Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time Carter basically just worked on his aspiration and wanted to marry Sasha.
We come back to Carter talking to a client for his freelancing job.
Sasha has moved in and is making herself some breakfast.
Avery is listening to some music while Conner plays some chess.
Carter gets started on his candle making (which he does a lot of this update).
Conner and Avery being the Active sims that they are go for a quick jog to keep them happy.
Sasha is working on her own aspiration and is writing some jokes. Carter is doing some fabrication to get his skill up.
Cain (who has moved out and is still super unlucky in the love department) stopped by and Carter decided to give him a key to the house! Cain: “I can’t wait to mooch food off of you all the time.”
Sasha took some time from writing jokes to troll on the forums, as a Goofball she loves doing stuff like this.
Brendan called Sasha and it looks like he might be engaged next time I stop by his household! Sasha told him he should decide for himself, so we’ll see what happens.
Um, Sasha is a comedian, she doesn’t have gigs! I think my game is a little confused.
It’s not long before Cain stops by again and starts talking Sasha’s ear off. Sasha: “I’m glad I’m not marrying him.”
Ella stopped by too and Conner also gave her a key! Ella’s life is a bit messy right now with her divorce, loosing custody of her kids (Kaito has both girls), and moving in with Finn with Jason not liking her.
Avery woke up in the morning and wasn’t feeling well. She took some medicine.
Then her and Conner took a visit the grandchildren trip!
First up is Beth and Mao with little Hazel and Mia.
They both have fun playing with the girls.
Then Conner makes some lunch of grilled cheese for the busy family.
While Avery does some cleaning.
I think Beth and Mao appreciate the help.
The girls certainly enjoyed the food. (Mia stripped herself of her clothes at some point.)
Next up is Moonwood Mill!
Where they spend some time with Carina!
Kristopher supervises their interactions with Carina.
Charlene is still very pregnant.
Conner and Avery make sure to tell her that even though this child isn’t related to them, they would be happy to act as their grandparents.
I don’t think Kristopher likes that idea though, he spends the entire visit frowning at Conner and Avery. I don’t think he likes them very much.
The last stop is Ben and Celene!
Like Charlene, Celene is very pregnant, but Conner and Avery are excited for more grandchildren!
They don’t visit Ella’s girls as Kaito has custody of Edith and Emma, and doesn’t want anything to do with Ella’s family.
Sasha managed to get a promotion and got to go into the comedian branch! Now she just has to perform 3 routines for her aspiration.
Looks like Conner’s old age is getting to him, and he’s developed a fear of death!
I buy a microphone and Sasha starts performing her routines.
I guess one of them doesn’t go too well cause she develops a fear of failure! This is the first time I’ve had anyone get this fear.
One more routine…
And Sasha completed her aspiration! I gave her the soulmate aspiration next.
Carter is still doing some fabricating and doing some freelance jobs.
Sasha on the otherhand is not impressed.
Risky woohoo has struck and she’s expecting a baby!
Sasha really was hoping not to be pregnant for her wedding, which is today!
I gave these guys some wedding makeovers and I think they all look really nice!
Avery is happy to see all of her children in one place.
Ben is quick to find the bar and get a drink.
Max arrives in a puff of smoke as a bat.
At least Sasha can feel better about not being the only pregnant person at this wedding.
I think this is the first time Finn and Grant have had a conversation since Finn moved out. These two ended up being more alike than I thought they would be (I mean they’ve both killed spouses).
And it’s wedding time!
Most of the guests manage to find their seats (though Cain does stand the entire ceremony).
The two of them are now married! Carter ended up taking Sasha’s last name, so they’re both Clifton’s now.
Conner made them a little wedding cake.
Which Sasha digs into.
And autonomously shares with Carter! I didn’t even know this was a thing without Wedding Stories (which I don’t have). They also picked the absolute worst place to do it (hence, the walls being down).
The newlyweds then go on a honeymoon to Henford-On-Bagley!
The quickly make use of the bed (it’s not like Sasha can get anymore pregnant).
In the morning Carter attempts to make breakfast.
It may not have gone so well, but I think Sasha appreciates his efforts.
They see some wild foxes running around.
Before heading for the local park!
Carter digs around the snail statue for a bit.
While Sasha takes a selfie with it!
Carter tries out some fishing.
While Sasha does some exploring! She visits the ruins.
Talks to some birds.
And even meets the Creature Keeper!
They eat dinner in the park.
Before going on an evening swim!
Sasha spends a lot of it floating around.
So far these two are having a good time on their honeymoon!
Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time with Beth, her and Mao got married and had 2 daughters Hazel and Mia.
Between last time and now, Beth and Mao have moved out and no longer live with Ben and Celene, the two of them now live in a pre-built house in Brindleton Bay. They also adopted a puppy Maya from Megan. I’m only realizing now that there is a Maya and a Mia in this household…
Anyways, here’s the house!
The main floor with the girl’s bedroom.
And the top floor.
Mia and Hazel are quick to explore their new surroundings.
This guy shows up as the sole member of the welcome wagon. Beth invites him in.
While Mao keeps him entertained.
Beth has still got skills to work on for her aspiration.
But soon infant care takes a priority.
Mao is still working on writing her books, she’s got several children’s books, but she’s slowly moving onto other genres.
COME ON! The girls just got put down for a nap and Maya walks in and wakes them up. I ended up locking Maya out of their room.
Hazel in particular seems to like Maya a lot, she’s always trying to say hi to her.
Aw, it looks like Mia had a blowout.
Mao gives her a bath once she wakes up.
Beth is outside and a ghost comes by randomly???
Soon it’s birthday time for the girls!
Mia is now Wild, she also got Top-Notch Infant.
Hazel is now a Charmer and she also got Top-Notch Infant.
Mao starts on potty training.
While Beth converts the cribs into toddler beds.
Once she’s done Beth joins in on the potty training too.
After potty training, Beth has got a couple little shadows following her around.
These two cuties are enjoying the dinner Beth made for them.
Maya for some reason becomes obsessed with the toilet.
And then she ages up to look exactly like Snuggles.
