey’s twins, Darnel and Destiny.

We managed to actually get a small boost in points, which is pretty good with how we started, and I hope you enjoyed the update.

Score:

Self Wetting (-5) : 10 (-50)
Pass Out (-5) : 59 (-295)
Failing School (-5) : 0 (0)
Accidental Deaths (-10) : 1 (-10)
Fires (-10) : 1 (-10)
Social Worker Visit (-15) : 0 (0)
Negative Traits Earned (-5): 0 (0)

Single Birth (+5) : 10 (+50)
Twins (+10) : 1 (+10)
Triplets (+15) : 0 (0)
Any sim in the house completing Any Aspiration Milestones (Child/Adult) (+5) : 34 (+170)
Any sim in the household completing Aspirations (+10) : 4 (+40)
Skills maxed by NTH family members (+10) : 2 (+20)
NTH children earning an A in school (+5) : 12 (+60)
NTH sims reaching the top of a career (+10) : 0 (0)
Positive Traits Earned (+5): 13 (+65)
NTH Toddler Skills Maxed (+5): 13 (+65)
NTH Toddler Becoming Top-Notch (+10): 0 (0)
NTH Toddler Becoming Happy Toddler (+5): 7 (+35)
Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation (+10) : 3 (+30)
Not using spares’ Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation (+10) : 3 (+30)
Every 100,000 simoleons earned (+20) : 226,576 (+40)
Immortalizing the Torch-Holder (+5) : 3 (+15)

TOTAL: +265

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Latte Game – Heir Poll #4

Generation 4.26 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 4.27

It’s finally time for a new heir poll! This generation has been SO LONG!! I still love the family though, and I hope you do too. I’m super excited to see who gets chosen for heir from these awesome kids.

As is pretty standard for my heir polls there will be a poll up here (obviously) and another over at boolprop.net so if you are a member of that forum (and if you aren’t consider checking us out over there) you can vote in either spot or both! Let’s check out the choices:

Our eldest sim this generation, we haven’t seen Haquim in a few rounds because he had to move out to make room for the youngest members. Haquim got Physically Gifted and Responsible along with the ones mentioned. I haven’t worked on this aspiration yet in this challenge, but he is a merman currently. He would add 3 letters (Q, U, M) and while I like him I would rather have one of the younger sims.

Next oldest is Jacque. He’s a nice-looking sim and has been great with the kids. His Friend of Animals would be a lot of work and I’m not sure I look forward to that with this family, but if we choose him I will go for it. Jacque adds 3 new letters (C, Q, U) just like many of these kids and he graduated with honors, is Creatively Gifted, got the Scouting Aptitude, and both Good Manners and Responsible as his other traits. He’s also a good pick, but just like with Haquim I would like to get one of the younger sims.

Our first girl of the bunch is Orquidea. She is a lovely sim and if I hadn’t made her name so long she would be one of my top picks, but PLEASE don’t make me have 8 pregnancies. That’s just too many. Anyway, Orquid would add only 2 letters (Q, U) so please don’t make me, no no, don’t make Orquid have 8 pregnancies, it’s not worth it. On top of what she has above, she also Graduated with Honors and has the Creatively Gifted, Socially Gifted, Scouting Aptitude, Good Manners, and Responsible traits. She also happens to be a mermaid.

Next up is Orquid’s younger sister Ricquel. She is still one of my favorite sims and she is still a teen in the family. I would be happy to have her as heiress. Along with all the traits and things above, so far Ricquel also has Socially Gifted, Physically Gifted, and the Scouting Aptitude traits. She is in the range of getting 1 or 2 character values as well. She would add 3 letters as well, (C, Q, U) and gets rid of a few tougher ones.

Dequan is up next and he’s been a bit in the background. He’s also a great sim, but to keep the matriarchy going, so I would rather not have him as heir. I have, however, not done his aspiration, but he also happens to be a mermaid currently and that would require us to remove that. Dequan only adds 2 letters as well (Q, U.) His only extra trait so far is High Confidence, which is kind of fun, but we won’t know what other traits he might get by the time he’s an adult.

Our last girl, and my pick for heiress (if you want to take my thoughts into account) is Indiqua. She is currently a child and will be working on scouting badges and such next round. She did only reach Happy Toddler as a toddler but if our first child to ever go through toddlerhood with the new milestones. She adds only 2 letters (Q, U) which sort of sucks, in that aspect I would rather have Ricquel as they both have to have 7 pregnancies.

Our final child is Sacquet who just grew up into a child. He hasn’t gotten a lot done as a child since he just began so we don’t know for sure what types of traits he might add to this list. His name adds 4 letters actually (C, Q, U, T) so while I would like to keep the matriarchy going, if Sacquet is chosen as heir I won’t be overly sad. He did get Top-Notch Toddler by maxing all his skills.

So those are the choices. I don’t dislike any of these kids, although I would prefer one of the younger ones. I think Ricquel and Indiqua are my favorites, but Sacquet is a close runner in there too. Now I leave it up to you, good voting!

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Latte Game – Generation 4.26

Generation 4.25 | Rules | Family Tree | Heir Poll | Generation 4.27

Hello and welcome back to the Latte’s! We are working on our way through this generation and at the end of this update we will have an heir poll! I am super excited to see who is chosen this time to carry on this challenge. Last time with the family we had the final baby of the generation, Jacque graduated high school, and the family worked on a lot of skills. Let’s dig in!

