TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 24
Archer House
It's fall, ya'll!!! Week 24 is here and it's going to be a busy one. There's weddings, birthdays, hopefully babies arriving, and still more graduations to come. So let's buckle up and get this show on the road.
Our first stop is at our core Legacy house. Home to 3rd generation Zack and his wife Toots (Savoy), his newlywed G4 son Zavoy and wife Laken (Dallas), and 4 schnoodles, Amos, Amma, Acapella, and Pixel.
Zack Archer
Romance - Sagittarius - Arts & Crafts
3-4-10-8-10
Toots (Savoy) Archer
Popularity - Libra - Music & Dance
3-8-2-5-7
Zavoy Archer
Romance - Gemini - Fitness
3-10-10-1-3
Laken (Dallas) Archer
Romance - Scorpio - Science nerd
9-6-5-4-3
Amma
Acapella
Pixel
Of the four dogs, Toots is the owner of Amos and Acapella (she inherited Amos after Zachariah and Antoinette died), Zack owns Amma, and Pixel is Zavoy's pup. I know 'owns' is not the PC term but that's how the game defines it. That's also how I divy up dog chores like bathing and walking.
Zack and Toots don't have standard jobs. Zack is an artist and is often seen painting. Toots owns the Legacy bar but due to our in-game pandemic, she didn't open it up this week. Zavoy wants to be a professional whoo-hoo'er but that's not happening. He doesn't really NEED a job as they have $200k sitting in their bank account. Laken though wants to be a Rock God so she's getting started in the Music career track. She's off to a good start!
Promotions are the only good way to spend a Monday at work! Way to go, Laken!
She's also getting very chummy with her sister-in-law, Zakki. Both like the color pink and they are so matchy that it's amusing to me.
Zakki has a strong resemblance to her grandmother Antoinette. Who I was hoping I wouldn't have to introduce to everyone again, but here she is anyway....
Yay... so glad you could join us... thanks for introducing yourself to Zinc 2.0. Not sure if this was stated previously, but the original Zinc was not the most helpful bot. Thus.... Zinc 2.0. This robot is a little better at cleaning, repairing, yardwork... but he's not the best on social skills. More on that to come.
I sent Zavoy and Laken upstairs for some "quiet time". Oddly, they weren't quiet at all. There were fireworks, for Pete's sake.
Then there was music and while you'd expect something like Barry Manilow, no. It was a lullaby. Just the strangest thing.. Whatever floats their boat though, right?
Downstairs, no one was having much fun. Zakki and Isaac were still visiting and Antoinette has picked a new victim.
You should just leave now, Isaac. Just run. Nothing good will come of this. Why does this remind me of a scene from Ghostbusters? When there's something bad in your refrigerator ... who you gonna call?
Did I, or did I not tell him he should run? Instead he's singing songs about refrigerators and phone calls. Antoinette didn't like that. FEAR HER, ISAAC! SHE CAN NOT BE APPEASED!
Then, outside on the deck, Wright only knows what happened. There's nothing in their memories to explain this.
At least they didn't break up, a few hugs and a kiss later and things were right as rain again. Guys, let's just call it a day and hope Tuesday is kinder to us.
Indeed, Tuesday was looking up! Laken got another promotion and then another surprise!
That hair though... Yowzers. While we get her fixed up, keep an eye on our sentry bot please. It's locked on a new target. Honestly, there's so much going on here.
I'm so sorry, but excuse me?? Did you say ZAKKI was stealing our newspaper? ZAKKI that grew up here in this very house and can come by and borrow the paper whenever she wants? Well. I just can't even.
Oh good, and Zachariah is on the loose now, too.
Let's just move on to Wednesday. It's bright and early. 6:30. The paper isn't even here yet. But something is advancing a bit quickly...