Beth takes her for a jog…
And Maya gets sprayed by a skunk!
Cool! Mao’s book got nominated for an award… Too bad they won’t be able to go to the award ceremony, I’ll be with Ben on Sunday.
Beth is working on her guitar skill, so her little shadows are watching to get their Imagination up.
Mao takes breaks between her book writing to play with the girls.
THIS DOESN’T SOUND FAMILIAR AT ALL… For those that don’t know, this nightmare was a fairly common glitch in Sims 3.
Beth is working on her wellness skill, she has to get 8 skills to level 8.
Maya gets plenty of attention, but she’s glitched so she’s never happy. She just stands around and does nothing all the time.
Everyone’s pretty sad that Maya’s gone, so Beth is working extra hard to cheer the girls up.
But it doesn’t take long for Maya to return!
Mao makes sure to greet her.
And then give Maya a bath, which also caused a glitch because Maya was never getting clean. I ended up using MCCC to cheat her motives up.
It’s been a very rainy Spring in Brindleton Bay…
But now that it’s sunny, the girls can finally play outside! (Under Beth’s watchful eyes of course.)
It’s Love Day, so Beth and Mao send the girls to daycare while they go out on a date!
The two of them head out for dinner at Chez Llama for dinner.
And it looks like they’re not the only couple there.
They order some wine and food.
This is their first real dinner without kids for awhile, I think they enjoyed it.
Up until the rampaging werewolf turned up.
And Mao got food poisoning. I didn’t even now this could happen!
On the plus side, leaving the lot seems to have fixed Maya’s glitch!
Maya will actually be happy about these jogs now.
It’s another sunny day, so the girls spend some more time outside!
They both manage to max all of their skills with 2 days of toddlerhood to spare!
These kids are so cute!
Mia even tries to mimic Maya and looks all sad when Maya just looks at her.
The family then takes a trip to the beach for the day.
The girls have fun splashing around.
Beth goes swimming around.
While Mao tans and keeps and eye on the girls.
There was also a celebrity at the beach which lead to a lot of people freaking out and fainting.
The celebrity did say hi to Maya at some point though.
After her swim, Beth helps the girls build some sand castles.
Mao got a tan from all her laying in the sun.
They come home to a broken toilet which Maya gets herself dirty playing in the water… I guess she’s going to need a bath now.
Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time with Beth and Ben, Ben made some enemies, visited Moonwood Mill where he met his current fiancé Celene Lopez, Beth spent a lot of time working and skilling, but she met her girlfriend Mao Hara, both Celene and Mao moved in, and upon discovering that Mao was already an adult, Beth and Mao both ended up pregnant!
I bought Ben some snow boarding and rock climbing skill books, so he doesn’t have to go up the mountain everytime he wants to increase his skill… I HATE SKILL BOOKS IN THIS GAME! WHY IS THIS NEEDLESSLY COMPLICATED???
So… I set Ben up to read the skill book, after a random amount of time which seems to vary he will suddenly stop and put the book back on the shelf, so I have to get the book in order for him to continue reading it. It got to the point where I took away the bookshelf, but he still tries to put it back and ends up route failing cause there is no bookshelf!!! Sims reading skill books works soooooooooo much better in Sims 3 than Sims 4. In Sims 3 your sim just sits and reads the book and doesn’t stop until you tell them too! And then they just stick the book in their inventory!
Beth is on the last milestone of her aspiration, she just has to get 8 skills to level 8, so she’s working on her painting.
Mao is working on writing a book for her aspiration.
Beth ends up moving to chess/logic, while I continue to fight with Ben to read the DAMN SKILL BOOKS!
Beth rolled a whim to befriend Celene, so the two of them do some chatting.
Celene needs to throw a lot of parties for her aspiration, so she throws a regular house party!
Beth and Ben’s family are basically the only attendants.
Mao was unable to write due to a pregnancy mood swing, so she spent some time dancing… She was basically the only one to do so.
These two are currently engaged, so they’ll probably have a wedding later this rotation.
Ben decides to befriend Mao… I think he’s being nice cause he doesn’t want to piss off his sister, especially since she’s pregnant.
These two may both be pregnant, but they’re still only dating.
Look at those matching bellies!
I kind of want the babies to have the same last name, so… Mao proposes!
Then the two of them quickly elope beside the stairs.
The next morning Mao doesn’t make it to the toilet in time. Mao: “Damn it! The baby is sitting on my bladder!”
Ben rolls a want to flirt with Sarah.
At the same time he rolls a want to woohoo with Celene! Talk about mixed message. MAKE UP YOUR MIND BEN!!
One of Beth’s skills is cooking, she’s getting close to level 8 now. Beth: “HOW IS THE KNIFE STUCK IN A TOMATO?!”
Ben’s want to woohoo with Celene is easily satisfied.
And Celene throws another house party!
Once again, it’s just Beth and Ben’s family.
She gets the silver medal she needs and moves on.
Beth doesn’t actually need to work anymore, so she quit her job.
Seriously? You’re mopping now??? Celene: “The floor is wet!”
Celene: “And this sink is just filthy!” MAO AND BETH ARE WOOHOOING IN THE SHOWER!
Looks like it’s baby time!
Ben is the only other one awake, and he invited Sarah over to flirt with.
The want fulfilled, he rolled this one. I think it’s pretty clear he’s not actually interested in Sarah.
Meanwhile, Mao gives birth to a girl! Meet Hazel Riggins, she’s got Beth’s blue skin too!
Now it’s Beth’s turn to have her baby!
Another girl! Meet Mia Riggins, she ended up with Mao’s skin tone.
And both babies are crying at once. Beth: “Why did I think this was a good idea?”
They’ll only be babies for a day, so Beth works on adding some mobiles to the cribs for when the girls age up.
Now that she’s no longer pregnant Beth can get back into her yoga!
Um… SERGIO IS DEAD! HE IS BURIED IN YOUR BACKYARD GRANT!!!
These two are my first infants and I’m really excited!
Here’s Hazel, she’s got Beth’s eye and skin colour with Mao’s hair colour. She got the infant trait Sensitive.
