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Post 6.10 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.12

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.

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!

Post 6.10 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.12

Post 6.09 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.11

Hello and welcome back to another Tripp update! It feels like it’s been forever since we have been with this family and I’m super excited to be playing them again. I have wanted to finish this challenge for a while, and I’m over halfway already, so I need to focus on them a bit more. Anyway, let’s review our goals:

Still working on that last goal, and last time Bonnie made it to level 9 and now she just needs charisma to finish it up. We also had the twins grow into teens, and they both managed to complete 2 child aspirations. Let’s get into the update.

Bonnie and Rene work on talking each other through their fears. I believe both of them managed to work through their fears and get rid of the unfulfilled desires fear. I don’t always worry about their wants, perhaps I should turn them off here, but we’ll see how it goes.

The kids work on homework again while Rene eats breakfast. I have decided I will not send the boys to high school (or rather follow them to high school) or participate in high school stuff right away. Without computers, we shouldn’t go.

Bill heads out to feed Cornelius before he gets too hungry and someone heads out to try and eat the cake. I think this has to be my longest-living cow plant. The family really does seem to like Cornelius.

Steve and Patchy hang out in the living room chatting. Now that the boys are teens I’m not spending a ton of time on their stuff, minus their schooling. Since they aren’t going to be heirs they can mostly do what they want.

Such as heading out to grill some food and setting the grill on fire. The fire was put out pretty quickly, but thanks a lot Steve.

Steve: What, it wasn’t my fault!

You were cooking on it, it didn’t combust itself.

Steve: No, but it’s likely because no one cleaned it and so the flammable materials have coated this thing.

Ugh, now you’re logical!

Back inside the boys do more homework. I know I was just saying that they weren’t going to be my focus, and all the pictures are of them. I promise everyone else is still around and doing well. I do love the look of this vault. So many riches. However, their bills are pretty ridiculous.

Johnny, why did you break the dollhouse???!!

Johnny: What?? I didn’t!

I just watched you do it, Johnny.

Johnny: All right, all right, I was angry.

So you took it out on the dollhouse? At least we don’t have toddlers at the moment.

The next day is a good day for the family. Not only does Steve finish up all his scouting items, I believe I might have had him join the football team. That’s been around as a sport forever, and I figure it’s an ok thing. Rene also gets himself promoted and is doing well in his career too.

To top it off Bonnie comes home with her final promotion! That means we have finished up our goals for this generation!! We have unlocked computers and consoles, which is super exciting.

So we move some things around in the house and get ourselves a couple of computers. Bonnie uses one to write her book that she needs to write, and it’s going to be so nice to have these.

Bonnie talks with Belle when she is out haunting for the night. I can’t remember if she’s maybe giving her a lecture about archeology or not.

Lindsey helps us out with taking out the trash and then she and Belle both head out to “sunbathe” at night. They don’t do a whole lot this night, which is pretty nice, as we are getting a lot of ghosts on this lot, and that typically means lots of plumbing fixes in the morning.

Bonnie is still needing to work on her archeology and so she continues to work on revealing and authenticating the various artifacts everyone brought back from Selvadora.

These are 3 very different reactions to coming home from school. Neither of the boys seem very happy with being home from school, but Corie seems pretty content.

To have some fun these three sit down to play video games together. Then Steve and Bill practice football. I don’t think Bill has joined a club, but he’s willing to help out his brother.

Family night! They may mostly be an evil family, but I have decided it’s the type of evil that still cares about each other, they just don’t care as much for other people, or the rules.

I sent Bonnie out in the boat to start working on fishing some of the deeper water fish or the fish that you have to go further out to catch. So far not a lot of luck, but I’m determined to get the fish collection done, and the plants.

Remington was out haunting and Rene gives him a good brushing. You were a good cat Remington and are highly missed.

I am pretty sure these two did this all on their own. Now that Bonnie is through her goals for the generation I haven’t made her do too much, but they will be back to working through collections soon enough.

Corie is working hard on her skills and her schooling. She still doesn’t have an A and will be growing up very soon. I also would like to get her through more of the aspirations.

The hard work pays off and Corie gets her A finally. It is soon her birthday and I’m excited to have all teens in the house and no more kids for a bit.

A couple of quick updates. Bill is going through a loud phase, which is kind of funny to me. Then Malakai, who is a cousin by marriage, gets married. He is Ruth’s half-brother, but we love him being part of the family.