Okay, so we got pregnant Monday night.... Overnight I installed a new mod for extended family to recognize each other.... 3pm Tuesday, Laken gets her first bump.... 6:30am Wednesday she gets her 2nd bump.... I shrugged off the first bump because of the mod and the Sims all did the reset where I load up and they are standing beside their beds. But this is again 15 hours between first bump and second.... I reread the mod, there's nothing about speeding up pregnancy!
I'll roll along with it for now but I want my suspicious noted for the record. And add Yvonne to the suspicious list. Why is she stealing our paper!? She has her own paper at home! Why walk all the way over here ....
I always said something wasn't right with her, ever since she looked like a little baby demon. She's grown on me as she's also grown into her looks but I'll be keeping an eye on this one again!
Laken is a very easy pregnant Sim, it makes it easier for me to monitor the troublemakers outside. Just let her sleep a lot and she stays green and happy.
But then, 10:30pm on Wednesday..... ITS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!
GENERATION 5 IS ARRIVING!!!
Toots! Help! It's been a while since a baby was born! I'm not sure I can assist Laken all by myself! And Zack is no help at all!
10:32 on Wednesday night is also where I realized Toots is loosing her hearing. "What, did you say something to m... OH MY WRIGHT, SHE'S HAVING A BABY!"
I want you to just imagine a moment, my face as Toots realizes someone's giving birth right behind her. Imagine my sigh.
IMAGINE NOW THE EXCITEMENT AS BABY ARCHER IS HERE!!!
Should I call one of the doctors, Fletcher or Yardley, to come help Toots? Laken and baby seem fine but now Toots is making me worried. She's going to have heart failure or something. Breathe! Breathe!
Ya'll, in a house full of Romance sims, this is a beautiful sight. Our first generation 5 baby is wanted and going to be so well loved!
Her name is Zaryn.
Toots recovered well, by the way. She's got the cuddling part down pat.
Within the first 24 hours though, I realized something different about baby Zaryn. She hardly sleeps! She's awake, all the time! I'm trying to keep someone up with her but usually when you put them back down in the crib after some cuddles and playtime and a bottle, they doze right off. Not Zaryn. She's awake.
At least she has Laken's pretty eyes! Stay awake all you want, baby girl. Those eyes make me so happy. But, in the back of my mind, I wonder how the toddler years are going to go if the kid still hardly ever sleeps.
Out in the yard, I notice all of the dogs congregating around our mailman. Unlike most of the other dogs, they all get their pets and then try to follow him down the sidewalk! We do have some good well-behaved schnoodles here.
Later though.... Antoinette is back. She's really happy her bed is still here though, so maybe she'll behave tonight.
Outside, I thought everyone was safe but then here's Zakki thinking about her brother and stacks of money..... She better not be thinking about life insurance or kidnapping our Zaryn!
I better check on that kid.
Egads! Is her husband in on it? I like Isaac! He gets along great with his mother-in-law, our matron Toots. Both like music & dance and get along great. He adores his wife. He's chummy with his brother-in-law Zavoy and cousin Walter. But if he takes one move outdoors with that baby.....
Okay, maybe I need to calm down. He's just feeding his niece. Everything's okay. Uncle Isaac, what a great new title for him. Ironically, Isaac was not one of my favorites back in the old Legacyville neighborhood. Just goes to show me what the right relationship will do for a Sim.
But Isaac and Toots have played that piano until it broke. Not to mention Laken who has been working on her creativity for her Music career. Zinc 2.0 tried to fix it but failed. Just walked away. Zavoy stepped up, and successfully! He's turning into an A+ Sim too. He's super quick to go pick up the baby and take care of her.
Antoinette meanwhile is wreaking havoc on the household while my back is turned...
That is your SON, Antoinette! Maybe she misses him? And wants him to join her in the afterlife? Excuse me, ma'am, but you can't have him yet. He's BUSY.
He's got a grandkid now to tuck in and spoil. Zack was the first one to autonomously attend to the new baby. At least one of them can get this kid to go to sleep! And when he's not attending to his first grandchild he's making sure Toots is feeling loved and adored.
