Chapter 4.5: Pet

Recap:  Generation 3 horse/uni heir is Indigo.  His current mate is Sunshine.   They have produced Bella and Ripley.  This will be a horses with some hoomins mixed in.

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Ripley: My mommy was sold.  Pay attention to me.  That stuff smells icky.

Sunshine – Sold – No skills – $1903.  Sadly, she was pretty hateful as an adult and none of the other horses liked her.

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Indigo:  One of my hoomins died.  Console me?
Starlight:  *snicker*

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Ripley: Want eat!  Feed me or I bite your ear off!

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Ripley:  You, over there!

Me?

Ripley:  Yes, you. Make them feed me!

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Ripley: Finally!   Thanks, Mousehand.

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Mint: I wants babies.  I’m almost an elder.

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Speaking of Elder.
Blossom:  Who you callin’ an Elder?  I put these youngin’s to shame.

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Ripley: If you’re outside, you have to pay attention to me.

Later that night…..

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What is it with unicorns and nighttime birthday’s.

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Ripley:  I sure turned out handsome.

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All animals:  They’re taking over…bah!

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Starlight: Go away.  I prefer cats.
Mint:  Leaves are much more fun and easier to take care of.

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Starlight:  Dogs are so yucky.  Go away.
Mint: I love hawks.  How about you?
Starlight:  I’m on the fence with birds in general.

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Mint:  I love you, Starlight.
Starlight:  Fine.  I can pretend to like you too.  Now, go away.

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Starlight: I hate you, hoomin, but I have this strange need to be near you right now.

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Welcome to the world, Maple Star.

Ripley: Stud – $996. Sold – $4975.  Racing Level 7.
Starlight – Sold – $2946 – Hateful old nag.  Racing level 3.

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Maple:  Watch out world, here I come!

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They are fascinated by hoomins.

Maple:  I require your attention, hoomin.

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Maple: If the strange little horse gnomes weren’t in the way, I’d poke you with my horn.   I want attention!

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Mint:  Okay, baby ‘corn.  Here are the rules.  Dogs rule.  You love dogs.
Maple:  Bugs, bad?
Mint:  Super bad.  No bugs allowed around here.

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Maple:  I love horsies and uni’s.  Dogs are dead last.
Mint:  Nope, we love hamsters and they are dead last.

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Maple:  I say we should like books after hamsters.
Mint; *grrr*  Hamsters are last!

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Maple:  I think we should list you last.  The hamsters told me so!

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Indigo: Quit eyeballin’ my saltlick!

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Time for some Blossom love.

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Maple:  Hoomin, make the garbage quit taking pics.

Stay tuned until next time when Cris’ midlife crisis hits the family head on.

Chapter 4

We left off last time right at Alani’s birthday party.  A lot happens over the next couple Sim days, so I tried to whittle it down to highlights..kinda.

Part 1 – Birthday Conclusion
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I can’t believe my little girl is growing up so soon.  Seems like just yesterday she was screaming for attention in her crib, her faithful Fluffs right next to her for comfort

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Don’t let anyone see me like this, Mousehand!   Ack!

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Better?
Alani: Very funny!

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I can only say wow….prettiest Sim ever produced from a game of mine.

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First beautifully decorated moodlet.  I think it’s in regards to Alani, you can tell I did nothing for that house.

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Alani:  Fluffs!  I can’t believe you’re here!  I missed you!
Fluffs:  *drooling, blank stare*

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Alani:  Happy Teen Birthday, Fluffs!

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Alani: I can’t mail off my gems with you up my ass.
Fluffs:  *creepy heavy breathing*

 Part 2 – Goodbye Old Friend.

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RIP Jill Vinson – 96 sim years old.

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I didn’t even know that I got this pic of Blossom until I added it here.

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Hurry up with your homework, Alani.  I need everyone to do their grieving face so we can get past it.
Alani:  You try doing homework with creepy eyes watching you.

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I let Adair out of boarding school specifically to get Fluffs back.

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Still can’t believe you are doing homework with all the crying going on.
Alani: I got cheated out of honor roll once.  Never again!

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I thought the crow showing up next to the home lot was neat.

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Okay.  We have more than sufficiently mourned our founder guys.

Not 5 minutes later….(Luckily I had just been prompted to save)

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No clue what his name is, starts with a  “C” (Cuddles maybe?), but when Adair’s IF aged up…he came out human, but with the ball thingy over his head.  Game crash!  TWICE!  Suffice to say, I learned my lesson.  I got back in the game, put the stupid (albeit cute) IF in Adair’s backpack and put him back in boarding school.   Five minutes later, the stupid IF was back out and crashed my game.  Re-loaded repeated most of it, but this time I threw Adair out the house..well okay I went into to Edit Town and added him to Florian’s house.