When we join the family this time we find Ricquel hanging out with a cousin, Dequan eating some food, and Hjordis hanging out with both Indiqua and Sacquet in the toddler room playing.

I didn’t give you the makeover of Sacquet last update so here is our youngest Latte. Sacquet got Wild as his toddler trait. Now it’s important to know this is the first update we will have since the new infant update came out. We won’t have infants right away, but we will get to see a lot of the new content.

Sacquet is already showing off his Wild trait by leaving playing dolls with his sister to go play in the toilet. Indiqua is doing well with her traits, but since Sacquet is a new toddler we will see how skilling goes. So far it seems like the slides are pretty broken for skill-building.

When Sacquet heads to the toilet we get our first toddler trait. It turns out that Sacquet loves water. He may not actually be a mermaid (or I don’t think he is) but growing up on an island this would make sense.

Since Mio needs to do some freelance work we get her started doing some candle-making for some new freelance gigs. She already has quite a few but needs to make 20 candles for her aspiration (I think it’s 20 at least.)

Our water lover heads out to the ocean and plays around in the water. I think this is adorable, already love the quirks a lot. What a fun addition.

Marcus asks Orquidea to go to prom together. He is a cousin, one of Amarja’s sons, so they will just go as friends, but I figured why not. Could be fun and I would love to try out prom again.

Orquid doesn’t seem to be having fun though. She looks exhausted and I’m pretty sure she was very tired and very unhappy from lack of fun. Even her fun-loving cousin can’t seem to cheer her yet.

Some new additions to the game are brought forth. First, we discover that Hjordis and Sacquet have done enough interacting for the game to decide maybe they should be permissive. I figured, why not. Then Indiqua shows her first quirk and we discover she loves to be carried. Too bad she’s almost through toddlerhood, not much chance of her being carried often.

Jacque is still around and he and Hjordis work on getting the toddler read to sleep. I am looking forward to not having any more toddlers for a little bit. I really do love this family, but I’m ready to focus on the older sims for a bit.

Suddenly during the night, we get both Sacquet’s and Indiqua’s other two quirks and they are the exact same. I’m a little disappointed that they only have 1 different quirk, but it’s still fun. So both of these little ones are light sleepers and hate wakeup time.

We get a lot of family updates this same evening. So we find out that Natalie gets married, she is Nick’s oldest daughter and I’m actually surprised she is still alive. Evelynn has also married, and she is Kevin’s middle daughter, but she was a vampire so this is more expected. Then Zelphie gets married, she’s Zorah’s eldest daughter with Vlad. Alvin, Amarja’s oldest is now a YA, and then we get a lot of updates from the Al Habib twins, who were added to the family via Youssef’s marriage.

Back with the main family and Hjorids goes and calls an Azure dolphin. I love my mermaid family but I really have not played much with what they can do, and I really like the dolphin. He’s very pretty.

Dequan comes home with an A, which is great as he will growing up before too much longer. Orquid and Marcus have become jokesters, which actually makes a lot of sense to me. Outside of her exhausted picture above Orquid is a rather goofy sim, being a goofball.

Orquid and Marcus are actually outside on the beach making a sandcastle together. I really love living on the beach in Sulani. There is something very special about it to me, and I’m loving thinking about these two as jokesters now.

A lot of the family is invited over for Dequan’s birthday. He gets a zombie cake made by Hjorids and blows out his candles. You can see many of the family members that have been invited over. Dequan adds Jealous to Goofball for his traits, he did not complete any aspiration but gets Nerd Brain as a teen aspiration and that gives him the bonus trait Quick Learner, and also got High Self-Esteem.

OOOhhh, Mio is now going through a midlife crisis. While I’m sort of sad for her this is also quite interesting. As a part of that Mio has decided that she is feeling very creative and so I go ahead and let her get Creative as a trait. Hjordis, meanwhile is feeling strict with Indiqua, which I’m not sure I get, but why not.

Hjorids is kept very busy with the last toddlers of this generation and is often found taking care of at least one of them. Jacque gets a best friend in this girl, which I think is fun. His crush has gotten married which is a bit sad.

I had not shown in but this is Dequan after his makeover. I think he looks a LOT like Jacque and it actually took me a moment to remember I didn’t give Jacque a makeover, but rather Dequan.

Mio is in a full-blown Midlife Crisis now, whereas before it was more of a warning. I find this particular crisis quite humorous for Mio to go through. Sleep in a coffin? Yeah, not likely, although the others may be. I don’t know if we’ll do much here, and skipping work is kind of hard when you are a freelancer.

Orquid spends some time in the ocean with friends from school. She is a very social sim and loves to hang out and talk with people. She’s very close to graduation and while I love her, I don’t think I want her to be heiress.

Prom is here and the girls head out. It’s Orquid’s last Saturday as a teen and Riquel only has 2 left I believe. Orquid actually becomes prom royalty and Ricquel is Prom Jester. They both actually have a fair amount of fun.

While at prom we get this popup. I’m not sure if this was meant as a stay-over or not. I didn’t actually accept since they have a full house already and I don’t know what would have happened for sure.

Back at home and Jacque continues to be a great big brother and helps Sacquet with his movement. Since the slide isn’t really helping build movement at all this seems to be the best way to handle it.

