TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22 - 3 Bamboo Blvd

 TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22

3 Bamboo Blvd

     Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Yardley's house we go!  Welcome to the last Panda house on the block, home to Yardley, Kayla (Fancey), and Shawn.  And of course, their loyal pup Ying.  

 

Yardley Panda

Fortune - Aquarius - Nature nut
3-3-5-10-7

Kayla (Fancey) Panda
Knowledge - Libra - Arts & Crafter
4-8-4-4-10

Shawn Panda
Knowledge - Sagittarius - Nature nut
2-3-10-10-10

Ying

     And of course, we'll be taking a peek at the layout of their house!  The front door leads to a central hallway going back to the living room.  To the left is the dining room and kitchen.  Master suite and nursery along with the bathrooms to the right.  

     Then upstairs is a plethora of bedrooms and space, all just waiting for a family sim to come along and fill them up!  Shawn's bedroom is the upstairs master suite and only one currently occupied. 

     I also want to point out AGAIN that I have two nature sims in the house and all they want to do in the spring is catch butterflies or fireflies.  Yardley is at work, Shawn is at school, and we have butterflies in the snow.  This game wants to fight. 

     Shawn wants to get into private school before heading to University at the end of the week, so a quick phone call is made to Headmaster Riley.  He said it's been a while since he had a nice homecooked meal and he'd be delighted to be available for the interview.  Shawn gave him the tour and the headmaster was super pumped over the tour of the house. 

     He also really enjoyed chatting with the family over a meal.  He's a friendly headmaster, it helps a lot with those schmoozing skills. 

     Just before the verdict was announced, Kayla had to leave for work.  She's a Mad Scientist and Headmaster Riley was impressed by the family's work ethic, apparently. 

     Obviously, they passed with flying colors.  Extra credit all over the scoreboard!  Shawn starts his first day of private school tomorrow morning!  

     The next day, Kayla went by her pottery shop to make sure it was running smoothly.   Who are we kidding, she's the only employee so if she's not there, nothing is running!  She wants to quit her job though so we'll wait out her sick days and then resign.  One of our newest members of Legacy Cove stopped by to stock up his inventory.   Dyne Payne is definitely single and ready to mingle with the Twinkie gals!

     Then on a bright, beautiful Saturday morning, Shawn left for university.  He'll return when he's an adult and will be pursuing his Lifetime Want to become Chief of Staff!  

     

     He did come back home that Sunday for the family dinner.  Turns out, he needed glasses!  Who knew?  He's cleaned up nice like the other young men in his generation though!

     And wouldn't you know it.... Kayla wanted to learn to make hot dogs but she needs to stick to pottery and painting.  She caught the grill on fire.  WHO DOES THAT?  

     (Here's where the entire Panda family looks at Yung because HE has the prestigious honor of being the first sim that I remember catching a grill on fire.)  So I was thinking, "Whew, at least Yung knows what to do".  

     If the correct action is to panic, then Yung reacted correctly.  I feel though that Kayla's efforts to extinguish the fire and Yardley's move to call the fire trucks may have been more helpful.  What do I know, though!?

     While I have the family clean up, let me introduce you to another member of the household.  Kip is the much beloved rodent of the household!  

     Looks like everyone's cleaned up and we've got the rest of the family back to have dinner.  They are more than happy to play hacky sack out front on the sidewalk though.  So wholesome!

     Well, they had a pretty eventful week with Headmasters, college admissions, fires, and everything in between.  So its time for the Pandas to rest up for next week.  

     Next, I'm super excited to introduce you to a NEW family on the block!  Another uni graduate (Walter also graduated and moved back home).  See you next time with her update! 

Thanks for reading,

Carissa

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22 - 1003 Centowski Street

 TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22 

1003 Centowski Street

  

     It's springtime with Xander, Cassie, and Treva!  They also have my favorite schnoodle, Teeny!  Allow me to re-introduce the family...

Xander Centowski
Romance - Taurus - Gamer geek
10-9-5-10-1

Cassie (Green) Centowski
Pleasure - Sagittarius - Nature nut
2-7-8-8-7

Treva Centowski
Knowledge - Taurus - Gamer geek
8-7-8-10-1

Teeny

     So just looking ahead through their upcoming week, I see Treva is also set to grow up and due to head to uni.  And I need to have them adopt one of Xander's 4-legged nephews also (one of the dalmation puppies).  I kinda forgot about that on their winter week.  Poor pups have been sitting in the adoption pool all this time!   Oops!  Anyway, let me distract you now with a pic of their house floorplan.  

     They just have the one level for now.  I'm hoping next week to upgrade their kitchen.  Xander and Cassie are both Celebrity Chefs so their kitchen is an embarassment!  Then when Treva comes home from uni, hopefully we'll be ready to look into expanding to a 2nd floor.  This week... I need to update the front of their house.  They have a fair amount of money saved up but I don't like to take them down to bare bones.  

     Luckily, Teeny was on board as a team player to help bring in that cash!!

     On Tuesday, Xander's oldest brother Xane and his wife Deb were visiting along with their twins from uni.  I swear... I can't keep them off each other.  

     And what's a week without Cassie being chased by bees?  Why does this happen so often to her?