Mia also has Beth eye colour and Mao’s hair colour, but she also has Mao’s skin tone too. Her infant trait is Sunny.
THEY’RE SO CUTE!
AND THEY CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER!! Well, not really talk, more like babble.
It took Mao a few tries to get the hang of dealing with the infants.
Beth put Mia in the high chair to try out some food. (As you can probably tell, I don’t have the Growing Together expansion pack.)
It looks like apple sauce is a hit!
Mao tackled Hazel and some Mashed Mango.
Which didn’t turn out so well.
Hazel proceeded to make a huge mess. Mao: “MY EYES!!”
Little Hazel got food all over her face.
It’s Winterfest and Ben decided to fight Father Winter for presents.
Which made Mia quite upset.
Cause she was sitting right there!
Mia liked applesauce so maybe Hazel will too?
Nope!
Beth: “That is so gross.”
Beth ended up trying out ice cream in desperation… At least we know Hazel is capable of liking stuff.
It’s power conservation day, so Hazel plays with the blocks in the dark.
She got sleepy though…
So Ben let her nap in his arms! Look at that face! Ben may be Mean, but he’s a big softy for his nieces! Ben: “I am nothing of the sort!” Are you going to put her in her crib anytime soon? Ben: “That’s not necessary.”
Celene then threw another party…
But nobody showed up.
Naps done, the girls try out some more food.
Mia likes pretty much everything that passes her mouth, Hazel on the other hand…
Seems to prefer making a mess.
Huh, I didn’t know this was even a thing.
Beth: “So you think you and Celene will have some kids of your own.” Ben: “Not for awhile at least, I think Hazel and Mia will keep all of us busy.”
They may not be his kids, but Ben has no problem helping out.
Even if he decides to fight piles of snow at random… *face palm* Ben: “It’s not like one of my enemies are around to punch!”
Everyone else is asleep, so Ben bottle feeds hungry little Mia.
Ben then takes the day to hit the slopes!
He needs to get injured for his aspiration, so he does some skiing cause he’s not as good at that.
It took all day, but it finally happened!
Back at home, the moms are busy attending to the infants…
Cause they were absolutely miserable!
Then Hazel got stuck on the landing and no one could grab her or get her down. I ended up having to switch households for a few moments before switching back.
Celene doesn’t help out as much as Ben does, but Beth and Mao need their sleep.
So she takes over feeding!
Wow, Mia actually dislikes something!
Another thing that Hazel actually likes!
Beth has now maxed the cooking skill!
Mia isn’t even tired, but seems to have decided to nap on the floor.
It’s the last day of this rotation, so Celene and Ben are throwing a wedding party!
Conner looks excited to have one of his kids have a proper wedding.
Looks like little Hazel needs a nap before the ceremony.
There may be snow on the ground, it’s actually a pretty nice day for a wedding.
And now they’re married!
A lot of the guests preferred to watch from the porch.
And of course Cain found the food.
Ben’s taking a risk feeding an infant dressed up in a suit…
But Mia liked it all! (This kid is pretty easy to please.)
Ben and Celene have a nice wedding night woohoo. (Don’t worry there’s no new babies on the way)
Last time all the kids had birthdays, Beth, Ben, Ella, and Eli all moved out, and Avery completed her aspiration! This means that this household is the smallest it’s been in a loooooong time.
I come back to find out that High School Years changed the lifespans for teens and adults. To keep things consistent I’m going to age everyone up when they should have before the lifespan changes. I’ll be using the new lifespans for everyone once all of the Gen 2 kids (Carter, Cain, Max, Megan, Sarah, Sasha, and Brendan) reach young adulthood .
Carter gets to work on recycling so he can get materials for the fabricator for his aspiration which is one of the Eco Lifestyle ones.
Conner just has to make a few more masterpieces before he’s done with his aspiration.
Cain needs to vote on a neighbourhood action plan for his aspiration, but in order to do that I have to get rid of one of them first, so Cain sets out to collect some signatures!
This is my first time experimenting with a lot of the Eco Lifestyle stuff.
Cain managed to get his first signature! Now he just needs 4 more…
Conner became a 1 star celebrity from selling paintings! I’m definitely going to have to experiment with this celebrity stuff at some point.
Conner also painted the last masterpiece he needs for his aspiration.
It’s Monday morning, and I’ll be following these 2 to class!
This is my first time playing with the High School Years stuff! It looks like Megan is one of their classmates today.
And so is Max!
They had to talk to the principle first (which took forever cause she was holed up in a room they couldn’t enter).
And then they got to go to their first class, Math!
First day of class and they have a fire drill!
I had no idea they did these in this game. Everyone exited the building calmly.
And then the firefighters showed up! Though one of them decided to shower in the rain… *face palm*
Everyone stood outside for awhile before going back to class.
The principle then came in in the middle of class and yelled at Sidney Price! I’m not sure what he did to get in trouble.
Carter wanted to invite Sasha over after school, and these were the interactions that showed up the first time I clicked on her! (You want to tell me something Carter?)
He then immediately enters a phase. He must be thinking that Sasha is into “bad boys” or something.
Carter spends the rest of the evening chatting with Sasha.
And Conner gets his first celebrity quirk!
In the morning Carter wakes up with acne!
This shirt was very popular at school for some reason.
Being the Glutton that he is, Cain really wanted to order pizza.
That evening Carter go invited to some teen hangout thing, but when he got caught leaving the house, the option sort of disappeared… Hmm… I’ll have to try again the next time I get one of these things.
Carter later invited Sasha over and…
Immediately got a crush on her!! I wonder how this new crush system works?
Not wanting to waste time, Carter and Sasha have their first kiss!
At school Cain is meeting some more of his classmates when…
He gets a crush too!
This is Charlie Millard, Cain’s crush!
Over lunch Carter starts to work on a Promposal sign for Sasha cause Prom is Saturday!
Cain meanwhile puts some effort into getting to know his crush.
Apparently cause he’s Proper, he can “Court” her!
Ella then called Cain about her boyfriend Kaito proposing! He told her to go for it.
Now Cain’s the one that has to work on his Promposal sign.