It’s already time for Indiqua’s birthday and she is short one movement point, which makes me sad. If the slide was working she probably would have had it, but that leaves her as a Happy Toddler. She gets Child of the Island as her trait and got the Playtime Captin as her aspiration. She is really very cute and might actually be my pick for heiress.

So this pop-up came up. I think the game is drunk again. Dequan is a teen without a job, but maybe Mio needed to get a new freelance job.

Haquim came over for his baby sister’s birthday and hangs out with Orquid and Dequan. He has missed most of Dequan’s life as a child since he was moved out already but he’s enjoying getting to know the younger siblings.

It’s graduation time and the whole family comes to Jacque’s graduation, which glitches HORRIBLY. I think what happened was someone the principal and about 1/2 the women in the crowd ended up in the male’s bathroom, and then the same for a bunch of guys, and no one was able to do anything. It took me far too long to realize it, I thought maybe someone was glitching blocking the door. Jacque did get his diploma though and while we didn’t get any pictures of it, we hopefully have fixed the location.

Mio’s midlife crisis is causing some interesting interests to pop up for Mio. Somehow I do not see Mio deciding that rock climbing is for her, nor really fishing, but that one does make a bit more sense. I think this is a lot of fun though.

Our family updates once again feature the Al Habib twins, who seem to be very prolific from a pregnancy standpoint. Next, we see that Ivan got married, as an elder. He is Natalie’s brother whom we saw in an update earlier. Then Cora, who isn’t truly a Latte but her mother married into the famiy last update, is expecting.

Graduation was actually very difficult for the family and so when everyone was home that evening the mermaids nearly all went and slept out in the ocean. Not only did this give them energy but also some fun and more importantly hydration. A dry high school auditorium isn’t ideal.

The family gets a little back to normal and while they still spend a ton of time together they are slowly working on all of their needs. The youngest kids have also been working on homework.

Indiqua needed to play in a splash pad so we visited the new splash pad in the new world, but then we also downloaded one for Oasis Springs. I will be updating it but for now, it was exactly what was needed.

Back at home Mio is continuing to work on her candles and gets some more freelance work as well. Sacquet is also still here, and while I haven’t shown him much he’s working on his skills. We also changed the slide to check if it was our current slide, and nope, seems like it’s all of them.

Orquid is having her birthday and does manage to graduate with honors. She will graduate next update, but in becoming a young adult she gets Loner added to her traits and also gets Responsible and Good Manners. Her City Living aspiration is changed out for lady of the knits.

Hjordis is doing really well with her job and is actually very close to finishing up her aspiration. We just need to publish a few best sellers and we have not had her writing much lately.

Some more updates bring some surprises. Jasmine, who is Youssef’s stepdaughter, is a young adult, but Indiqua got a loose tooth. Also, Jacque surprised the heck out of me by winning the lotto. Not that the family needs the money, so if Jacque isn’t heir we will probably move him out with most of the winnings.

This cracked me up to get right after the lotto. We said ok and she did come over but nothing really happened after that. This was just too funny though.

Sacquet is in the watching phase of his skilling. He is speeding through his skills overall and I think he should make top notch toddler without too many issues. Minus Sacquet all of these adults are simply waiting to find out who will be heir.

More family updates come our way. In a family as large as this they are happening all the time. Cora gave birth to her baby and Mio gets herself a crazy nightmare. Eliza Perry is Ixael’s step-daughter and she is now a YA, Amarja got remarried in her elder years, and finally, Ivy green Ixael’s youngest daughter born after he passed is now a teen.

Both Jacque and Dequan get themselves family dynamics. Poor Indiqua has a strict relationship with her mother and a difficult relationship with her brother. Meanwhile, Jacque and Mio are Jokesters.

At the very end of the round Sacquet grows into a child. He gets Dog Lover as his trait and he did get to top-notch toddler level. He gets the Slumber Party Animal aspiration, which will be fun to try. This brings us to the end of this update since I want to get an heir poll. I know you didn’t get to know Sacquet that much but I hope you will vote in the upcoming poll! Excited to see who will be carrying on the family. See you then!

Generation 4.25 | Rules | Family Tree | Heir Poll | Generation 4.27

Latte Game – Generation 4.25

Generation 4.24 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 4.26

Hello and welcome back to another update of the Latte’s! Last update we saw little Indiqua grow up into a toddler and we got the notice that baby S is on the way. The family celebrated Winterfest and not a whole lot else happened. Let’s dig in!

We start with Ricquel working on her scouting badges. I don’t think I took any pictures of it, but Jacque finished up his badges and quit the scouts. Orquidea is close to finishing up hers, but Dequan and Ricquel are needing to get to work.

Alexa Latte has grown up, and if you don’t remember who Alexa is, you aren’t alone! I had NO idea who Alexa was. So a quick look back over the family tree and…..OH RIGHT, she married Arthur Latte (Zax’s (Halix’s eldest brother) son) a few updates ago. She brought a daughter Arlene into the family.

I love it when elder siblings automously play with toddlers. Indiqua also highly enjoys playing with her older brother. I am not 100% sure she will get her skills fully upgraded, there is just so much going on in this house.

Not to be outdone, and also because I wanted a picture, Ricquel also plays with her baby sister as Mio takes a photo. It turned out really cute and is added to the array of family photos that exist around the house. I’m really looking forward to the new “collage” frames from the new pack.