Then I am a TERRIBLE watcher and miss getting a picture of Corie growing up. So here she is after a makeover. She is a very pretty sim, an interesting mix of her parents. Sadly she only got creatively gifted and rolled the Curator aspiration to start. That will be where we end this update, and next time we will see how Corie gets on as a teen.

Post 6.09 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.11

Post 6.08 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.10

We are back once again with the Tripp’s! I am so happy to be getting back to all my families, slowly but surely. I played some of this a while ago and am finally getting caught up on all my blogging while I was working on setting up the Achievement Insanity Project (which of course we are almost through round 1 over there.) However, now we are here with the Tripp’s, so let’s get going.

Here is our final goal for this generation. We are still working on this goal, as we have been, and Bonnie has been doing great with her job. The kids are all still working on their aspirations. Last update ended with Corie growing up into a child and being just shy of getting the top-notch toddler.

We start this update with Corie and Steve working on their various skills for their aspirations. I am not sure where Bill is specifically, but he’s likely also working on skills somewhere as well.

It’s Winterfest Eve and so now we see Bill is working with his parents to decorate the Winterfest Tree for the holiday. I like having this holiday split, it feels like it’s a longer celebration this way.

The next morning we have a big grand breakfast and have some neighbors over. We also invite the rest of the extended family over to celebrate with us as well. Everyone enjoys their meal.

Or at least it seemed like they did. Steve, however, develops a picky eater stage. So maybe it was so good he doesn’t want to eat not good anymore? Either that or it was less good and he only wants quality from here on out.

Winterfest continues, however, with presents being opened. We even brought Frank’s daughter over, although she now lives with a new family, she’s still a Tripp. It was nice for the kids to get to know their cousin.

I can’t remember if they got it for Christmas, or if I just decided to buy a game table for the family, but the kids all sit down after playing out in the water. Since they live on Sulani it’s beach time any time of the year.

Winterfest prepares to end with Corie getting a gift from Father Winter, and one of our ghosts, I think Abby, also hung out with him for a bit. He came inside and I think the boys asked for gifts, but I no longer remember.

Our ghosts are quite active tonight. We have Abby and Kiana inside right now and Fernando was wandering around here somewhere. I believe there were a couple of others out too.

Bonnie needed a little bit of charisma to finish up her current career level, so right before work we have her working in the mirror, and she makes it just in time. I really do not enjoy building up charisma.

Rene spends his days in the garden. We have a large garden and with the new Cottage Living pack, we have around 15 new plants to grab as well. With his work, he also needs to analyze plants too.

The boys come home from school with A’s! Yay, way to go boys! Corie is still at a C at the moment, but she’s just started school and will work on getting an A later.

It’s a homework party! The boys don’t need to do too much now that they have A’s, but it’s still a few days before they grow up. It’s kind of fun to have everyone working on their stuff together.

Ruth Trip comes over with one of the boys from school and we have Corie go and befriend her. She needs kid friends and is already friends with her brothers. Ruth is a good choice and will make it so Corie can invite her over as they get older.

Bonnie is now a CEO! She is now at level 9 in her career and needs a single promotion to allow us to unlock computers. That sadly means more charisma skilling for Bonnie. She needs 2 more levels before she’s ready for that final promotion.

The boys are still working on aspirations. I’m working on getting them at least 2, maybe 3 aspirations completed, but we will see if I have enough time before they grow up.

It’s family dinner time, which is a lot of fun. The lady with the purple swimsuit top has been hanging around the house for quite a while. We can’t say goodbye to her, so we will have to remove her in a different way at some point.

After Steve is done with the lab bench Bill gets his emotion potions and other mental levels in. I believe he was through playing an instrument after being on the piano for quite a while.

Steve has moved over to playing chess with Bonnie. Bonnie’s mom Abby comes out to haunt and watch the chess game.

Later that evening Ruth grows up into a teenager. Guess it’s good that Corie got her friendship when she did.

Clearly, we have left the decorations up, but it’s nearly new years. The kids all head out and play on the jungle gym that we purchased for the sideyard. I believe all 3 of the kids get the requirement for the rambunctious scamp completed.

Back inside Corie and one of her brothers work on their creative aspirations. I am going to try really hard to get at least 3 aspirations done for Corie, maybe all 4, but we’ll see.