Carter invited Sasha over so he could ask her to prom!
She was very enthusiastic about it. These two are really sweet together!
Cain doesn’t want to be outdone by his brother, so he invites Charlie over!
They have their first kiss.
And Conner watches like a weirdo as Cain askes her to prom.
She agrees, but she’s not nearly as enthusiastic as Sasha was.
It’s Harvestfest which means going around trying to please the gnomes.
Carter gets into a fight with his fabricator and loses… I had no idea this could even happen!
And Carter then pisses off a gnome… It really isn’t his day.
Not that Conner had much luck in trying to appease said gnome.
Another fabricator mishap leaves Carter covered in dye!
Because it’s Harvestfest, they threw a dinner party and invited all their adult kids and spouses! Beth is still pregnant and is not looking impressed.
Eli and Ella showed up pretty close together (though their partners showed up later).
Seriously??? The game decided that now was a great time for power conservation day… I guess this party is going to happen in the dark with everyone eating salad.
Charlene is a Neat sim just like Avery, so she’s also cleaning random surfaces.
Mao: “Uh, you’ve got a little something there.” Carter: *sigh* “It’s best not to ask.”
Charlene is also pregnant, which means Conner and Avery have at least 3 grandchildren on the way!
Conner: “Blades of fury!!!” Beth: “I was hoping for something a little more interesting than salad.”
Kaito shows up to the party way after everyone else and reminds me that I haven’t given him a makeover yet.
Wait what?! Apparently sims can have multiple crushes at once.
Though it’s super awkward that Carter is crushing on his pregnant adult sister in-law… Charlene is looking real uncomfortable here. Charlene: “I’m just going to leave now…”
These two meanwhile get to show off their matching baby bumps.
And Avery decides to disinfect the table just as everyone sit downs.
Uhhh, WHAT DID KAITO DO????
Ella also seems upset with Ben for some reason (though that could just be because Ben is Mean).
And Celene is mad at Ella now??? WTF HAPPENED????
I was checking relationship panels to try and find out what happened, only to discover that Ella is a Daddy’s Girl apparently.
Eli is a Daddy’s Boy.
Meanwhile Beth and Ben just have Provided Happy Childhood (for both of their parents).
I ended up switching households to figure out what happened, and it looks like Kaito flirted with someone else at the party! (I’m guessing it was either Ben or Celene.) WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN EVERY TIME I THROW A DINNER PARTY????
It’s been awhile since these two have been able to have “fun” with each other. (Don’t worry there is no more kids coming from these two).
Conner now gets to become an elder!
Old man Conner! I decided to just leave his clothes as is.
Carter: “Why does this stuff always happen to me?” At least you’re no longer covered in dye? If I didn’t know better I would think Carter was Clumsy.
It’s Friday, which means exams for these two!
Both of them did pretty well, so I count that as a win!
Then it was time for Avery’s birthday.
She gets to join Conner in elderhood!
Cain’s last signature repeal thing failed, so now he’s off to try it again!
I’m determined to get the 5 signatures this time!
Seriously??? This is Cain’s 2nd crush!
The man is an adult too!
And finally Cain gets the last signature he needs.
Carter meanwhile risks using the fabricator before prom.
Prom time!
Carter immediately greets Sasha with a kiss. Complete with an unimpressed teacher in the background.
The two couples slow dance, and the boys vote for Prom Royalty and Jester.
Carter ends up being Jester while Charlie (Cain’s date) is Royalty!
Exciting stuff!
My first prom in this game is done!
When the boys get home it’s birthday time!
Cain is now a Party Animal which joins Glutton, Proper, and Collector.
Carter (who is stuck in that damn hat) is now a Slob (WHY DOES MY GAME LOVE THIS TRAIT?), which joins Self-Assured, Maker, and Domestic.
Now that they’ve aged up they both get this! I wonder if I’ll still be able to do graduation even though I’m moving to the next household?
It’s now time for Beth and Ben’s first rotation on their own!
The two of them are living in Mt. Komorebi.
I originally tried to make their house blend in with the others in the area, but it ended up looking more southern with the wrap around porch… Oh well.
Anyways, it’s got three bedrooms. Beth’s is the one with the blue bed, while Ben’s is the other one, and the 3rd one is empty (for now…).
Here’s the main floor with several skill objects for Beth’s aspiration.
Beth gets a job in education (for her aspiration).
She starts working on the wellness skill (this is my first time with this skill).
Meanwhile, Ben takes a trip to the slopes!
He takes a look at the board to help me figure out what I’m supposed to do here…
Ben decides to take up snowboarding on the little practice slope!
He wipes out cause he has no skill. Ben: “You better not be laughing at me!!”
Ben has no climbing gear right now (He’ll get some later), but he’s not at risk of dying on the little practice wall.
Beth needs some more skills, so she joins him in rock climbing.
She gets hungry though and tries out some vending machine pizza… That does not sound good.
Ben: “WHY DO I KEEP FALLING???!!!” Beth: “Hurry up you big baby!”
Anyway, the two of them went on a hike together.
Ben: “I’m the one with the map here!!” Beth: “Hurry up! It’s getting dark!”
Beth: “Is this it?” Ben: “Apparently.”
Beth: “I don’t want to hear any complaints about my cooking from you!” Ben: *silence*
Anyways, Beth had work, so Ben goes rock climbing alone today.
He takes a hike for his aspiration.
He encounters some forest spirits!
And then it’s back to snowboarding.
Ben: “I wouldn’t have wiped out if this idiot hadn’t been standing in my way!!”
And Ben has made good progress with his aspiration!
And then a took a break from playing for several months, and when I came back I had several new packs including Werewolves, High School Years, and Get Famous!
Beth continues to give me less than impressed side-eyed looks.
Ben squeals like a little girl while chatting with random people online. Ben: “I DO NOT!!!”
Eli then gave Ben a call asking if he should date this girl. Ben told him to go for it.
Beth does some yoga before work.
And once she leaves, I take Ben to check out Moonwood Mill! This is my first time playing with werewolves and I’m super excited! Rosa ended up being there as well (Ben basically ignored her the entire time).