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*sigh*  I hope Adair survives his uncle Sad smile

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Alani: So, the science people wanted a rainbow gem.  Mom helped me get one.  Science people sold me this potion.  I have had it in my backpack for years.  I’m just glad we were still BFF’s after all these years.

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Alani (and me):  You’re not a girl!  Disappointed smile
Fluffs:  OMS!  I’m real!!

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Alani:  My grandma just died. Sad smile
Fluffs:  I don’t like water. Sad smile

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Adair won’t leave. Luckily his IF stays hidden.

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This still puzzles Court and me.  She was chiseling away and they were already inside.

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Alani:  No Fluffs, you’re Autumn Salad was not gross.  I just keep remembering all the times that Grandma made it for us.

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No one in the house was expecting Jill to visit the same day she passed.  At least someone realized that Mint needed food.

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They did.

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o.O again.

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Proof that I wouldn’t let Alani do that.

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Yay!

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I had no clue it was sparkly time.

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Not bad at all, Court.  Wish I aged up that good.

Cris:  Hellooooo, Hot Mama!   Ooops….my turn!

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Neither one of us looks much different.  A couple of lines here and there, but all-in-all, I think we aged up well.

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I then had to go prove it to my #1 girl.

This concludes our update.  I made the decision to move after this pic.  All attempts have been stopped by crashes.  I even attempted to just move the main people.  That failed also.  I will try again at a later point in the game.  It has been a bad week with crashing, so I can’t guarantee how accurate the horse update will be.  I have since made sure to delete all shots after a crash, but with a crash every 20 minutes, it was hard to remember to do that. Think it was played before Christmas also.  When you get my age, it’s hard enough to remember yesterday, much less five days ago,.

Chapter 3.5: Pet

Quick update.  The next Chapter will be a mix of hoomins and horses, so I added a little extra in this update, which went a tiny bit past the hoomin side of things.

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Hi!  My name is Sunshine.  I was just adopted from the pound.  You are the only people I have seen so far.  Shall we go check this place out?

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Sunshine:  Hi!  I’m Sunshine.  Nice to meet you.
Indigo:  Nice to meet you too, Sunshine.  Welcome home.

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Sunshine:  I love leaves.  I wish we could have actual seasons so I could roll around in them.

Indigo:  I’m not a fan of leaves.  I hate the crunching sound they make under my hooves.

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Sunshine: I wish this hoomin could understand me.  What is that strange thing behind me??

It’s just a raccoon, Sunny.  I think he’s coming to knock over the garbage…again.

Sunshine:  You can hear me?

I sure can.

Sunshine: Cool

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Indigo:  Stop filming!  Stop, I say.  I am not properly rendered!

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Sunshine: Hi!  I’m new here.  Nice to meet you.
Orion:  Nice to meet you too!  Welcome to your new home.

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Alani:  Aw Blossom, if the grandparents could stop flirting, I’m sure they’d realize you have stink fumes.

Blossom:  Neigh!

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I’m very glad you got big, little hoomin.

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More attention please, little hoomin, you can go back out rock collecting tomorrow.

Not mentioned in the previous update due to length issues, while Court was sculpting I used the collection helper to pinpoint rocks and stuff and had Alani ride her bike to them.  She got a ton of stuff, which is collecting dust in her backpack.  It stinks that kids can’t use the helper thing.

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Oh, that feels lovely.  Thanks hoomin.

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Awwwwww!  If only she knew the plans I had for her..she would have slept elsewhere.

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I guess you could call this a family portrait.  Right?   As usual, Indigo won’t eat or pee without express permission from the Mousehand.  sigh.

It’s not that big of a deal Blossom.

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Weeee!  I’m tall!

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Ahem..Well, Indigo and Sunshine celebrated in their own way.

I really need to learn to lighten these things up.  I will be experimenting.

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Here is where Orion alerted me to the fact that our little Heiress rode the bus.

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Sunshine in the daytime…lolz

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Orion: Who is this random starving person?  Make it leave.  The tummy rumbles are quite disturbing.

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Baby Bella is born.

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Before

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After.  Eh..at least you can sorta see her now.

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I hate the broken genealogy.  The portraits disappearing after being sold makes it hard for me to see who is who.

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Bella:  Hi Grandpa.  (I can’t believe Orion is a grandpa!)

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Orion: I’m hungry.

Bella:  I like bugs!