Dequan is also not to be outdone by his older siblings either. He and Indiqua head into the play tent, which I was super happy to be able to fit in the new house, and play with toys together. I think Indiqua is going to possibly be the darling of the family (at least until the last baby is here.)

It looks like Ijtiba got married again! I’m not entirely sure what happened to Lyla, his first wife, but he is remarried to someone older it looks like. That’s ok, he already had 4 kids, including one set of triplets even.

Easton is out haunting tonight and he takes it upon himself to clean up the kitchen. This is about the moment I remember that those long cabinets do not “block” the lower counters, and that is what Easton is cleaning, but whatever.

At school this week we have our first fire drill, which was probably perfect timing as Orquidea was determined to NOT go to class this day. It wasn’t the best day of school for any of our 3 kids. They are really struggling, and so am I, with high school.

Maybe it was the heat of the fire drill, but Jacque gets himself a crush. This is the first crush I’ve had in this family and I like Carson. I will probably try and encourage this with the little bit of time we have left with Jacque unless he becomes heir.

It’s family remembrance day and so we invite Haquim and Amarja over and grill out. It’s a gloomy day, but that makes sense with the remembrance part of the day. Stories are told and the family enjoys some time together. In this picture, we also see Orquidea is a part of the cheer team now, which means she had finished up her scouting badges.

Once remembrance day is done Ricquel takes little Indiqua to bed and reads her to sleep. She really is a cutie, although I think she probably has that ‘toddler face’ glitch that was happening back when I played this. Still, she is a cutie and I’m excited to see her as a child.

Hjordis did not have the easiest pregnancy, and it’s so difficult to keep everyone going with the various ages and requirements of everyone right now, but we are working on it. Still, she goes into labor and I’m happy to get this final baby here.

We have a baby boy! Say hello to baby Sacquet, our final baby of generation 4. When he grows up a tiny bit we will hold an heir poll, so probably after the next update, I’m going to guess? For now, you can continue to get to know Indiqua a little bit more and get Sacquet grown up a bit.

With the final baby here, and the kids off to school Mio and Hjordis spend some time together. You can see the family portrait above the fireplace is the most recent family portrait. I leave that one unlocked so it updates as the family changes and will always be up to date. Then I place others all around that have been frozen in time so we have pictures of various times of the family.

Ricquel finally get her A, and she is still multiple days away from aging up and she should have no problems holding onto it. That means all of our teens have A’s in high school so far. Thank goodness, they are succeeding regardless of my failings in controlling them in HS.

Another night and another chance to cook as a family. I really do like this interaction. It isn’t always 100% foolproof, but it’s super fun to have the kids helping one of their moms cook. Even with all the counters I still can never get all the kids to help.

Hjordis and Mio spend some time one morning on their balcony. I really like how it turned out and it’s a good time for them to relax before we start needing to focus on them a bit more to complete their aspirations.

That night we get an update that shows Ijtiba’s triplets have also now aged up into teens. That means we once again will need to update our classmates. Sadly the mod I was using seems to no longer be getting updates, so we’ll see what happens. I like the choose your classmates mod a lot and I hope there is another comparable to be found, or this one gets updated after the updates and new EP are out. It’s fun to have them go to school with many of their cousins.

We get the notice that Jacque has graduated with honors. I totally missed getting him his cake and I’m super sad about that. I don’t know if this screenshot means we don’t actually get to go to graduation or if we will still get to do that on Saturday. I guess we’ll see.

So Jacque grows up, his mom was there, but without cake. I noticed he was bubbling and had a cake getting made, but just ran out of time. I’m sorry Jacque I have been a terrible, terrible watcher recently.

Wrapping up this update we see baby Sacquet grow up into a toddler with Hjordis’ help. We will see his make-over next round. This has been a very eventual update with so many changes to the family.

We will officially finish up this round with a quick update to say Clarissa has aged up into a teen. Clarissa isn’t an official Latte, but rather Ethan Robles’ stepdaughter, so she’s part of the family now.

I’m putting in a full update of all the family members that I seem to have missed over time here. Let’s start with June Ogden who married Youssef last update. Then we have Eliza Perry who is the daughter of Michelle Green (Ixael’s wife.) Next up is Ivy Green as a child. Beside her completing the first row is Maxwell Latte, followed by his twin Mitchel Latte. These are Ivy’s brothers, Ixael’s twin sons as teens. After them, we have June’s kids. First up Jasmine Ogden, then the twins Gil and Gabrial Al Habib. All 3 are Youssef’s stepchildren now. To wrap up row 2 we have Chad Morita, who is now Orion’s stepson, and his twin, Cora Mortia. Orion’s other stepchild Edward Kealoha starts row 3. Next to Edward is Cody Jaouad, Candy’s son (Zven’s wife). Next to him is Katarina Mattson and her dad German Mattson, who just married Oliva last update, and then finally Tanvi Kealoha, Ijtiba’s new wife. Finally, in row four we have the triplets, York, Yasir, and Yasmine Latte, Ijtiba’s kids. Next to them is Casey Joyson followed by his sister Clarissa Joyson, who are both grown up from when they were brought into the family by their mom marrying Ethan Robles.

Whew, that was a lot of family! Thanks for reading, and next time we might end with an heir poll and we will see Sacquet go through his toddler years. I hope to see you there!