Ben introduces himself to the only other person around, the bartender Celene Lopaz.
I think she’s cute, so I had Ben make friends with her.
They do some cloud gazing.
And she asks Ben to be best friends! (He said yes)
After that, Ben rolled a want to go on a date with her!!!
So he asked her out.
It doesn’t take long for the two of them to become boyfriend and girlfriend!
They also have some fun in a nearby bush.
The next day Beth takes the day off from work and goes with Ben to check out the park in Del Sol Valley!
Beth immediately starts to do some grading, while Ben picks on this poor guy. Ben: “Who do you think you are staring at me like that?!”
Ben: “Take a hike freak show!!!” Beth: *trying to ignore the entire situation*
Ben: “I’ll kick your ass asshole!!”
Ben: “HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?!”
Ben: “WE ARE NOW ENEMIES FOR LIFE!!!” Guy: “I still don’t know what I did.”
In case you’re wondering, Ben lost that little fight, so now he’s trying to pretend he doesn’t have a concussion.
Ben’s too out of it to pick anymore fights, so Beth manages to get into a pleasant conversation with a paparazzi.
The first paparazzi has to leave, so Beth finds a new one to talk to. Ben is still too out of it to make much of a fuss.
It’s Wednesday, but for some reason the Welcome Wagon is only coming now. *face palm* You can only see her back right now, but Beth invited over one of the paparazzi that she met earlier. While talking to both of the paparazzi earlier, the option to woohoo with them kept coming up (I took the hint that Beth was into girls). Anyways, one of the paparazzi was straight…
But after some conversation, Beth finds out that this one is into women!
Beth it turns out likes fruitcake.
Beth hangs out with Mao (the paparazzi) in the bathroom and things quickly get steamy.
Ben is awkwardly making conversation with their guests (Beth’s lecture about not making enemies with the neighbours ringing in his ears).
These two officially become girlfriends.
Before things get really steamy.
The next day is Harvestfest.
Neither of them had any problems with the gnomes.
Ben decides to invite Celene over and askes her to move in!
Celene here isn’t a werewolf (despite her scars), just an ordinary human.
But she is a Werewolf Ally. Here is the rest of her traits. I gave her the Party Animal aspiration (which is the same one Brendan has, but I’ll probably change his to one of the teen ones).
Celene somehow managed to become disliked by Rosa, I’m not sure how, but I’m going to go ahead and blame Ben.
Ben spends the rest of the day hitting the slopes. He’s slowly getting better (I think he’s at skill level 4 now or something).
It looks like Avery decided to come for a visit! (And to probably check in on her kids)
Power conservation day is going on (hence the dark), so they don’t have any power right now.
Celene puts some effort into getting to know her boyfriend’s mom. It isn’t long before the two of them are friends.
Celene also manages to befriend Beth.
While Ben is busy snowboarding, Celene goes around introducing herself to people.
She tried to order some food from a vending machine, but it didn’t go well (at least she didn’t die).
Back home, Beth invited Mao over.
The two of them are now best friends!
Ben does some boxing…
Before he sweeps Celene off of her feet (quite literally).
He then proposes to her! (She says yes)
Avery then gets Mao to move in.
Here are Mao’s traits. I gave her the Best-Seller aspiration. Mao is already an adult, but she brought $135 000 to the household with her!
It seems Avery told Conner all about Ben’s girlfriend, so he dropped by to check things out.
It doesn’t take long for Celene to thoroughly charm him too.
Ella also turns up out of no where and meets her sibling’s partners.
Mao is already an adult, so….
They tried for a baby!
Oops. It looks like the singular Try for a Baby knocked both of them up…
That night Vlad came for a visit with a piece of clay for some reason.
That’s all for now! You’ll have to wait till next season to meet Beth and Mao’s babies (I’m hoping the infant update will be out by then), see you next time!
Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time Avery went to Selvadorada again, and Eli and Ella became teens as well.
With their birthdays coming up at the end of the week, the teens are all trying to get all their scouting badges done. I think Beth is working on the science one (for which programming counts).
And Eli is doing the one where you have to donate a bunch of stuff. Eli: “What a great way to get rid of these emotion potions from my childhood that I can’t sell!”
Uh, Cain (?) (I always get these two confused, and nothing I do to differentiate them seems to change that), is spending the Sunday working on his creativity aspiration as Carter and Cain are also aging up this week.
Ben is stuck having to paint several paintings for one of his needed badges. Ben: “I hate flowers.” The why did you paint one? Ben: “To express my hate!”
Ella is about collecting frogs (I think this is for the outdoor badge).
When she decides she wants to take a try at being mean.
Oh look, I was right, it was Cain!
NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!! YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH CHILDREN!!!! Avery: “But four of them are moving out at the end of the week, so we’ll have space for more!” YOU AND CONNER ARE DONE WITH KIDS!!! Especially since knowing my luck, you’d pop out another set of twins.
When Monday hits, Avery is off to Selvadorada! She still has an aspiration to complete.
So far she’s doing pretty good with the traps.
And I spoke too soon, at least she has a waterfall in a bottle (Or whatever it’s called) in her inventory.
She opens the chest!
And was even able to finish another artefact thing!
It’s back home just in time for Carter and Cain’s birthday!
Carter and Cain aren’t even identical, but their similar colouring always throws me off. I think the two of them resemble Avery more than Conner. Cain is the one with the curly hair (maybe this will actually help me keep them straight).
Anyways, Cain is now Proper and a Collector, with the Eco Innovator aspiration.
Carter is a Maker and Domestic. He has the Master Maker aspiration, as you can tell these two are going to be tackling some of the Eco-Lifestyle stuff.
It looks like Ella is the first one of this brood to develop fear.
It’s Monday, so it’s project time for everyone! Lots of siblings mean that when one finishes they help out with the others.
Avery finishes another artefact! I think she still has to go to Selvadorada 1 more time to open one of those temple chests, and then she has to use these artefacts 5 times.
Beth and Eli, are now the ones cranking out paintings for their scouting badges (Ben finished, and I think Ella did hers as a child).