We invited Ruth out to fish with us. I figure Bonnie and Rene may not wish their kids to head to a totally different area of the world by themselves to fish, so they sent Ruth.

It is new years and so the entire family, including Patchy, gathers around the TV that evening to watch the count down. Everyone celebrates the new year, and Bonnie goes out and even hugs her grandma Lara, who came out to haunt.

Awww, thank you, Johnny! You are so helpful.

Johnny: Well these two are absolutely terrible at cleaning up!

I know, Rene is Lazy and while no one is a slob, it just builds up.

The family skills and skills and skills. Bonnie had a wish to lose weight as her new years resolution, she’s always cared about her looks. Rene and Bonnie both work on reading to Corie, although she is still short on reading time.

Now, these two are throwing fears around as well. My goodness you two, are you going to be able to talk each other down? I don’t think I’ve had to have 2 sims with the same fears try to conqure them at the same time.

It is quite a ghost haunt tonight. We have 3 different generations out haunting, the first three actually.

Kiana: We can feel things are close.

Wait, what things are close???!!

Kiana: The family is growing up.

Oh! The boys birthdays….right. Don’t scare me like that!

Steve stays up late that night to finish up his creativity. The boys won’t go to school tomorrow but will spend the day finishing up their aspirations since it’s their birthday.

Oh, Rene. Why haven’t we fed Cornelius recently? Actually, didn’t I just tell you to go feed him??? I suppose this is feeding him, in a way.

It’s Monday and that means school projects and so Rene helps out Corie with her project until Bonnie gets home so we can celebrate the boys’ birthdays!

Bill goes first and then Steve gets a chance at the cake. Both of the boys will need a bit of a make-over, but happy birthday to them both. Both boys managed to get both Mentally Gifted and Creatively Gifted. If we had gotten a computer they likely could have finished Physically Gifted, but maybe with Corie.

And so to finish up this entry here are pictures of Ruth, Steve, and Bill all grown up. Bill gets City Native as his aspiration and Steve gets Bodybuilder. With the twins grown up, I think it’s time to leave the family. Next time we will likely see Corie grow up, and hopefully Bonnie will get her final promotion.

Post 6.08 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.10

Post 6.07 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.09

Hello and welcome back to the Epic Tripp with the Tripp family! It has been so long since I posted, looks like around Aug when I last posted, so sorry for the absence. Real-life has been making it tough to play and/or blog as much as I would like. Hopefully, I will be able to do a little more now, but in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this update!

As a fun reminder, this is what we have left to work on for this particular generation. Bonnie, our current heiress, just needs to finish up her career. I can’t remember if she’s at level 6 or 7 in her career at this moment, but she’s getting close. Bonnie’s 3 kids, with her husband Rene are Bill, Steve, and Corie. Corie will be our next heiress and she is currently a toddler. With all that out of the way, let’s get started.

We start with Steve completing some sort of milestone. I don’t really remember what he was completing, but since he was helping with the gardening (which I love the fact kids can help with now) I’m going to assume it was one of the metal milestones.

It appears to be HarvestFest again. Seasons are kind of weird to determine on Sulani. I love Sulani, but when I play and don’t blog for a while (like I did here) it’s tough to tell where we are without pictures like this. Apparently the gnome coalition has decided they wanted to gather outside and perhaps play with the slide this HarvestFest.

The boys are working on more aspirations. I am trying something with them, where I am flipping between the various aspriations to complete milestones along the way and try to complete multiple aspirations.

The family invited multiple friends over, which for as evil as Bonnie is at work, she still has lots of friends, for HarvestFest dinner. Everyone enjoyed the meal and even Patchy joined.

As Harvestfest started drawing to a close the coalition of gnomes movd indoors to their normal spot. I always feel like some of the main gnomes are presenting to the group. We have a lot of gnomes now.

I can’t remember if we had lost Cornelious or not before, but he is here either still or again. I know someone lost a cow plant. Anyway, our guests enjoyed going out and playing with him. It’s pretty cute to watch them play.

The next morning the boys start by working on their homework and chatting away. Both boys are doing fine in school so far, and I doubt they will have any issues with getting A’s soon enough.

Then we find there is clearly a slight glitch in the matrix when Bill starts to weed the table in the corner of their “room.” I can’t remember if I this was actually making a difference to the actual plants or not, but it was kind of funny.