Generation 4.24 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 4.26

Otts Family – Calvin 07

Calvin 06 | Rules | Family Tree | Calvin 08

Hello and welcome back once again to the Otts. I’ve been doing a fair amount of playing so I’m excited to bring another update. Last update there wasn’t a lot going on last round, which was not a bad thing, but didn’t make for a super interesting update.

We are going to start this update with a family update that came in while the family was sleeping. These aren’t 100% directly our family members, but Cheyenne Ojo is Adalyn’s sister, and Douglas Ichmawin used to be married to Britta Latte a while ago. Hayden Bheeda was actually married to Arthur Otts long ago and is a vampire. So we’ll see her more I’m sure.

Another late-night feeding for Calvin and Dustin. Calvin takes being woken up at any hour like a champ and really does seem ready to do anything for his son. I’m glad you all chose Calvin!

We got some more family updates! Janessa and Corey welcome twins. Destiny and Darnel join their cousin Danielle and obviously Dustin here for the D generation. Danielle also grows up into a toddler.

Bailie shows she can still be a very good grandma by taking care of Dustin while the rest of the family is busy, and I think Calvin might have been at work.

Then she heads downstairs where we find Hinata doing her homework again. Things were tough with the baby, and I hope she passes her classes this time around and graduates, that would be pretty cool.

Calvin continues to work on his painting skill. He is up to 6 or 7 now I believe, and so he is close to being able to paint his required self-portrait. I really wish it was easier to do self-portraits in 4, but oh well. Anyway, Calvin works on yet another new painting for me. Is it possible they have added paintings to the game? Seems I find new ones all the time.

The spice festival was in town, so we took everyone to the festival and they all tried the spicy curry together. No one won, although Hinata seemed to really be enjoying her curry for a bit, I thought she might have a chance.

Back at home, baby Dustin has grown up into a toddler! He can now start with the skilling, hopefully, and we will be bringing in more points, I hope. We will see how he does.

Hinata and Calvin get to have a pillow fight, which is adorable to me. I think it’s super cute that this is back, and while it would be kind of nice if they could do it in more places than the bed, it’s nice to have it back anyway.

Adalyn comes out to haunt and Bailie sits and chats with her. Adalyn really was the love of her life, and I really do miss her.

Time for toddler cuteness. I’m sure in a real house all those glasses would be moved from right there with a toddler in the house. Can’t imagine the mess and danger that would pose. Luckily this is sims and Dustin can’t do anything to them, and neither can anyone else.

Three generations in a single picture. The family was clearly eating a meal together and likely it was breakfast due to the fact everyone is in their pj’s. This family has been nearly boring lately, this is supposed to be an ISBI. Granted my hair is happy to not be pulled out constantly, but still.

Calvin actually had multiple days off in a row, so he spends time teaching Dustin a bunch of skills. We get potty skills going, and movement skills with the slide. They play with dolls as well.

I forgot to mention, and this picture should make it clear, Dustin is a wild child. He frequently strips out of his clothes and runs around the lot. If this kid doesn’t max out his movement skill I’ll be surprised.

Alan and Audra are out haunting together again. They don’t really break any plumbing for the night, which is very nice for Calvin as he has to fix it all in the morning most days.

Calvin and Hinata continue to cook together, which I love. It really is good for Hinata’s skill, and it lets us keep the fridge full of food. With a fridge full of food there is always food to set out for Dustin to take. I’m curious how infants are going to fit in with this family when they are finally here.

While Calvin is at work Hinata gets to take care of Dustin and she does a great job. Not only does she give him a bath, which he did ask for, but then they danced together to the stereo. This also helps Dustin’s movement.

Calvin found himself finishing up a milestone after gaining one more skill, in parenting I think. This is our first point change for a couple of updates. Thank you Calvin for the +5. This update feels like it’s getting long, and we might as well leave on a high note.

Score:

Self Wetting (-5) : 10 (-50)
Pass Out (-5) : 57 (-285)
Failing School (-5) : 0 (0)
Accidental Deaths (-10) : 1 (-10)
Fires (-10) : 1 (-10)
Social Worker Visit (-15) : 0 (0)
Negative Traits Earned (-5): 0 (0)

Single Birth (+5) : 9 (+45)
Twins (+10) : 1 (+10)
Triplets (+15) : 0 (0)
Any sim in the house completing Any Aspiration Milestones (Child/Adult) (+5) : 34 (+170)
Any sim in the household completing Aspirations (+10) : 4 (+40)
Skills maxed by NTH family members (+10) : 2 (+20)
NTH children earning an A in school (+5) : 12 (+60)
NTH sims reaching the top of a career (+10) : 0 (0)
Positive Traits Earned (+5): 13 (+65)
NTH Toddler Skills Maxed (+5): 11 (+55)
NTH Toddler Becoming Top-Notch (+10): 0 (0)
NTH Toddler Becoming Happy Toddler (+5): 7 (+35)
Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation (+10) : 3 (+30)
Not using spares’ Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation (+10) : 3 (+30)
Every 100,000 simoleons earned (+20) : 226,576 (+40)
Immortalizing the Torch-Holder (+5) : 3 (+15)

TOTAL: +260

Calvin 06 | Rules | Family Tree | Calvin 08

Latte Game – Generation 4.24

Generation 4.23 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 4.25

Welcome back to the Latte’s! We are on a roll with these updates at the moment. Super excited to bring you another one. Last update Indiqua Latte was born into the family, the family built a new house, and I realized how out of practice I am with full households. Let’s dig in!

