I’m back! I’m back! I’m back!
Yay!
And you, as the reader, are back! It’s all too much excitement! I got my laptop back and all is hunky-dory now! One battery replacement and a game of musical chargers mean we’re back in business! And I am so happy! So much has happened in-game that I can’t wait to tell you. Buckle in! It’s gonna be a long one!
Just a note, I’ve been seriously thinking over my writing style for this and my other challenges. Any opinions would help, but also I wanted to give a heads up in case I try to change things up in middle like a crazy person.
Let’s take a step back for a moment. Last time, I was 100% wrong about the mortality rate of our daddies. I thought we had our first death when in reality at least 3 are dead. Whoops. Also, skills were topped and promotions were had. Most importantly, we welcomed another little girl, Helena, to fold!
It looks like someone smashed the pumpkins. Cool. Looks like we’re moving on from Halloween. Something I’m kinda clinging to since my mother immediately started the Christmas movies on November 1st.
Hannah: What is happening
Isn’t she cute!
I was 100% expecting her to look a lot more like her father, Lucien Hyde.
Hannah has a ton of free time between her workdays. Ford and the Quads are self-sufficient. Meaning that skilling Helena is easy peasy.
Helena is having a pretty smooth toddlerhood. She hardly wants for anything. Besides her mother and step-father, all five of her teenaged siblings come to her aid(or even just seek her out when they’re bored) when needed.
On another note, there are so many pictures of Helena and just random crap. I don’t even know why. I’ve already had to cut a dozen so far.
After school, one of the teens is sent to check out the consignment store for no reason other than to see what’s there and if anything could be useful.
While not useful, they needed these two gnomes.
Xad hits his LTW! It’s not that much fanfare, but this frees him up for adventures in the future.
Speaking of adventure, Xad was sent on a run around opportunity and ran into not one but two of the Roberts kids! Etta is apparently one of Xad’s coworkers and Alistair is just being.
Ford: Xad’s stuck in the floor.
Damn it, guys! Ugh fine.
*waves magic player wand*
There! He’s not in the floor anymore.
Xad may not be in the floor but the random paintings are just hovering in the middle of the living room.
Cool. I’m gonna sell them.
Hannah gets herself a promotion!
Another grandchild for Hannah.
It’s gonna be so hard to get everyone when we eventually have to move. I hope it doesn’t come to that, but I’m no optimistic.
More tot time!
Ginny isn’t great at not setting herself on fire.
Just don’t die. I’m sure there’s a points deduction.
Xad takes up the mantel and finished teaching Helena to walk! Just as he was when he first moved in, he is still happy to take care of the kids. While he always has a want to have a child of his own, he always wants to interact with the others.
The Roberts kids have gone out and are attempting to take over the world, one baby at a time.
The with Etta expecting now, all of the kids except Doyle have at least one child.
I’m not sure what came over me. I liked our house but it was making me a little claustrophobic. I tend to prefer a single level house, just for my own sanity, but I kinda like the general layout of the ground floor.
I expanded the kitchen and living room while adding a larger nursery.
The upstairs is a bit sparse. But the “dorms” have been moved up here and a third bathroom was added to the house.
Ginny keeps trying to get herself killed. She needs to knock it off.
I’m about ready to sell the bench.
The family was given a dominos table. Something that I’ve never given to any other family ever. It always seemed pointless. But with the Roberts, the family often is quite aimless. So the dominos will keep some of them busy when they have nothing else going on.
After the initial reno, the family gets itself a fireplace and sitting area. Gestalt was the main inspiration for this. He kept wandering outside to stargaze with the telescope and always wound up freezing. So to keep him from going full popsicle, we got something for him to warm up with.
This. I remember now why I never put these damn things in the house. At the slightest whiff of hunger, my sims b-line it to the fryer. Which, unattended, makes me panic about burning the challenge down.
The fryer was purchased so Hannah had something else to cook with. When not skilling toddlers, making elixirs, or wooing potential daddies, Hannah cooks.
Also, if my grammar checker doesn’t stop fighting me on the oxford comma, I’m gonna chuck it out the window.
While it’s not usual in my challenges to see these, I decided to have Ford go out and purchase a full set of toddler books. Like the rest of her family, Helena is often aimless.
Why not boost her future by letting her spend her time with the books.
Another promotion for Hannah!
This paparazzi who has been marked for fatherhood is always here. I know for a fact that there are different paps running around, but he still hangs around.
In order to get this guy to give his mom some space, Ford attempt to enthrall(or whatever it’s called) him.
If failed. At least it only affected his relationship with Ford and not Hannah.
But Ford is also a big softie. So far in this challenge, there hasn’t been any big blow-up between siblings. Something I hope continues til the end, but who knows.
Unfortunately, only the Quads will be able to attend. Helena is too far too young and Ford only has a day or two til his birthday.
In other news, George was in the midst of a mood swing and wanted to refresh his look. Even if it wasn’t needed.
So he got himself a nice coif.
Outside, Ford helps Gestalt with his second snowman of the night…day…I can’t really tell. But both boys are cold.
And another alien is admiring the other snowman.
Alien: Your earth art is quite simplistic.
You know what?
Sure.
At this point, Ford is a day from young adulthood. So, because it can be done, Hannah attempts to get Mr.Paparazzi to come over and help with baby I.
He refused to come over so we moved onto the next best candidate.
Pal Roberts (Now Eastman-Roberts), Cole’s IF who moved out with him.
And we apparently called at the worst time. Apparently, he was married/ in love with someone who recently died.
The actual human part of me knows that grief is a complicated and delicate state that needs to be handled with care and communication. For example, my great-grandmother died last year and yesterday I got sad because I was reminded of a good memory.
However, the simmer in me is an absolute degenerate so…
Let’s get this show on the road!
It took no time to get Pal romantically snared.
I don’t know what to make of Pal. He seems torn up about his loss, but he’s also laying in Hannah’s bed in his briefs while still thinking about said loss.
What the hell man?
Beyond that, however, Pal and Hannah got to business. And since I haven’t turned the volume down on my laptop since getting it, a jingle was heard. I is on its way.
Pal was booted from the house quickly before Xad got home.
And now it’s time to boot you guys because when I said it would be long, I thought we would be further along at this point. So I have to stop for now and we’ll be seeing baby I next time.
Laters! ❤