But back to our normal routines, Bonnie has maxed out her cooking skill. This is somewhat to be expected with how much cooking gets done in this house, but it does feel like it happened pretty quickly for her.

The boys start chatting after their morning chores and Bill completed a social milestone. It’s possible that Steve did as well but I don’t remember. You can also see that Corie is in the background here.

Corie is working on her thinking and so while people are home for the weekend (at least I think it’s the weekend) she is watching eveyrone she can. Bonnie and Steve play some chess, trying to work on not only Bonnie’s logic skill, but also Steve’s metal aspirations.

Later in the afternoon both Rene and Bonnie spend time with their kids. Bonnie reads to the boys for a bit (working on the parent reading to them for 2 hours task) and Rene talks with Corie and works on skills with her.

Sadly, late that evening when Rene was bonding with the bees our sweet Remington went to the otherside. We hope to invite him back in as a ghost cat someday. Everyone was very sad to lose him, he was a very loved and good cat.

Bonie is an incredibly good mom. She might be evil, but she loves her kids. She gives Corie a bath and then reads for a bit longer to the boys after their scout meeting.

Everyone spent the rest of the weekend working on skills. Bonnie and Rene both need Logic, and the boys worked on their creative endevours. Corie continued on her toddler skills, but sometimes she just needs some attention and hugs.

The boys became partners in crime and Bill tried out a prank at school on Monday and it worked out great for him. This feels quite appropriate since all the kids will end up evil like their mom.

After school the boys not only have school projects to work on, but it’s once again time for homework again. They are gaining all kinds of scouting badge points in the process and I can only hope that Corie is as successful as her brothers.

Ah ha, I knew I had lost a cowplant. Apparently I caught that Corenlious was hungry a little bit too late and he became a skeleton. Not to worry though because we had plenty of cow berries and planted a new one.

Bill played in the piles of money to become playful and then the family purcahsed one of the playground jungle gyms so the boys could play on it. They had all kinds of trouble getting playful once they went to the park for some reason.

It is almost Corie’s brithday and she isn’t quite at the Top Notch Toddler range so Bonnie works with her some. What she is missing the most is imagination and movement. I would have figured all her wandering around would have been enough, but not yet.

Steve runs into some of the family ghosts getting up for a snack in the middle of the night. It’s nice to see our ghosts still coming and visting, although in this moment they are not happy ghosts. I hope we see Remington soon.

We tried so hard, but Corie didn’t quite finish up all of her skills before growing up. She still becomes a Happy Toddler and grows up quite cute. She starts off with the Social Butterfly aspiration, but like her brothers she will be switching between them. She also got the Perfectionist trait to start.

Here is our Corie, the future heriess of this family after her makeover. I liked her in this cute curly buns, so I left her in them. She kept the purple she had as a toddler. I think that will wrap up this update and I hope to be back with this family soon.

Post 6.07 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.09

Post 6.06 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.08

I am back once again with the Tripp’s! It has been a lot of fun to get back into many of my families and I am determined to try and finish this challenge before another year has passed. So let’s just get right into it. First here is a look at the goals we have left:

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So we only have the one piece left, and that is getting Bonnie through the business career. Her career has been pretty smooth so far, so I don’t see it taking too much longer for that to happen, but with all the kids it’s likely slowed a bit. If you remember, they currently have 3 kids (the twins, Steve and Bill, and then Corie (their daughter.))

We start with the twins following around Patchy and chatting with him. Neither boy has been too happy lately, needing attention pretty badly, but this should help them out. Both are going to be really working hard if we are going to get all their skills in before their birthday.

I still would like to get more of the collections done, and of course since we just got Cottage Living I have more plants to go find again. I had them work on beach combing. We didn’t really get anything very exciting though, and it’s going to take more time.

After having all 3 of her kids Bonnie was feeling a little bit out of shape, or at least that she wanted to get back in shape and lose the baby weight, so she started running on the treadmill again. Bonnie is still one of my favorite sims, at least look wise. I think she is really pretty and feel her clothes and hair are all very suited to her.

While she was busy working out Zygo, her grandfather, comes out to haunt and say hello. I love that he popped up here and waved at her and then she waved back. Bonnie might be evil, but she is still close to her family.

We get the sad news that Frank has passed onto the other side. He was quite a bit older than Bonnie, so this makes sense. I’m sure his kids will be sad, and I should go visit or ask the family to visit us soon.