We start with the notice that Haquim is looking at dating a girl and we are all for it. I don’t want MCCC or even Story Progression moving him around too much until we determine the heir(ess) for this generation (and we still need one more baby) but might as well let him have some fun!

Here is a pretty good image of the outside of the new house. I really am quite proud of it. I took the idea from a blueprint I found and it really is nice, although very large for this lot. Anyway, it’s also Winterfest Eve!

Winterfest Eve festivities start off with the family decorating the tree. I had to move some stuff around and changed where the tree ended up eventually. Then the family went to a holiday celebration and came back needing fun, again!

That evening we get a notice that Ivy is a child. Now I know Ivy’s last name is Greene, but for those of you who remember, Ivy is Ixael’s daughter (Ixael is Halix’s youngest brother.) He died before Ivy was born and his widow, Michelle, remarried a gentleman with the last name Greene. Ivy is Latte through and through though.

Winterfest morning brings a grand breakfast for the family and all of the traditional socializing and chair-switching that is so common with this family. I swear no one will just sit and eat.

The three teens hang out talking for a bit after breakfast. Ricquel is the only one who decided to get out of her PJ’s for the morning, well Hjordis did as well, but of the teens in the house.

Eventually, we head quickly to Amarja’s house so everyone can officially “meet” all the boys, and then we invite everyone back home with us to celebrate Winterfest. They exchange presents and hang out with Father Winter. It was a pretty good day for everyone, although Jacque got a lump of coal, poor boy.

We did have more of the family invited over, but they mostly hung out outside chatting with each other instead of heading inside. Another #simslogic moment. I mean I know we live on an island in Sulani, but come on, the house is nice!

A couple more marriage notifications come up. Some of these guys are getting married at a much older age. Olivia, who is Oxkar’s daughter (her brother Xander we saw get married in the last update) got married (looks like remarried maybe.) Youssef, who is the grandson of Yuri Latte (our evil brother from the beginning of this challenge) also gets married.

I have started to realize that I have played this family for years in RL but have never used the mermaid powers. So I decided to have Hjordis call an Azure dolphin, which was pretty cool, even though the dolphin left immediately.

Then later that day, I didn’t follow the kids to school, Jacque comes home with an A. He is still 5 days away from being a YA, and that means his A will count for points if we can keep it (which I’ve never had a problem doing before.)

Hjordis and Mio go out to the waterfall to see if they can get the final baby of their generation to be on his or her way. I’m quite looking forward to being done having babies this gen, although I love them all.

I decided the night after Winterfest that the family would order a pizza. Something else I almost never have my sims do in 4, for whatever reason, and most of the family enjoyed it.

These two are still very close and hang out a lot with each other. It’s pretty sweet how close they are, and I really love them both. They took their meal outside on a lovely day.

The kids head out to work on their scout badge, which now works on Sulani! For the longest time, my kids had to go to very specific fishing spots, and I’m super glad they are able to just go fishing right outside their own doors now.

Little Indiqua has grown up into a toddler. I had totally missed that she was ready to grow up this day so she grew up alone upstairs. I always end up having my toddler rooms downstairs so they don’t get stuck on the second floor, so she’ll need someone to bring her down.

Luckily Ricquel is up to the task. First off she bonds with her little sister a bit when Indiqua wanted a hug. Then Ricquel brings her downstairs and gets her settled and ready to start skilling.

I had COMPLETELY lost track of days, man I have been a crappy watcher this round, and Jacque has to decide if he’ll go to prom. Since this is his only chance I’m all for it. He goes and tries to do a few things, but the presentation of prom royalty happens SUPER fast for some reason and so it wasn’t a very successful prom.

Success!! The woohoo that Hjordis and Mio shared has resulted in our final pregnancy. Baby S is on the way, and with that being the case we will leave this update here.

Right before we go, however, have a quick look at Indiqua after her makeover. This was the hair she grew up with and I thought it was adorable, so I left it. She is yet another super cute little Latte, and I’m looking forward to seeing how she grows up. Hope you enjoyed the update and we will see you for the next one!

Generation 4.23 | Rules | Family Tree | Generation 4.25

Meeple Monopoly – Post 1.08

Post 1.07 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 1.09

Welcome back to the Meeples!! It has been almost a year since our last update with this family, but hopefully, it won’t take me another full year to update again. Last time we had a new baby, Parker, and Pip worked on his child aspirations. Since it’s been so long since we played here are our generation goals.

So we probably won’t have any more kids, but we did take the money for both Pip and Parker. Jewel is in the painting career and is getting close to the top. Alvaro doesn’t work but stays home and takes care of the boys. Let’s dive in and see what this new update brings.

We start this update with Alvaro and Pip heading to the park. Pip is working on his social aspiration, having completed the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration last update. That means he needs to meet people and gain friends.

Really there is no better place to do that then the park when there is a playground. Pip easily gets the first couple of levels of his aspiration completed with all of these kids.

Once Jewel is off work she comes to the park and joins the others. They eat a nice meal at the park before everyone goes home. Pip decides to make a little club for kids so he can try and befriend as many as he can.