From her last trip, Avery has a bunch of artefacts to authenticate, so that’s what she’s been spending her time on.
And now Beth has this fear too. Out of all the fears I’ve encountered, this one seems to crop up the most.
With the painting, Beth and Eli were a little delayed in starting their projects, but most of the family is able to help out, so they get done very fast.
Oh no, that’s not good.
I quickly send the two to calm down in the mirrors (after I bought some).
And now Ben has this fear…
And Avery is back to Selvadorada!
I don’t think I’ve seen this temple before. Hopefully Avery gets lucky at figuring out these traps.
Crap.
That looks ominous.
I think this is the first time I’ve had a sim become terrified.
Not sure how this is helpful with temple exploration, but okay.
And Avery caught fire again.
And she finally got to the chest!
After all that catching on fire, Avery is now afraid of it. Which I think is a neat thing with fears, they can become afraid of things related to things that have actually happened to them.
The kids are at school, so Conner and Avery take some time to go jogging (as Active sims, they need to do this every once in awhile to stay happy).
Now Avery just has to use these things 5 times! (She has three that are complete.)
And this poor guy got cursed.
Avery finds her next victim…
And this guy got cursed as well.
She uses this one on Conner.
It causes a blessing of wealth, but it only gave them $125.
Conner takes a trip to the museum for his aspiration.
With that done…
He just has to paint 5 masterpieces now.
Sarah stopped by for a visit as well! (And that is Ella who is currently clipping through the wall.)
It’s power conservation day and with the scouting badges complete, the teens are working on their aspirations. Beth is playing chess.
While Ella is knitting.
The next morning is Beth and Ben’s birthday’s!
They didn’t really change at all, but Beth is now Squeamish and she earned the Responsible trait.
Ben also earned Responsible and is now a Recycle Disciple.
And this fear crops up again… I’m getting tired of this one.
Avery’s artefacts have been recharged so she can use them again!
She curses two random passer-bys and…
Aspiration complete! I gave her Fabulously Wealthy next and she instantly completed three milestones.
Beth is currently working on leveling up in a variety of skills (her aspiration is Renaissance Sim).
Huh, I’ve never seen this before.
Oh look, it’s Vlad! I haven’t seen him in ages, and I kind of thought he might have died. It’s good to see there are at least some vampires still kicking (I think at least one of the Vatore’s have died).
The next day is Ella and Eli’s birthday!
Eli is now Romantic and earned the Responsible trait.
Ella is also Responsible, and is now a Cat Lover.
Since he’s turned teen, Cain’s Glutton trait has really kicked in, he keeps going to the fridge to snack on pieces of cake.
Avery is still working on authenticating all the artefacts in her inventory, I think she’s almost done though.
I thought that Beth could take up fishing as one of her skills…
But apparently it doesn’t mix well with the Squeamish trait.
And Cain is getting another slice of cake.
Max then stopped by to give the family a gift!
Not sure where Max got a crafted violin from, but whatever.
This is Georgia Rosa, she stopped by and is a teen. She’s cute and might make a good spouse for Carter or Cain.
She’s also a vampire! I thought her last name was familiar, and it turn’s out she’s Finn’s half-sister. She’s the child of Finn’s mother Jade Rosa and Vlad out of all people!
Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time with Conner and Avery, Avery took several trips to Selvadorada, Carter and Cain became children, and Beth and Ben became the first teens of Drama Llama.
Conner’s first order of business is making a cake.
Cause it’s birthday time for Ella and
Eli!
I then took a break for awhile, and when I came back I decided to get rid my CC hair colours since it was messing with hair colour genetics and sometimes sims (especially toddlers and children) would just change their hair colour randomly. So this means that a lot of these guys will end up with new hair colours!
Eli now has red hair and now has the traits Music Lover and Gregarious. His aspiration is Musical Genius.
Ella is now a Bro (another one) and Domestic. Her aspiration is Lady of the Knits.
Here’s a close up of Ella and Eli, they don’t seem to strongly resemble either of their parents.
Here’s Conner, with Ben in the background sporting their new red hair (Beth has it now too).
Avery got the teal coloured hair.
Carter and Cain got this hair colour too, but I had to changed their hair styles (since I didn’t have recolours for their old ones). I tried to keep their hair styles similar to their old ones.
The kids all have homework to do, so they all get started on that.
Ella finishes early and gets started on her knitting!
I bought Eli an adult violin for his aspiration, though things aren’t going so well for him right now judging by his face.
Carter then started going through a phase… Not that they currently own a radio.
Conner and Avery are still in love with each other, even after all their kids.
Carter: “Ew, can you not do that here? I’m trying to watch tv!”
Conner and Avery are both Active sims, so I have to send them on jogs every once in awhile to keep them happy.
And now Cain is going through a phase.
Avery is off on another trip to Selvadorada.
Avery is able to rule out most of the triggers, so she’s been a lot more successful about this stuff this time around.
Avery: “Look at all these bowls.”
Avery: “Let’s add something to this one!”
Avery: “Ooo, pretty lights.”
This temple has a lot of greenery scattered through it.
I think this is the first wrong guess Avery had all day, and she even managed to avoid the consequences.
And the temple is finished!
The kids finished school so I switched back to them. It’s funny they didn’t take home any projects, I think it’s cause I was with Avery in Selvadorada when they came home.
This is Eli’s first time with the other Drama Llama kids since becoming a teenager. Megan (and Grant as well) now have black hair, Rosa (and Serena and Brendan) have light blonde hair.
Max got the light pink hair.
Finn doesn’t have to change his hair colour, but he’s one of my favourite Drama Llama kids.
Really Beth? A selfie while you do homework??
Rosa spends most of her time outside with her sisters.
Avery is still in Selvadorada, she does some excavating.
She managed to finish another totem! I think she needs to use five of these or something for her aspiration (she currently has two).
Beth and Eli are only half-siblings, but you can clearly tell they’re related. Ella: “Yeah, yeah. I’m the odd one out, cause I got my colouring from my mother.”
Here’s Grant with his new black hair! He just randomly stopped by for a visit.