Bonnie comes home with a promotion and she is doing really well. She is needing more logic and charisma now, which Rene also needs for his aspiration. I think this puts her at around level 7 or 8 at this point. I cannot remember which level President is.

It is time for little Corie to grow up and I was super excited to see what she looked like. She got Rene’s hair while the boys got Bonnie’s and I love that they each got a slice from their parents.

Here is Corie after a bit of a make-over. She got purple upon growing up and I decided to keep it. I love this hair on her, and thought it was super cute. Corie got the Inquisitive trait and I think she also got her daddy’s eyes, but she appears to have her mom’s nose. We’ll be able to tell when she gets a little older.

Right before we gave her the make-over all 3 of the kids worked on their thinking skills by watching Rene and each other over and over again. The thinking is one of the slower skills for both of the boys, but we are getting there.

Bonnie and Rene sit down and play some chess together while all the kids are occupied with other things, perhaps they were even in bed at this point. They haven’t had a lot of time together with as busy as the kids keep them.

That night Lara and Kiana were both out haunting. We have missed having Kiana around, and it’s always fun to see Lara too. I love that Lara goes and watches about the weather, the one thing she doesn’t really need to pay attention to anymore.

Rene finally got enough time in to get himself a promotion at work as well. He is moving into the botanist path since Kiana had already taken the flower arranging path. We got another cowplant berry, although Cornelius is thriving still.

Bill is a cutie, and I believe this picture was to show that he has completed his movement skill. He is the one I’m the most worried about reaching all his skills. Steve, behind him on the bed, is doing a little bit better and should reach all of his.

Bonnie gets a fun work option. Now she is an evil and this is supposed to be the “criminal” path that we are on, so of course we go for the takeover. Bonnie isn’t worried about her reputation, and heck, why wouldn’t this family want more fame and money?

More toddler spam to say that Steve has completed all of his skills. Bill still needs a bit of thinking and it is almost the boys birthday. Rene is also working on potty training Corie. I am so ready for these twins to be children. I love toddlers, but I have been skilling a LOT of toddlers lately and I’m ready for a bit of a break.

Amazingly enough, even though Bill passed out once while trying to get that final little bit of his skills done, both boys manage to complete all of their skills in time for the family to throw a bit of a party. They invited family over, but for some reason no one actually came. Maybe it was late. Anyway, Bonnie brought both of her boys to the cake and both grew into children.

Here are the boys after their make-overs. Both boys got Top-Notch Toddler, which is great. They also both keep their colors from when they were toddlers. So Bill is first in the green and with the curly hair. He got the Child of the Ocean trait and gets Artistic Prodigy for an aspiration. Steve, on the other hand, has straight hair and got the Proper trait. He did, however, also get the Artistic Prodigy aspiration.

Right as we wrap up this update we find Zayo is out haunting again and is apparently mopping up some invisible mess or puddle from our house. It’s nice to have them helping clean up though.

One final piece before we leave. This is Ruth, Frank’s little girl. She grew into a child last time and I did not yet have a picture of her at that time. That nose is clearly one of the family traits, since it’s the same nose Bonnie has and I think she is really cute.

That is going to wrap up this update for now. Next time we should see Corie grow into a child, and we’ll see how the boys are doing on their aspirations. I hope maybe Bonnie will also get another promotion or two since she won’t have to spend quite so much time taking care of toddlers. Thanks for joining me, and hope to see you next time!

Post 6.06 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.08

Post 6.05 | Rules | Family Tree | Post 6.07

Hello there, and welcome back to the Epic Tripp. We are getting this update out before SimNaNo begins in July when we are focusing on our Latte Name Game challenge. I had, however, played this update and wanted to get it out before I get busy with that. So here we are, and as a reminder these were our goals for the current generation.

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So with the last update Bonnie gave birth to the twins, Bill and Steve, and we lost Abby to the grim reaper. Bonnie was doing well in her job, and we should see the boys grow up. Since Bonnie had twin boys we will be going for a girl. Now let’s see how this round goes.

Bonnie, even with her evil trait, is a very good mom and takes good care of her boys. The twins keep her very very busy however, and she is always pretty tired. Rene, being Lazy, is also usually very tired by the end of a day taking care of the twins and the garden.

Speaking of Rene, he is now a full adult. His birthday was held without a lot of fanfare, everyone was super tired from all that had been going on, but he got a cake at least. Happy Birthday Rene!

