Week 6

Day 36 - Monday (Winter)

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It's a great way to start the week, but I swear Skylar if you don't send that blond home right this minute I'm gonna scream.


Did you absolutely have to grow-up right between the car and the stairs? So? Dish girl, what do you want to do with your life and what do you like to see in a guy or girl?
"Well, I'd like to do something about the fact that schooling is only available for children, and I like Formal Wear and Dark Hair, but no Glasses."
You are such a sweetheart. Education was one of the lifts that I wanted the three of you to take care of anyway, so it's awesome that it's your lifetime dream.


It's sad, but so far none of the girls have actually ever rolled up the want to learn to do their homework, or heaven forbid to actually do their homework.

Uh oh, somebody's been eating a little too well I see.

Day 37 - Tuesday (Winter)

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"I wanna be cwean!"

"She's so lucky that she still gets A+'s. I'll make sure that another Knowledge sim ever has to suffer this deprivation again!"

Once again my sims have managed to defy the laws of physics, but at least it looks cool!

"Thanks for taking Kobe Dude. She's getting on in years and I don't think my little girls could take having to watch her pass on."

"I gwow up now?"

Yeah, sorry dumpling, but I just can't bear to watch you screaming all the time about being dirty. Besides, now you'll be able to get rid of the inevitable "Make a Friend" want that you'll be sure to roll up.

"Yay! I have pigtails just like Bella!"
Oh no...

Hey! I like your outfit, it actually doesn't make my eyes hurt!

"So, do you want to be Best Friends, 'cause if you do you have to stop talking about my sister all the time."


Day 38 - Wednesday (Winter)

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"Take that evil zombie!"

"Moonshine! You came back!"
Cool, one more pet restriction to lift and Moonshine's the cat to do it. Just 'cause I love his name!

"Take that! And that! And that!"
Moonshine! The girls work really hard on those snowmen!

Good boy Skylar!
"Dude! So not a dog Dude!"

Fine, whatever, now go freshen up in the bathroom and then find somewhere to meditate till the next time you go to work.

"Ow! I don't remember this being so painful last time!"

Love the outerwear Angelica!

There are only four bed slots in this house and five sims. It hasn't been a problem so far because Belladonna just stays up all night studying and sleeps all morning. It makes it much easier for me to cancel her 'Go To School'.


Day 39 - Thursday (Winter)

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Angelica uses the quiet nights to train Moonshine. She's done most of the pet training at night. There are fewer distractions then.


So many people have 'adopted' Moonshine that I forgot that I should introduce him. Let's rectify that. He's an Aquarius, very friendly and cowardly and not too bright. He already new how to Use the Toilet when he moved in, so that's a plus.

Kobe, stop terrifying the bird or you won't be allowed to visit anymore.

Honestly Bella, how can you spend so much time with that jump rope and still be overweight?
"I like Mom's cakes."
Well, I guess that would explain it.

Congrats Moonshine!

Day 40 - Friday (Winter)

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"Look! I got thin!"

What are you doing?
"Celebrating with pie!"
But pie's fattening too!
"No way, it's full of fruit and everybody knows fruit is healthy."
Yeah, the fruit part is healthy, the sugar part isn't.

I told you that pie would head straight for your hips!
"So what, that pie was so yummy!"

SKYLAR!!! BLONDE. GONE. NOW!!!

Oops! Did I forget to mention the mutant bees Bay? Watch out for those.

"How could you not warn Bay about the mutant bees Beryl? You've been bug hunting enough times to know how painful those stings can be!"

"I forgot."
"How could you forget something like that?"
"I just did."

Day 41 - Saturday (Winter)

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Getting there Dude! Keep up the good work.

I swear this is the preferred grow-up spot for this household. She chose Family (wants to reach her Golden Anniversery) and she likes custom hair and great cooks, but doesn't like artistic types.


Conveniently enough, Orlando chose that moment to walk by the house. No, I'm not breaking the rules. The reason Orlando is blue is that she kept him outside until they were friends. Love her everyday!


Keep up the good work Moonshine, not that it'll do us much good until Athletic is lifted, but still good boy!


Bella, you need to slow down girl, I'm running out of things for you to learn before you become an adult. Too bad you can't write a novel as a teen.


