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

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

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

Better?
Alani: Very funny!

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

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

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

Alani:  Happy Teen Birthday, Fluffs!

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

 Part 2 – Goodbye Old Friend.

RIP Jill Vinson – 96 sim years old.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

*sigh*  I hope Adair survives his uncle

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

They did.

o.O

o.O again.

Proof that I wouldn’t let Alani do that.

Yay!

I had no clue it was sparkly time.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Blossom:  Neigh!

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

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.

Oh, that feels lovely.  Thanks hoomin.

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

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.

Weeee!  I’m tall!

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

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

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

Sunshine in the daytime…lolz

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

Baby Bella is born.

Before

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

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

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

Orion: I’m hungry.

Bella:  I like bugs!

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

Blossom:  I still can do it!

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

Little Ripley was born to Sunshine and Indigo next.

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

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

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.

I sure am pretty to look at though.

Ripley:  Do you old nags ever wake up?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Jill: Why certainly.

Blossom:  That smells tasty small hoomin.

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

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

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.

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.

Good job, Honey!!!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

Court: It has been years, dork.

Orion:  Little Heiress, you fail..again!

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

The bus driver was in total need of a makeover.

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

Court: I’m going to miss him, Cris.

Cris:  I will too, honey.

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

Fluffs!  Fluffs!  What does 5 x 5 equal?

Fluffs?!?  OMS!  Where’s my Fluffs?? 

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Yay me!

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

Okay, maybe not.

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

Watching Blossom continue her exercise regime.

I’ll give you one guess.

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.

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

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

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

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

Mom still showing us all how to befriend a stray.

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

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.

Two more Masterpieces to go!

I caught everyone doing their happy dances again.

Taking a time out to teach Mint how to sit.

Mom and dad doing what they love best…flirt.

Jill:  I just realized something, favorite granddaughter.

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

Jill:  This….

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

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.

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

Apparently, Fortune talked Orion into one more foal.

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

Old doesn’t mean dead, eh mom?

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

Indigo: Hey!  Gather ‘round everyone!.

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

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

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

Indigo:  I surpass rainbow tub on the awesomeness scale.

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

Happy Birthday, Soldier!

He looks a lot like mom.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Chapter 2

I am so horrible about posting this part.  Courtney is a  friendly, nurturing Klepto who is also a natural cook…. and because I can, I gave her savvy sculptor.

It’s hard to imagine, but this took place over a year or two.  How we managed to get any work done, I’ll never know.

With the onset of our celebrity status, the more our waists started making musical notes.  Mousehand tried her best to keep us from touching them.

Anyway, our “practice” finally made perfect and we are now expecting a bundle of joy.

Radiant Glow: Whatcha doin’, hoomin?

Cris: Attempting to fix this leak and skill up my handiness level.

Glow:  I help?

Cris:  Come back when you find some thumbs.

Dad finally made it to the top of his career, but Mom was still miles away.

She spent a lot of time with Blossom.  Neither of them were getting any younger and the years were flying by.

I was so proud when Courtney accomplished this, her first brilliant sculpture.

She is even trying to get 25 ice sculptures done too.

Mom was very unhappy on this birthday.  She refused a party or cake.

Dad knew what this meant and came rushing to Mom’s side.

It was his turn next.

A/N:  After Cris took over and got married to Courtney, I aged up Jill so that her and Gussie were the same age.  I think she lost like 10 days, but at this point I knew she was not going to finish her LTW or get level 10 of her job.

Mom and Dad were finally able to do what they wanted, when they wanted with no interference from the Mousehand.

No more was Dad told to put the guitar down and work in the garden.

Mom chose to spend her time either cleaning or spending time with the horses.

We were all on hand to watch Blossom give birth to her last baby, Bailey, and age up to Elder just a few minutes later.

A rare picture of Courtney.  She pretty much was glued to her sculpting stand.

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention.  When Dad bought his new LTW, it through threw out extra credit points.  (Screw spellcheck..I need grammar check).

So, when he aged up to Elder, he bought Courtney the Collection Helper.  Mom bought me the Moodlet manager.

I don’t even think Dad noticed that Court paraded around in her underwear all the time.

Pretty soon we will have our very own heir(ess).  We pretty much aren’t gender specific.  Both a Matriarchy and Patriarchy are out the window.

We just want the little tyke to be healthy.

Court.

No fertility treatment here.

Adair.  Klepto (Like Court) and Mean spirited.

Alani, Athletic and genius (like me).   Born at the SAME time.

We didn’t even know we had twins until this pic.  She “magically” appeared and was never delivered.

This is when Mousehand made the executive decision.  No heir announcement until it was time to send one off to Boarding School.

Dad getting some riding time in.

Cris: Dad, can I please hold my son?

Gussie:  Sorry, boy, I got here first.

I think I’m now glad that there’s two.  Hello, little daughter.

Mom hasn’t been doing so good lately.  Her stats show her to always be tired, hungry and in need of a bath.

She still manages to clean the house though.

She hangs out with the babies too.

Jill:  I ❤ you, Grandma’s boy.

Not to be outdone….Here is Grandpa’s girl.

Me and Mousehand thought for sure that the garden would die a slow agonizing death.  We were shocked to see this.

After this many years, we both still get annoyed listening to them cry over dead plants.

No clue what is going on here…but it’s funny trying to guess.   OMS!  Who let the pancakes go bad!?!

No…no peeing on the floor!   Mom’s bladder problem is steadily getting worse.  I think our worst day was peeing on the floor 6 times.

Mom getting harassed by the paparazzi.

Court working the ice still.

..and still finding the time to spend with the kids.

I can’t believe how fast these first two years have gone.

Adair –

Alani

Cris: Quit eating cake, Dad and gooo!  It’s right there!

A/N: So glad this isn’t an ISBI!!!

Aww mom..c’mon!

Again?!?

Potty training, I hate knowing that I might have to give Mom some helpful tips..or have Mousehand search the exchange for virtual Depends.

Court started getting stir crazy and took Orion out for a gallop.

My very first autonomous baby skilling…ever!  I thought it was a myth.

Dammit, Court..he’s not tired.  Let Grandpa teach him to talk!

Mousehand failed to cancel out that interaction in time.

Grandpa went out with the horses.

Mom taking a bath after yet another accident.

Taking a much needed break from handiness skilling and painting to teach my boy to walk.

And attempt to talk.  Took all day to get him to say one word.

Alani took to walking and talking like a fish to water.

Adair:  I not wistening, Daddy.

Alani: I done, Mommy?

Court: Yes, very good, Alani.

Mom never sleeps anymore.  She just takes little catnaps.

Gussie:  We can flirt AFTER you use the toilet..it’s RIGHT there.

Really?

Yes, Dad, I know you love babies, just be happy with these two grandkids.  Unless Florian has 3 more, your wish for 5 is never gonna happen.

Just showing that her little plumbob stays red 24/7 now.

Dad actually left the property for a walk and met a neighbor.

I’m getting so tired of tinkering with the same four objects.  Mom has taken to standing close to the toilet at all times.

Jill: It was the sink.  I didn’t do it!!

Elderly woohoo..not for the feint of heart.   Good thing Mousehand learned that we can build more rooms.

Alani: I’m cross-eyed..must be birthday time!

See you next time folks.