The next day, after school Pip starts up a club gathering and has a bunch of kids over for the day. It’s a lot of fun for him to bond with all these kids, and he’s close to friendship with a couple of them.

Since he needs a best friend we have him cloud gaze with the sim he is the closest to, which would be M. Faba, daughter of L. Faba. They cloud gaze for a while until it becomes too late to continue.

At that point, it’s all good however since they are able to become the best of friends. They also become partners in crime and plan a prank for school the next day. I really do like the partners in crime, it’s really cute.

Unlike what is often the case for my sims, this time the prank went off without a hitch. That is fun, usually, they fail on my poor sims, but this is a fun one. Pip has a good day at school.

Back at home, it’s time for Parker to grow up into a toddler. I believe Parker will be our final child for this generation, so you readers will be choosing between the two brothers, but we do have risky woohoo in place, so who knows.

Parker gets started on potty training right away. Of course with a tiny house, the skills really do raise quite quickly and I’m not really worried about Parker making it to top-notch toddler.

Here is our little Parker after his make-over. He’s a cute little toddler who is Silly. I cannot fully tell who he looks like the most, but he’s got his dad’s coloring all the way. This was also played post toddler face fix so he’s pretty standard looking currently.

With a toddler again, we start back with toddler skilling. Alvaro is a great dad and gives Parker basically anything he asks for. Jewel is having some fun, she still needs a bit more charisma before she can get her final promotions.

Poor Alvaro gets sick and before he can manage to pass that off to anyone else in the family we quickly buy some medicine and have him take that. Often times I just use things like orange juice and let it pass through, but I didn’t want to let the whole family get sick.

It’s another day for kids club and Pip is getting the friends he needs for his aspiration. I think after this day he was down to needing one adult and one child friend.

It had been a while, and since Pip need an adult friend, we hold a club meeting for Alvaro’s club. That gives Pip plenty of adults to finish making friends with. It is a bit hard on Parker, who was really wanting to sleep, poor kid. This is the downside of how I have this tiny house set up.

Pip was very close to being friends with this guy, so when he stopped by Pip took the opportunity to finish up making friends with him out in the rain.

Alvaro came inside, out of the rain, and opened his umbrella to sit on the bed. I think maybe the logic got a bit confused here. Are you doing all right Alvaro?

Parker asked to do multiple things with his parents the next day, so Jewel taught him to talk, and Alvaro went and played dolls with him on a beautiful afternoon. The kid is nearly a top-notch toddler already.

Then, we didn’t get a picture of the kid, but Pip finished up the Social Butterfly aspiration! I give him Whiz Kid next, but he isn’t likely to get far as it is almost his birthday. Still, 2 aspirations are done and Pip is doing great!

Since Jewel has maxed out her painting skill she can paint emotional paintings. I decided to have her paint a playful one for fun. I haven’t seen this painting before and thought it was a ton of fun.

It’s another beautiful day and so Parker and Alvaro work on some flashcards outside. I believe Parker asked for this, and his face is just priceless. I love toddlers! I do hope that they do as good a job with infants as they did with toddlers!

As hard as it is to believe, it’s Pip’s birthday today and there is a big party thrown. Pip goes and blows out his candles and is officially a teenager. He gets the Social and Physically gifted traits, adds Socially Awkward (which should be fun) to his traits, and I give him the Nerd Brain aspiration. Kind of funny he got the social aspiration and then gets socially awkward.

The party continues for a bit and then we take Pip in to get a makeover, which you will see next time. I gave him a combo of purple and light blue, which is the color of the next generation. I think at the end of the next update it might be time for an heir poll, but we will see how far we get.

I’m going to go ahead and wrap up this update here, as it feels like a good place to end. Next time we will see how Pip does as a teen, and get to see Parker grow up into a child and navigate childhood for a bit. Then it is likely time for an heir poll to see who will be taking over. I hope to see you then!

Post 1.07 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 1.09

Roots of Emerson: Heir Poll #1

Post 1.12 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 1.13

So I decided, with the kids as teens now that it was time to hold a poll to determine who is going to take over our Emerson family next generation. Hopefully, you are all caught up on the family’s updates and ready to choose an heir/ess. We’ve watched Tim and Kayla raise their three kids up to teens and now who will continue the challenge?

The next generation will see our heir/ess moving to a new town to start up a business. I haven’t decided if I will try retail or if I will send them into the business career, but if you want to comment on what you think I’ll take that into account. I also haven’t made up my mind about where they will move. Either way, they will be changing their aspiration to be a fortune aspiration, so whatever they get done on their aspiration as teens will be what they get, and if they finish fortune right away then we can move them back to it. So here are your choices:

Kevin Emerson:

Kevin is the eldest and since he has a teen aspiration he should be able to get a fortune one right after. He might be a decent choice for heir but I’m not entirely sure what I would have him do or where he would live. His gluttony trait makes me think some sort of food might not be a terrible idea (not a restaurant, but like a bakery or something) but feel free to let me know what you think.

Ryan Emerson:

Ryan has the mentally gifted trait from his child aspiration, so he will learn mental skills faster, which isn’t necessarily geared toward business-type stuff. He does currently have the City Life aspiration, which would make it a pretty easy choice to move to San Mychuno, however.