Avery is still in Selvadorada, she’s been surviving off of food from food stalls and quick meals. Avery: “I don’t cook.”
She goes to the museum to uncover and authenticate some artifacts.
Ben may like to pick on his siblings, but he’s actually quite close with most of them (his not really close to Carter or Cain).
This is where I changed Conner’s aspiration to Painter Extraordinaire, with all the kids, and the traveling needed for Avery’s aspiration, I don’t think I can complete both of them. I’ll have to try his original one some other time.
Cain’s actually getting through the mental aspiration far faster than Eli did, he’s on the last milestone now.
Uh, Avery, YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SON!!
Avery returned from Selvadorada a few moments later, she’s got lots of stuff to uncover and authenticate.
The lights got turned off for power conservation, so Conner is forced to paint in the dark.
Cain: “I love school!” Ben: “Geez aren’t you a nerdy twerp. I bet you are the perfect teacher’s pet like some kind of loser!” Carter: “HEY! You’re being mean Ben!” Ben: “Like I care!”
Ben was in a really bad mood after school, so he went to jog off his emotions or whatever it’s called.
Beth has been skilling up her logic, for her aspiration and for school (she needs to get a skill to level 3 for an A).
Cain finished the mental aspiration and is now working on the creative one.
It was Love Day, so Conner and Avery went on a date!
They decided to go to the art gallery in San Myshuno. It seems an alien was also there.
They spent some time looking at paintings (unfortunately this didn’t seem to count for his aspiration, which was the reason they went to a museum!).
I also discovered that the museum had an upstairs area!
Avery, the alien wasn’t even in disguise!
After they got back, Conner and Avery took the entire family out for dinner! This is my first time doing this.
Avery requests a table.
The family ended up being split between two tables.
Ben: “I can’t believe I got dragged into this.” Carter: “Ooo, they have colouring mats!”
Eli: “This looks like it might be interesting.”
Avery then called the waiter over and ordered for the table.
Check it out, you can see the chef cooking!
Yes their food as arrived!
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! Also Eli apparently got bored enough to do homework at the restaurant.
And they finally got their meals! (It’s 10pm, they arrived at 4pm it took 6 HOURS for them to get their food)
Everyone was exhausted when they came home.
Luckily there was no school the next day.
Everyone took their time and worked on their skills and aspirations.
And here’s the first look you get of Serena with her new hair.
Cain! Don’t you have an aspiration to work on?
He then has a good time playing with Sarah and Sasha.
Carter now has the motor aspiration, so he was down the street playing on the monkey bars.
Eli and Ben have a radio in there room (for Eli’s aspiration), and it quickly turned into a dance party.
Um, WHAT? Wait, Agatha Crumplebottom… Isn’t it supposed to be Agnes Crumplebottom? Okay, I just did some googling and apparently in Sims 4 Agnes lives with her cousin Agatha.
Welcome back to Drama Llama! It’s been awhile since I posted anything, but this has been pre-written for almost 2 months now… so here it is! Last time with Conner and Avery, they filled their house up with kids as a THIRD pair of twins joined the family… I’m just glad they can’t have anymore. Oh and they also took a trip to the beach.
With the toddlers all trained up, I decided it was time to get back to working on their aspirations!
So Avery takes a short one day trip to Selvadorada.
She takes a quick trip to the market to stock up on supplies.
Before heading into the jungle!
Avery: “Where did this fire ball come from???” A fire ball just kind of randomly appeared out of no where, but didn’t do anything…
Avery was melting in her winter gear, so she ended up changing her clothes, going from winter to the warmer climate of Selvadorada was quite the change.
Oh geez, Avery is dirty. Avery: “It’s a good thing I brought a shower in a bottle thing!”
Avery: *Pours water on face* “Gurgh.”
She does a bit of quick excavating, this trip needs to be profitable after all.
Now she just has to figure out which one opens door, unfortunately she has to do a lot of guessing…
She’s really bad at guessing.
Just look how miserable she is now.
Avery: “At last, this temple is done.”
She needs to work on her Selvadorada Culture skill, so she heads to the market to talk to some locals.
Ummm, what is with these twos dancing??? I don’t think I’ve seen sims dancing like this before, did they add something in an update at some point??
Back at home Avery works on figuring out what it is she found.
Though she’s a bit distracted by two toddlers babbling at her.
It’s also someone’s birthday, so Conner gets to work on a cake.
And even though no one was even using it, the tv randomly broke…
As for the birthday, it’s Avery’s! She now joins Serena in adulthood. I think Conner will age up in a day or two.
The brigade returns home from school, and all of them are in a mood.
Really you two? Can you not stay out of trouble for one minute??
Well at least Rosa is cleaning it up.
Oh man, this photo. Rosa made a mess on top of the mess Cain already made and just as she started to clean it up, Ben passed out in it… I’m glad this isn’t an ISBI.
Ben’s not the only one who’s tired, Beth is nodding off on the couch. Though I’d think she’d have trouble with all of the noise.
Avery was finally able to add the piece to the idol.
Though it apparently needed a crystal in order to be complete. Luckily Avery had plenty of those in her inventory.
The twins should now have other things besides trouble on their mind now.
They’re entering childhood.
While Conner is joining the others in adulthood.
Carter is now Self-Assured, so I figured the Social aspiration fitted him.
Cain who is now a lot more distinguishable from his twin, is now a Glutton with the mental aspiration… I believe I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. I do not like this aspiration.
At least there’s lots of kids for Carter to befriend.
There’s loads of them, though some of them will be entering teenhood at the end of winter.
The camera is an amazing way to make friends for the social aspiration.
Cain: “GAH!” Carter: “Oops, I guess the flash is on.”
Ella keeps autonomously playing her violin that she’s actually started to learn the Violin Skill..
Though it kind of annoys me that Sims 4 sims just drop their instruments randomly on the floor when they’re done instead of sticking it in their inventory.
What is she wearing???? I know it’s Winterfest, but WHAT? Isn’t she cold?
Carter shanghaied this random woman who walked by their house into being his friend.
With the day off from school, the kids finally get the opportunity to work on their school projects.
Eli is running out of time fast to complete his aspiration, he’s thankfully almost done though.