     Then Friday arrives.  This is the day we send Treva off to uni.  I'm so sad and so excited for her!  

     I think she looks happy thought, so we'll wish her the best!  Can't wait for her to come back home!  (Bathroom selfies are always the worst.  Don't judge her on this picture please)

     Once again, Teeny came to the rescue on Friday.  No more being sad over Treva going off to uni!  Teeny reached the top of her pet career!  

     And now she's going to retire and live the rest of her life like a normal dog.  Congrats, Teeny!

     So on Saturday, Treva and her cousins came back home to visit.  That's right, all four of the Centowski generation 4 kids are in college together!!  It's the junior/senior semester for Xavian and Xayden.  Uri and Treva are both just starting off together.  

     On Saturday, to fill the house back up a bit, Cassie called in to adopt one of Luna's puppies.  We decided on another girl and Laurel is here!

     I always wonder after a while, "Why do I let my Sims have so many puppies?"  Then a dog has more puppies or we adopt and I remember.  It's because they are SO ADORABLE!  

     Laurel definitely lives a life in motion.  She was off and running from the start!

     Teeny has no problems with the new arrival!  I'm so relieved!  They've been nuzzling while Xander and Cassie slept.  My heart is not prepared for this!

     Laurel was almost full grown though, so on Sunday she grew up to an adult dog.  They really just aren't puppies long enough.  

     And that wraps up our week with Xander and Cassie Centowski!  It seemed like a nice, easy-going week but I skipped taking pictures of Cassie struggling to keep up with the garden work.  

     But, you'll notice in our parting shot below that I did get the front of the house updated!  Hooray!

Thanks for reading!

Carissa

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22 - 1002 Centowski Street

 TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22

1002 Centowski Street

     It's a sunny spring week with the next Centowski household;  Xavier, Lindsay, and Uri along with their pups Luna, Louie, and Lotus.  Let's do a meet and greet then we'll take a peek at their house.  

Xavier Centowski
Fortune - Sagittarius - Nature nut
2-3-10-10-9

Lindsay (Mizry) Centowski
Fortune - Aquarius - Nature nut
3-6-3-7-5

Uri Centowski
Family - Libra - Nature nut
2-6-2-10-9

Luna

Louie

     Missed a pic of Lotus, oops!  Cruella doesn't live in the 'hood so everything's fine here.  Let's go ahead and take a look at their house layout.  

     The main level opens up into a living room of sorts.  There's a den to the front of the house, kitchen to the back left.  There's also the nursery and master bedroom.  Also a small mud room there at the back door.  

     Then follow the stairs up and we have lots of empty potential!!  Uri occupies the 2nd master bedroom set up in the back corner.  There's a loft there behind the stairs with some of their skilling items.  A large bathroom.  And all that unused empty space.  But if I've learned anything in the decade-plus that I've been simming; another generation or two and this house will be filled up!

     So onto the weekly adventures of the Centowski nature nuts.  After not having any nature-loving sims for the first 3 generations, generation 4 really rained them down on me.  It's springtime though, which means all the remaining teenagers have other things on their want panels than their hobbies.  

     Kissing.  

     Uri set his eyes on Silver Mellon and I knew it was a good match, at least for the teenage years.  She's a cute tomboy from Legacyville which I think pairs nicely with the outdoors-loving Uri.  He agreed.  And so we popped that First Kiss want.  

     Meanwhile.... back on the ranch.  Or should I say, the backyard...  Xavier and Lindsay were doing a lot of hoeing.  

     Lindsay and Xavier are really hard to separate.  They were also a good match.  They follow each other around their home lot but at unlike some other couples, these two will at least socialize outside of their bubble.  Sometimes....

     And sometimes they can't even shower or poop all on their own.  They do have jobs so there's some downtime for each of them away from each other as the jobs overlap but Xavier has some time to himself in the morning (when he COULD be pooping) and Lindsay gets some solo time in the evening.  Xavier is our resident Space Pirate and Lindsay is the LAW.  

     And listen.  These nature sims.  Finally cleared that First Kiss want for Uri then ALL HE WANTS TO DO is catch fireflies or butterflies.  Of which we had ZERO for days.  Finally... they show up.  I sent Uri out there SO fast....

     See, Uri needed to roll up as many wants as possible because it's college time!  That's right, we have another teen headed off to uni!

     It's crazy how quickly they all suddenly grow up!  Uri turned into quite the handsome young adult.  He's a sweetheart, too.  So quiet and easy-going.  Ya'll ladies will be lucky to catch his eye! 

     When Saturday rolled around, Uri came back for a visit and we had a cousin party.  Treva is a bit lost without her best bud.  I'm pretty sure she is going off to college this week also though!

     Sundays is always family day!  I was delighted to snag a picture of the Gen 3 Centowski ladies!  Deb, Lindsay, and Cassie!  Twinkie power rules this male-dominated family line!

     We were pretty lucky to get Deb away from Xane because you know those couples i was talking about that can't separate.  It is so sweet though that they flirt with each other still.  

     Well, that's going to wrap up the Centowski nature nuts week!  Next up is Xavier's twin brother Xander!  

Thanks for reading!

Carissa