Day 42 - Sunday (Winter)

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Darnit! The bloody bird is glitched. Let's hope that 'freeing' it will get rid of it. Nope, can't free it if it's not in the cage. Delete the cage? Nope bird is still there even after exiting to the neighborhood. In the end I got a new cage, put it where the old one was (that was the plan all along anyway so as not to break the rules) and opened the door. I doubt this'll work though because the new cage has the option of stocking it. Now I'm just kinda hoping the stupid bird will die. I noticed a few sim hours later that the bird finally got sick of all this and flew down the stairs and presumably ran away from home. Yes! I wish you could lock the cage so nobody could let the darn thing out. Even my own sims do it if I don't watch them carefully, so short of locking it in a room that no one has access to, it's a no go.

"Hah! Fooled you didn't I Moonshine? Now you try it."

"Ugh! I don't know why Bella thinks this is so much fun."

"I'm still a better skipper than you Beryl!"
"Yeah, but at least my butt isn't the size of Idaho!"
Guys, cut it out, I listen to children bicker all day in my own house, I don't need you guys to do it too.

"Hey guys! Can I skip too?"
"Sure can Bay! You've gotta be better than Beryl!"
Hey! I said play nice!
"I am playing nice. I'm playing nice with Bay."
Argh! I can't even win an arguement with a collection of pixels.

"Way to go Little Dudes! Get your bodies fit and trim so we can hit the waves!"

Err, Skylar, even if you could manage to get to a beach, I'm afraid that EA didn't give you that option despite the numerous surfboard items that came with Teen Style.

"Dude, don't harsh my mellow."

Err, sorry. What I meant to say is that I'm so happy that your dream came true that I'm not even going to yell about that blond being in the car again.

"Thanks Dude!"

Aww man. Now I feel sorry for all those times I yelled at you. We now have a female canditate for lifting Athletic. Other than her small mouth and odd cheekbones she's not bad looking either.
Sorry Skylar, I didn't realise you were trying to help the family by bringing her home.

"It's cool Dude. But ya gotta trust me, 'k?"
I'm not making any promises, but I'll try.

You wouldn't be smiling if you knew what was on her mind Orlando.

Ouch. Denied.

Woohoo! Loving Granted!

Aww, you guys are so cute. Seriously, as soon as I ignore them, they're all over each other. Now say Goodnight guys.

"Good Night Guys!"
"Good Night Dudes!"
Good enough.

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Week 5

Day 29 - Monday (Winter)

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"Jumping rope is the bestest thing ever!"
This is what it must have looked like when kids played with things other than video games.

You'd think Sheba would take a hint, but she's almost as stalkerish as she was before the family adopted her.


That's why you're my favorite Kobe! Since you're so little trouble I think I'll even let the family keep you, especially since you're easy aspiration points for kids and bored adults.
Kobe has solved the problem of elder senility by leading pets in pet therapy techniques!


Skylar, new friends are all very fine and well, but how about moving your tush up the promotion ladder? I know you weren't platinum when you left, but you were gold. At this rate you'll be an elder before you're perma-plat.

"Time to do your homework Bella."
"Aww, Mom, can't I play with Beryl some more?"

"C'mon Kobe, sit up! Then we can have tea parties and you can be the Chesire Cat and I can be Alice!"
"Save me, please!"

Day 30 - Tuesday (Winter)

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Looks like just a normal day in an apocalyptic family headed by two Knowledge sims. Stinky garbage everywhere and all the parents care about is whether the kids are getting good grades or not.

"Hah hah hah, that snowball can't hurt me!"
"It's not the snowball that'll hurt, it's what's inside the snowball Blue!"

The problem with a Tuesday birthday without cake is that everyone's too busy to pay attention to the birthday girl and her sparklies.


Poor Beryl, she got one of the halloween hairs. Oh well. She's not a clone, but she has a horrible personality for an apocalypse. She's a Sagittarius: 2-Sloppy, 3-Shy, 7-Active, 10-Playful, 4-Nice. Arghh! Oh well, Happy Birthday Beryl!


It doesn't take Angelica long to rebuild her relationships, but then Skylar has to spend the rest of the night trying to make friends with them all. Meanwhile, his aspiration keeps getting lower and lower. At least he doesn't work tomorrow.


Day 31 - Wednesday (Winter)

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"Tickle Monster Mommy!!!"

"It's a good thing the government banned music, it distracts sims from their studies."

