TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week Four in the Cove

The Sims 2

Week Four in the Cove

     I am REALLY supposed to be working on some jewelry items.  Doing some repairs for friends, taking pictures of the other stuff I've made, and creating new... But *whistles innocently*  I stayed up late instead binge playing my sims.  The moral of this is that I am not capable of making adult decisions lately.  

     In any matter, we are starting off the week with a new bump.  She scared me a little at first, because she stood up waving her arm around.  I panicked, thinking, "OH NO!  Is today baby day?"  Whew.  Just the last bump.  Panic averted.  

     I really want to thank Silia for making herself available for helping with the house cleaning.  Really makes up for her being a piss ant to all the other sims.  

She even gets into an argument with her good friend Lindsay! 

     Today isn't baby day but there is a birthday party!  Every day, seems like there's a birthday or new baby being born.  It's crazy up in this house!  It's time for little Zamaris to move out of the toddler stage though.  Let's roll!

     One last picture of Zamaris, then party time!  Isn't she soooooo adorable?  I'm so happy with all the pretty babies Zane and Amaris have!

     I'm pleased that everyone is starting to understand that this is a cut-throat competition for my blessings.  I see more of the visitors showing some spirit at the celebrations.  Good.  Excellent.  

     Except... there's always a few trouble makers still... Sigh.  No idea what caused this but I'm noticing a trend here, *cough* SILIA *cough*

     I always get so happy when I have two kids in the house because *Squeeeeee* my favorite pictures are the kids hugging.  I also get to examine any differences in physical traits, of which this family seems to not have despite my running the randomizer before each new birth. 

     
     Gotta update another room upstairs... It's a good thing this family lucked into a little cash early on and THANK WRIGHT Zane married a townie with a deep pocket instead of the NPC Professor.  Anyhoo, I gave Zamaris a nicely pinked out room.  It's pretty nice, if I do say so myself.

     So.. Silia is at least nice to the kids.  I'll let her keep hanging around, but there's a price to pay still for all the negative interactions she has with the other adult sims.  Mmhmmm.

     So that's Monday.  Seriously, all that was one day.  Tuesday dawned a nice, bright and sunny day.  Julie walked by and Amaris went out to greet her.  Then hey, there's Bobbi, too!  Let's go to the edge of the lot to greet her.. and then.... what th.... seriously?  Of all the places....

     It's times like this I am REALLY glad there aren't any neighbors around.  I would like to call to attention Julie's hustle in the 2nd picture.  Ya'll see that?  Good work, Julie.  

     Anyway, we have another girl.  I'm a bit put out by this for a few reasons.  First, I want lots of boys to keep the Archer name going strong.  In my last 'hood, my main house started out predominately with girls and after a few generations it was ONLY girls.  The family name got wiped out.  It was a sad day when the last girl was married and the name was gone forever.  *wipes tear*.

     The second reason is that the balance of available females really tips the scales.  After the end of this week, I'm going to have to go make some new male townies and I am really terrible at making new sims.  ANYWAY...

    Presenting.... Miss Zayna Archer.  Looks just like the other two kids with Momma's brown hair and dad's custom eyes.  We'll just fast-forward through her infant pics.  

     The family was saving up and trying to hit the $20k in cash milestone again before buying a car.  But SOMEONE missed the school bus and pushed the need for a car into the here and now.  So now they have a car and nice big garage to park it in.  There's plenty of room for the two little tinkerers to get a car to work on also.  

     And of course, after school on Wednesday we are due for another birthday.  See how this goes?  Birthday, new baby, birthday... it's something every day around here!  This time it's a milestone and made me sad though.  Our little Zachariah is turning into a teenager.  *sniff*  They really do grow up so fast!  

     He's still such a handsome lil' guy!  And hey, a perk of having a hot teenager in the house is all these girls coming by now!  Free baby care!!  Frees up Amaris's time for the important stuff

     How often do you know of a mother of three that gets time to poop alone?  Thanks to Sheridan Mellon for keeping the baby and Zach busy!!  Hahah!

    Thursday rolled along, and what do you know!  Birthday time again!  Every day, man.  Every day.  Amaris goes to work maybe one day a week.  Thank goodness for all those vacation days.  But someone has to be around to organize all this.  

     Zayna is so beautiful!  She does look just like her older siblings but I can't get over how lucky I've been.  I highly recommend Amaris for anyone else starting a legacy.  Good genes right there!  HAVE ALL THE BABIES!

     You know who really loves this little girl?  Her big brother Zach.  I have to beat him away with a stick to let her just sleep!  He always wants to feed her, bathe her (and upstairs of course.  There's a perfectly good bath tub downstairs on the nursery level but NO let's take the kid up the stairs!  Argh!)

     In my efforts to distract him and help the family keep fit, I bought a trampoline for the back yard.  Zach is getting totally ripped on it, but the downside is that thing has a waiting list for who gets on it next!  Here's a picture of Lisa hogging it and getting all smelly!

    Oh, and you are probably all wondering about Zach growing up to a teenager and what aspiration he rolled.  I couldn't find my stupid dice.  So Silia gave me a random number which translated to ROMANCE!  Oh, ho ho!  What a change this will be from the current era of family sim goodness!!  He thankfully rolled up "Professional Party Guest" as his Lifetime Want.  None of that 50 whoohoo nonsense.  Seriously, he'd be cutting a path through all the Twinkie gals and chaos would reign!  So Professional Party Guest is good.

     Zach wanted his first kiss and I locked that down for him.  We spent a few days scouring through the available girls.  The family funds are down enough that I don't want to buy the crystal ball, even if I could just resell it after I'm done and get their money back.  So we did this the good ol' fashioned way and checked out every teen girl that came by.  He finally settled on Raven Lawson.  She is quite the cutie!

   While I had Zach preoccupied, Zamaris had her chance to show off what a good big sister she is!  This whole house is oozing with family wholesomeness and cute crap that should make me sick.  

     Finally though, a break from all the birthdays and babies!  They had a nice family weekend, and you see that blonde standing up in this next picture?  

     That, my friends, is Antoinette Mellon.  She was the latest heiress of the old neighborhood.  I think I'll be sending her off to Sim State with Zach when he's ready to go.  It would be so sweet for my old heiress to be part of the founding family of the new neighborhood.  Like, things would feel like they came full circle.  There's always three-bolt Raven though if things aren't working out so hot with Antoinette.  And who knows what Twinkie might catch his eye!  He's a romancer, don't forget, so watch out Legacy Cove!!

     Now.  I'm off to build a pet store so they can buy little Astro a collar and maybe a girlfriend.  Now that the kids are skyrocketing into the teens it's time to cut off the baby making for Zane and Amaris and let them work a little more on themselves.  So maybe we should aim for some puppies.  Yes... puppies.  Muwhahahah!

    Also on my to-do list is to make a few male townies to make sure the girls have appropriate suitors when they are ready to move out to start their own houses.

    Stay tuned for more adventures on Coves of our Lives.


-Carissa