Bonnie comes home with a new promotion. She is doing great in the business track and she is now the Vice President. So she has 3 more promotions to go in order to complete our tasks for this generation and finally unlock computers.

Frank, his wife, and other members of the family came by to visit, and see the twins. It’s kind of fun to have some extended family now, since we had just the immediate family for so long.

I think this might have been Firework Day, since we appear to have more than just family over today. We are also playing with the water, which I’m pretty sure is one of the things I had set to do for that day.

However, a very ominous black smoke showed up by the pool and we realized it was time to say goodbye to Miranda. I knew it was getting close, but didn’t expect it to happen in the pool. Everyone was very sad, and Miranda will be missed. She was an interesting sim to play.

Miranda gets the special headstone from being a magic user and is laid next to Abby in the garden. We have quite a few headstone in the garden now from the various generations. The ones right behind Abby and Miranda I believe are Belle and Francis, our generation 2 couple.

This picture actually doesn’t mean anything at all, other than the fact we still have the Winterfest Tree, but I caught this action shot of Remington jumping on the counter, and thought it was kind of fun. I know I had the game paused for some reason when I noticed this and just had to take a picture.

With Abby and Miranda gone that leaves the house quiet for Rene and Bonnie, so they decide to get started on the next baby. Hopefully pregnancy will be easier on Bonnie this time.

Rene then gets himself a promotion in the gardening career. I believe I have taken him, or will be taking him, down the Botanist career since we had Kiana do the Flower Arranging branch.

Rene checks on the twins and then gives a little love to Remington. He’s been slightly more neglected since the twins were born and we lost Abby. Miranda helped some, but it’s getting tougher. We are ready for the twins to grow up though, they are making Bonnie and Rene very tired.

Then we find out that Bonnie really is pregnant, which is probably a part of why she has been a little more miserable than normal. Rene is happy about the news, and while Bonnie is excited about maybe getting a little girl, I’m not sure she’s ready for pregnancy again.

Bonnie is still working on her aspiration as well, it takes up some of her time and gives her something to do beside take care of the twins when she is at home. I believe she has gotten all the skills she needs for the next promotion, now it will just take time.

Then the twins grow up. Here they are after a little bit of a make-over. Bill is on the left in green and he is silly. Steve is on the right in red and he is independent. They are both so cute I think, Rene and Bonnie make some pretty cute kids.

The boys get going on their skills with Rene helping Bill with his movement, and then they play together with the dollhouse. Mr. Independent, Steve, can work on his potty skill all on his own, and we have Bill watch to gain a little for himself. Remington looks a little unsure of the attention he’s being given from Bill, but so far the cat is handling the toddlers well.

Rene does end up helping little Bill with his potty skill, and Bonnie reads the boys to bed that first night. They are doing pretty well so far, although Bill likes to wander, so I doubt he’ll have any trouble getting his movement skill up. This house is big enough that toddlers will practically gain a skill just walking from one end to the other.

Pregnancy has not been any easier on Bonnie this time around, and I’m crossing my fingers that we don’t have twins again. It won’t be much longer, however, and because Bonnie is really not a sim that would want to be pregnant any more than she has to be, we feed her a bunch of strawberries.

Rene gets himself another promotion at work, and then we get the notice that Frank’s daughter, Ruth, is now a child. She was an adorable little toddler and we might have to invite the family back over to hang out soon.

Poor Remington got sick, so Rene takes time off work to get him to the vet. They get him all healed up and Rene is happy to have Remington healthy again. He is also getting older and isn’t going to be around that much longer, which will make us sad, but he’s been a great pet.

Finally it’s time for Bonnie to give birth to our next baby. She has the little girl we wanted/needed, and her name is Corie. That means we have 3 kids this gen and that is where we are going to end with the kids.

Corie is named for Corie Barry, the CEO of Best Buy and listed a couple of times on lists of Most Powerful Women.

Now that little Corie is born Bill goes to check out the new sibling and is very unhappy to have a new baby sister. I don’t think Steve really cared about Corie. Hopefully Bill will grow to like Corie eventually.

With all of that done I think that leaves us in a good place to stop this update. Next time we should see what little Corie looks like when she grows up and the boys should get through more of their toddler skills. I hope to see you over at the Latte Name Game during the month of July for SimNaNo!

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