They are both proving to be great grandparents. I really couldn't be more delighted with this household and their utter devotion to the new addition.
I even suspect that Zaryn might be Zack's new muse. He's getting all kinds of creative ideas for his next project, I'm sure.
Recently, he just finished up Laken's portrait to be framed alongside Zavoy's.
The next day brought more and more newspaper thieves. Do you know how far on the outskirts of the town this is? They are at a dead-end street. Why come all the way here for a newspaper? Sheesh.
Isaac! YOU BETTER HAVE BEEN COMING FOR THE NEWSPAPER AND NOT TO STEAL OUR BABY! Hopefully, Zaryn is giving you and Zakki baby fever in your house so she can have a cousin to play with.
That evening... the ghosts got a little out of control. Zane has now come out to play as well. At least Laken was smart enough to put the baby back in the crib before freaking out.
Well, the first time she did. The 2nd time, the baby ended up on the FLOOR. ZANE! THAT IS ENOUGH. E-N-O-U-G-H!
Zachariah, not you too! That's your own grandson!
If you, like the Archers, struggle with ghosts then here's a bit of advice I learned not long ago. If you have multiple guests over, tell them goodbye to everyone. The ghosts will go back to their holes as well as the guests leaving. It's a lifesaver. Seriously.
The next day, I took additional measures. The game was kind enough to bring on a cold fall rain to set the right tone.
Yes, mourn them Zack! Mourn them real good! Did you know you can even have the dogs mourn the graves as well! This seemed to help a bit.
We need it a little more calm around here because it's party time!
I'm so happy that the Archer descendants are clear of the germs going around Legacy Cove and we had them all over for the birthday celebration!
We have a toddler! They grow up so quickly! A toddler that had a bursting bladder! Toots was quick on the draw.
Look at that face again.
"I'm not the diaper-changing kind of grandma." I don't blame you, Toots. And looking back, only Laken and Zavoy changed the diapers through infancy. You're slick, Toots.
Zavoy, Zack, and Toots all spun up wants immediately to teach Zaryn new skills. Have I mentioned this is a household of Romancers and a Pop sim? I'm so thrilled with how they've stepped up to being parents and grandparents! Zavoy was quick to start teaching Zaryn how to walk.
We might have to break up this party early though because the uninvited guests are crashing in. They better steer clear of our baby.
Baby Zaryn is a gemini like her father and somehow already flagged for the Fitness hobby. But while her dad is very serious, Zaryn is a lot playful. She's 4 messy, 10 outgoing, 10 active, 8 playful, and 3 grouchy. I'm pretty sure there's no rugs in the house, but I should probably double check and remove any.
Unfortunately, I never realized that Fletcher was so high in the outgoing points. Excuse me a minute, I need to find Zoey and have her collect her husband.
Hopefully he doesn't teach Zaryn any new ideas about that. But I have a feeling that university and the hot tub is going to be just wild with this lil gal.
It's just a whole evening of "we can't have anything nice" because remember the bridge I said we'd cross when we got to it? Zinc 2.0 and his lack of social niceties? Well, well, well, if we haven't reached that bridge.
I expected more from Isaac. Poor Amma is too old to be trying to get involved in the fight. I didn't see who won, if the boys want to fight outside then who am I to stop it. They were done and had moved on by the time Laken came home from work though!
A Sunday night promotion is better than the Monday promotion! Start that next week of work on the right foot higher on the ladder! Great job, Laken!
Did you guys notice anyone missing? A certain Sim that is famous for her graveyards and yard littered with tombstones?
With Antoinette, Zachariah, and Zane... I kept telling myself, "At least it's not Amaris." She couldn't stay away though. She's heeeeeeerreeeeeee....
I've never seen a ghost scare a toddler but I have a feeling that if it's possible, Amaris will find the way. So I guess now is a great time to say goodbye to everyone, send the dueling robot, Isaac, and the ghosts all back to where they came from and let this family try to get some sleep. Try. Because there's a toddler on the loose now.