Umm, are you sure you haven't gone into aspirational failure while I wasn't looking? You're talking crazy talk, and you're not even talking like a surfer. You must not be feeling well.
Poor Skylar hasn't been platinum in a very long time, he's constantly chained to this mirror, but he never seems to go above gold.


The next team up in Synchronized Pottying, Angelica LaFeuille & her daughter Beryl. The crowds really liking what they see with this team Jim, but they're going to lose points with the judges for that newspaper.


The next event is Synchronized Daytime Napping, and this time the teams going to get full points from the judges, look at those synchronized Zs!

"Mommy tickle?"
I think Mommy's busy right now sweetheart, maybe in a minute.

"I sure hope that Bay is neater than her sisters."

Me too, if she is she's the heir. If not, whoever has the best aspiration/lifetime want will be, or maybe whoever's prettier, although at the moment they're all cute.

"Woohoo! Another little sister! No stinking boys in the house!"

There goes my relatively easy military lift. I guess I'll have to rethink my strategy for generation 2 because Angelica is done have babies.


Day 32 - Thursday (Winter)

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"She's in my bed."

Yup, there'll probably be someone in your bed for the next three days. Why don't you go sleep on the blue bed upstairs? There's a reason you haven't been getting praised for sleeping in your cat bed.


So useful when your friends put in a good word for you at work! See, befriending Angelica's friends is useful.

"Say Peace."

"WRACK! Save the Earth. WRACK!"

I finally took pity on Skylar and let the family get a Parrot. Can you tell that Bella chose the bird? She even named it Rainbow.


I think we've lost Angelica though. I don't think she even remembers anymore that she's a Knowledge sim. She spends most of her day in this one room. The only time she goes downstairs is to shower or get a bottle for Beryl or Bay.


Day 33 - Friday (Winter)

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At least Belladonna understands that the snowmen should be facing the road if they're supposed to protect the family. Honestly though, these snowmen are too nice to be a good first line of defense.

"Dude, I finally got my groove back!"

Gnarly Dude! Umm, Skylar? Is Rosemarie the only other person on the team?
No, she just likes me better than the other guys do. Probably because I call her Dude instead of Sweet Thing.

"Sigh, if the only way I can be clean is to leave my toddler years behind early, then so be it."
Are you sure you're a toddler? You don't sound like one.
"My esteemed mother figure taught me how to speak quite well thank you."

"I have chosen to honor my elder female sibling by choosing clothing that is as multi-hued as her own."

I really hope you grow out of this phase because it's so unoriginal, almost everyone's done it, but I'm glad you ditched the zombie hair-do.

No! Absolutely not, no more babies! I think you've cheated death long enough Angelica.

"Yay! I finally have a sister my own age to play with!"

Believe it or not, this was their idea, if I'd staged it I wouldn't have had to move a chair to get a picture.

Day 34 - Saturday (Winter)

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"I'm faster than you Bella!"

Hah! I knew you were kidding about all that super-brain kid stuff. Thank whatever deities you choose worship.

"You may be faster Beryl, but I'm a better skipper!"
"Bye Daddy!!"
Age old tactic, if you don't have a good retort, change the topic.

The whole family is outside today enjoying the rare good weather. Well except for Bay because she doesn't have a jacket and Skylar since he's at work. It was almost like before the apocalypse!

"Hee hee! I'm super sim baby! I actually toddlerize at 6 pm without a cake!"

Hello Bay!! Too bad they're all their father's daughters. Yup, you guessed it, she's as much of a pig as her sisters and father. (Gemini 2,3,7,7,9) Nicest sim yet though.

Okay Angelica, this is the last one to train. Do a good job.

"Dude! I totally taught her to walk!"

Skylar has a right to be excited about this because he's never gotten to teach any of his daughter's anything except how to be a slob.


Day 35 - Sunday (Winter)

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Beryl, don't you know that sim children in my towns aren't allowed to have fun, they're supposed to be learning.

"I'm learning how to talk to animals."
Uh huh.

Now that's more like it.

Enough with the blond Skylar, doesn't she have a home of her own?

Ooh look a Virgo! I think we have a potential spouse, if one of the girls likes him. He's a business executive, but we'll just have him switch career tracks. Even better, I think he's a Knowledge sim.

"Mr. Wabbit says bye-bye friends!"