Jennifer Emerson:

The only one with the Socially gifted trait that will help her with that charisma building. I have no idea if I would run a store with her or put her into business, but I could see her possibly running a store. Her dog lover trait makes me feel like she should move to Brindleton, and maybe she sells pet stuff?

If you have ideas of what type of businesses you think your choice (or any of the choices) would run feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments, cause I’m just not really sure. This poll will be open for 10 days (until the 16th), so get your votes in! I’m excited to see who is chosen as I don’t really have a favorite here. There will a poll also over at boolprop.net feel free to both in either or both polls.

Post 1.12 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 1.13

Roots of Emerson – Post 1.12

Post 1.11 | Rules | Family Tree | Heir Poll | Post 1.13

The fall had been very uneventful for Tim Emerson’s family so far. While Tim continued with his garden, and Kayla with her job, the kids were growing and changing every day. With Kevin in high school now it seemed like everything was changing so fast.

The twins were getting older too and Kayla recognized that they would, within the next year, be joining their older brother in high school. It was hard for Kayla to believe her kids were getting so big, so she tried to give them anything they needed.

Even with them getting older, however, that didn’t mean they didn’t enjoy things like Spooky Day. All three of the kids enjoyed dressing up and Kevin took them around the neighborhood. Jennifer talked to just about everyone she could since she was still trying to finish up her social aspiration.

Kevin, unfortunately, had an encounter with the cowplant that left him shaken. Tim had always tried to teach his kids about the dangers that could be found near the cowplant, but Kevin apparently was lured by the cake anyway.

Tim is very proud of all his kids, but when Ryan came home with straight A’s it’s an extra proud moment for Tim and Kayla. They ultimately want their kids to be successful. Both, however, are still worried about Kevin. Not only does his fear of the dark seem to still plague him, after his encounter with the family cowplant, Kevin seems to have grown a fear of that as well.

Kayla does all she can to make sure her family is taken care of, even though they need her less and less. It’s important to her to keep home-cooked meals in the fridge, and it’s much easier than it used to be to make sure everything is fresh.

She also loves to help her kids with their school projects. A neighbor who has gotten to know Jennifer also helps out. This was helpful to Kayla as Tim was out fishing at the time.

Even though Kevin spends a lot of time with his computer club nowadays, the family still mostly sits down together for many meals. It may not be all of them all the time, but it’s nice for Tim and Kayla to talk with their kids about their days.

It’s not just the family that has been growing and changing. There are new chicks being hatched as well. Kayla was super happy to be able to help hatch one of them one night after work.

Tim had managed to add an extra room to the house to give Kevin his own room, but often they can still find him hanging out with his siblings in their room. He often goes in and works on his homework while his siblings do.

Seasons come and go and life continues on much like normal for Tim in the garden. It hasn’t gotten a lot bigger, but Tim is still searching for plants to add. It’s getting harder and harder to find new ones.

Kayla continues to run and work out. She is getting closer and closer to completing the bodybuilder aspiration. She has not been focused on her work as much as she would like, having been focused more on the kids, but she feels it is time to buckle down.

Both Jennifer and Kevin have also been bringing home straight A’s, making Tim and Kayla very happy. The twins are getting very close to joining Kevin in high school and they are glad their kids are good students and hope it sets them up for good things in the future.

With Jennifer continuing to want to meet people and complete her aspiration she started up an afterschool club for other students who felt similar. She also invited her brother, even though he wasn’t really working on making friends at the same level she was.

With all the people Jennifer has tried to get to know it means there are a lot more people that occasionally stop by to visit. Kayla isn’t really sure how much she likes all the random people, but Kevin was quick to assure her that he keeps his eye on Jennifer and the people she talks with.

Ryan did manage to complete his aspiration, and he decided, since he was already in the club, to try his hand at social. The chances he would make it was slim, but he figured he could try.

Jennifer began to be interested in the chickens and starts to try and take care of them herself. Tim did catch one of Jennifer’s club members playing with the cowplant and was quick to put a few rules into place about the cowplant and what the kids need to be sure to tell their friends.

Tim was able to save up some money to spruce up Kevin’s room a bit. He is still working on a small tablet computer, but Kevin says it’s fine. Tim would like to be able to get Kevin something better though. Maybe one of his siblings could use the tablet.

Another Harvestfest comes around and the family enjoys the festivities together. Tim was even able to get up some quick decorations on the house for the holiday. Kayla worked with the kids to create a wonderful dinner and they couldn’t believe next Harvestfest the kids would all be in high school.

Tim continues to work on fishing. He found it quite pleasant to fish near his house and often met many other neighbors or people traveling around while fishing. It was right on a walking path so many people came by.

Jennifer finally wrapped up her aspiration before her birthday which made her very happy. She went ahead and decided to see how far she could get with her mental aspiration like her brother did before.

Kevin has started learning how to shave and it makes Tim realize just how close to adulthood his kids are getting. There still may be some years left, but it’s coming quickly and Tim truly needs to start talking to the kids about who will take over the farm once he has to stop.

Before anyone was really ready, it was Ryan and Jennifer’s birthday. They threw a big birthday bash and both kids got presents and Kayla baked a special cake for the occasion.

After both kids blew out their candles Tim and Kayla couldn’t believe it. They had 3 teenagers. They knew Ryan and Jennifer would want to get new clothes and looks so after the party they took them out to find things they needed. For now, their room will stay the same, but Tim wants to update that as well soon.

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