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Bella:  What is that bubble thing above your head, Grandpa?  Why is there a ball trapped in there?  Can I sniff it?

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Blossom:  I still can do it!

Orion:  You’ll outlive us all, I’m sure of it now.  You’re amazing, mom.

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Little Ripley was born to Sunshine and Indigo next.

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It might take her a while, but Jill usually shows up for the foal births.

Bella: Sold $8971  Race level 4. Jump level 9.

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Starlight.  I for the life of me, can’t remember how I got here.

I think she was adopted from the horse show place.

The hoomin mom is having a wee bit of trouble with the dismounts.  Clumsy lot these hoomins.

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I sure am pretty to look at though.

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Ripley:  Do you old nags ever wake up?

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Ripley sleeping with either Blossom or Orion.  Can’t tell in the dark, since the only thing that differentiate the two is Orion’s beard.

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Mint tuckered out after a day of hunting.  The hoomins work the pup ragged.  He needs a mate and make babies.

I had moved the family, but the town (Legacy Island..nice place though) ran crappy.  So, I unpacked them elsewhere (Riverview), but the for some reason everyone unpacks at the house shell I built (19 people, 6 or 7 horses) and crashes the game, even though I went there and made sure that I allowed for 30 people per household just in case .  As of now, they are still in App Plains (blissfully unaware of what I had done to them) until further notice.  I’m either gonna TA (total annihilation) everyone and get new blood in or move to some unhorse friendly town like boring old Sunset Valley.

Chapter 3

Well, we will start off with some birthdays and a homecoming and end with a birthday?  We’ll see, I have billions of pics to go through and they need to be separated for human and horses and whittled down from there Disappointed smile

I figure I will do this as we go.  Let’s get started.  I am hoping to be done with Alani and Adair’s childhood before the New Year of 2014.  Very active time for everyone.  It might turn out horribly long, I apologize in advance.

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Adair – Rolled trait – Insane.  He is now a mean spirited, insane klepto.

Too bad he looks exactly like every other male child born in any of my games.

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Alani

I had Mousehand give her the neat trait as a family trait.  Mom is getting too old to do it, and Court and I are pretty set in our work.

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Hello Florian, why are you here two days before your birthday.  You turned out really, really creepy, little brother.  He is an athletic, inappropriate handy guy who loves the outdoors. Bye, Florian.  Have fun at the new house we bought you.

Yes, I have it so teens can move out.  None of my boarding school kids last until YA, they always show up one to two days before a birthday.

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Gussie: Would you like to watch the stars with me?

Jill: Why certainly.

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Blossom:  That smells tasty small hoomin.

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Blossom, you’re blocking the view.  I’m trying to get pre-1st day of school pics of my daughter!

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Fail!  You might as well face the camera, Alani.  It’s too late to stop this now.

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It’s not that big a deal you two.  I’m sure we will lose a ton more points before all is said and done.  Have a great first day of school while we figure out who is voted off the island.

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Gussie: I don’t understand this, Jill.  We don’t even know our own Florian.  Why do we have to get rid of a grandchild now too?

Jill:  It’s just how the Challenge is run.  We’ll see them all again sooner or later.

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Good job, Honey!!!

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Alani got invited to a little girl’s house, but I cant’ remember who it is now.  She was horrified to see a baby lying on the floor.

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She demanded that we buy them a crib.  I was helpless to deny her.  Those tear filled eyes broke my heart.

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It was my turn to be horrified.  Triplets!  Just laying on the floor?!  Poor babies.

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We immediately set out to buy cribs for each baby.  It seems that they were born and the mom was killed soon after.  They were left with the teen/YA to raise.

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While buying cribs, we had a small disaster of our own.  Someone caused our very first fire.

I seriously have no clue who it was.

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I quickly got the extinguisher out of my pocket and put out the flames.

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Alani-

I couldn’t believe it!  My doll is real!  His name is Fluffs.  Dad, keeps looking at me funny.  I guess giggling, jumping around and hugging empty air is cause for concern.

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Not to be left out – Adair-

Why did this stupid thing come to life.  How do I make it go away?   o.O!  I just had the best idea ever!!  Hahaha!

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Alani brought her friend over.  I call him misspelled Keven.  Nice kid though.

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Cris: It seems like years since we have made out.

Court: It has been years, dork.

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Orion:  Little Heiress, you fail..again!

After the stunt that her brother pulled, I’m okay with this.

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The bus driver was in total need of a makeover.

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Adair:  Later losers! Steaming mad  Why don’t you try and figure out what I stole on my way out. Nyah-Nyah

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Court: I’m going to miss him, Cris.

Cris:  I will too, honey.

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Alani:  Yay!  I can finally do my homework in peace.

Fluffs!  Fluffs!  What does 5 x 5 equal?

Fluffs?!?  OMS!  Where’s my Fluffs??  Crying faceBroken heart

Adair seriously stole Fluffs.  I looked everywhere and he’s the only one who could have it.

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Alani:  Daddy, I’m doing homework.  Quit staring at me.

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Alani: Ugh!  Don’t you have painting to do?  It’s creepy.

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She definitely has not done 25 ice sculptures.  Someone requested this.

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Watching my parents flirt after so many years is very cute.  Seeing Blossom bonding with Alani warms my heart also.

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You can’t see us because we are all screaming and dancing inside.  The car has finally been invented for our household!!   This is seriously one of the happiest days of all of our lives.  I bought one for me and one for Court and had them painted in our favorite colors.

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My parents still dream of babies.  It’s so very cute.

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Florian:  Hopeless Romantic, Athletic, Inappropriate, Loves the outdoors and Handy.

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Yay me!

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I think I’ll take a break and read a cooking book.

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Okay, maybe not.

Run, Cris!  He went right there.  Seems like forever since our last accident.

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Watching Blossom continue her exercise regime.

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I’ll give you one guess.

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Alani went to Keven’s after school. 

I figured since he is the only boy her age not related to her in someway, that they’d be an ideal couple. Boy, was I wrong.  He aged up to teen (that night).  Nailed some girl in high school and quickly got a different girl as a girlfriend the next day.

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The deer’s are finally coming back again…with their skin.

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Dad keeping us entertained while we crank out our art pieces.

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I was so happy that Court chose mom as her first ice sculpture.  What a wonderful wife I have.

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Court: You can’t seriously expect me to sculpt you in that ridiculous pose?

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Mom still showing us all how to befriend a stray.

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Alani:  New stuff!  But why do we have it?

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It took this little guy to get me to break the extra credit rule about controlling the elderly.  I had to have him.  I lessened the poofiness of his fur and colored him.  That’s it.

Meet Mint Chip.  Mom decided that we needed a dog.

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Two more Masterpieces to go!

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I caught everyone doing their happy dances again.

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Taking a time out to teach Mint how to sit.

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Mom and dad doing what they love best…flirt.

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Jill:  I just realized something, favorite granddaughter.

Alani:  I’m your only granddaughter, grandma.  What did you realize.

Jill:  This….

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Alani:  How could I forget my own birthday?   Thanks, grandma!

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Alani:  Oh please, let my wish come true!

Oh..and I might add this side note.  Never missed a day of school, did her homework every night before bed…No Honor Roll.  I was very unhappy.   Until next time.

Chapter 2.5: Pet

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Holiday.  Welcome back to our little Legacy/Challenge.  Last time we watched Blossom have Soldier and then immediately age up to Elder.  Fortune left an intriguing little tidbit for you too.

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Soldier: Itty-bitty hoomin, there are easier ways to potty.

Apparently, Fortune talked Orion into one more foal.

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I couldn’t find a good name for him, so me and Fortune just left him as Indigo.

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Old doesn’t mean dead, eh mom?

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It seems that the little hoomins take forever to potty train.  The foals are never faraway from the kids.

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Indigo: Hey!  Gather ‘round everyone!.

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Can’t believe it’s his birthday already.  Happy Birthday, son.

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Introducing our definite choice for Gen. 3 heir.  Probably my most favorite horse/uni ever.

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I went over to celebrate with Indigo and I saw his hidden markings.  I was very surprised.

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Indigo:  I surpass rainbow tub on the awesomeness scale.

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No one is sure why my little brother has his birthday after Indigo, but

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Happy Birthday, Soldier!

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He looks a lot like mom.

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The younger hoomins have taken up the horse breeding/selling business, since Jill and Gussie are just too old now.

Soldier: Stud – $1946.  Sold – $9702.  Jump level 7.  Race level 8.

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The selling of a mate is never easy.  I will miss you, Fortune. Sad smile

Fortune: Sold – $13,302.  Jump and Race level 10.

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Indigo: Grandma and dad have been a little absent this update.  Glad to see you out from behind the camera, dad.  Might as well take a moment to say hi to everyone.

Orion: Hi, everyone.

Blossom runs out of energy real quick and then while sleeping her exercise bar disappears just as fast.  She is either sleeping or exercising..constantly.

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I sure hope mom doesn’t get a parking ticket.

That’s about it for this update.  Due to some birthday activity and they just happen to be able to move about freely, we have to cut this visit short.  Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of my pet hoomins.