This thing has been in the house for ages, and it’s only now that someone is playing with it.
Eli: “Mom! I’m so glad you came by.” Roxanna: “It’s Winterfest, of course I came to see my children.”
Seriously, after this thing sitting unused, now all the kids swarm to use it.
Roxanna: “Wait a minute, you aren’t one of my kids.” Carter: “Nope, wanna be my friend?”
I wasn’t really feeling like doing the whole Winterfest thing this time around, so they basically just did the grand meal.
Eli’s reading under the covers! I had no idea that was even a thing!
The kids were hanging out in their parents bedroom when Father Winter showed up.
They scored some presents before making their way to bed.
Conner even managed to get one.
With a bit of a break in the business, Avery takes another trip.
She’s off to Selvadorada again!
It’s raining this time though.
And for some reason this temple is full of radios.
Hopefully things go better for her this time.
Well, at least the consequences haven’t been so bad.
Let’s try this again.
And success!
This chest has a little picture on the lid!
The were some excavations in the last room of the temple as well, that Avery dug for treasures.
And with dealing this swarm of bees, Avery finished her current milestone! I think she only has one more left to go.
I also noticed that one of the previously blocked archways was open this time, it led to this pretty pool area.
And there was even a chest.
I decided to check on one of the other gates to see if it was unlocked yet as well, but nope. Maybe it’ll be open next time Avery comes by.
She has some breakfast before heading back home.
Damn these calendars are worth a lot.
Look how much money they have now!
This is me finally figuring out how the herbalism skill works, though Conner can’t make any remedies without more ingredients. The next summer rotation this family will probably spend a good chunk of it in Granite Falls.
It’s been awhile since there was a Drama Llama gathering…
So one was hosted… I still don’t understand why everyone is in their outerwear when the heat is on.
Avery: “I’m now richer than all of these guys, and have more kids. I feel like I’ve won.” It isn’t a competition.
Now the child brigade has returned from school, though Beth seems to be very angry about life right now.
So with a Kids Club gathering, almost everyone is in their house.
Also for some reason Beth really does not like Serena and I have no idea why, they’ve barely interacted.
It’s the last day of the rotation, and these two are becoming the first teens of Drama Llama!
Wow, Ben looks a lot like Conner, they’re not identical, but there’s a clear resemblance.
Beth on the other hand looks a lot like Avery.
Ben is now a Bro like his father, and by using a random number generator he ended up as being Alluring as well. With his traits, I decided to give him the Extreme Sports Enthusiast aspiration, which is from one of the new packs I’ve got!
Beth ended up adding Genius and Dastardly to her traits. I gave her the Renaissance Sim aspiration.
Eli is still working on his aspiration, it’s down to the last minute now, as he becomes a teen the next time I play these guys.
Ben is Mean, Bro, and Alluring, so he’s basically the stereotypical high school jock. He can’t do much on his aspiration until he becomes a young adult (Mainly cause this family isn’t going to Mt. Komorebi anytime soon), so he’s working on his fitness skill. Ben: “I’m freezing.” Oh I’m sure you’ll be fine.
Beth is a Kleptomaniac, though she mainly steals books and plates from her school, but this is my favourite thing that she’s stolen.
And since she needs to read three books for her aspiration…
I have no real understanding how Sims 4 genetics are suppose to work, so it amuses me how alike these two look, they even share a trait!
Carter is still working on getting his two adult friends for his aspiration… How is it that I can get through all the other kids aspirations fairly quickly…
Except for the mental one!!! Carter is already almost done, but Cain is still one his first milestone!!!
I bought that for Conner’s herbal remedies, there is a stove… IN THE HOUSE!!
And then a bunch of their stuff broke… *sigh*
YES!!! Just in the nick of time!”
These guys celebrate a happy new year, and it’s on to the next!
Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time with Conner and Avery, there was four toddlers and Avery became unexpectedly pregnant again.
And we’re back to a less than clean house… and judging by their clothes I need to switch the thermostat to heat.
First order of business is to get the tots feed.
And then it’s baby time!
Now I’m sure there are those out there that can do the math and realize what happened.
AVERY AND CONNER HAD ANOTHER SET OF TWINS!!!! &^$#&# REALLY???? CAN CONNER PRODUCE NOTHING ELSE????
Avery had two boys who were named Carter and Cain. As babies their identical.
And with their age bars bubbling it’s time for the eldest set of twins to have their birthday.
Enjoy the toddler hugs while you can, Beth and Ben are becoming children!
Beth goes first.
And is quickly followed by Ben.
Ben is now Mean and has the motor aspiration.
While Beth is Kleptomaniac, also with the motor aspiration. Off to a great start with these traits. Oh well, the bad traits are more fun anyway.
I’m not sure what is going on with the age gap with these guys. Beth and Ben were originally two days older than Ella and Eli, and now they’re only one.
Ben: “Looking a little chunky there sis, maybe you should do something about that?” Beth: “Excuse me?? MOM!!!! BEN’S BEING MEAN AGAIN!!!!” Avery: “BE NICE, BOTH OF YOU!!”
Beth: “I’ll show you chunky, I’m going to kick your ass at this.”
Conner: “When did this even get broken???” No idea, I can’t even remember who was responsible.
With the toddler training pretty much done, for now anyway, it’s back to money making for these two.
Ben: “I’m not even using my hands! Bet you can’t do it!” Beth: “I can too! Just watch me!!” I can not see this ending well.
Conner has maxed the painting skill.
His paintings are selling for quite a bit of money now.
So as a celebration, he gets to go for a jog.
Look who finally stopped by!
Conner and Roxanna are still technically dating.
But Conner is a one woman guy now, so he breaks things off with Roxanna.
She doesn’t seem to broken up about it and even takes out their trash.
Beth: “Ew. This is gross.” Maybe you guys should actually wash your dishes for once?
And it’s time for the next round of birthdays.
This time Avery carried the kids to the cake.
Eli is a Bookworm with the mental aspiration.
And Ella is a Perfectionist with the creative aspiration.
Eli gets started with his chess games.
And all the kids got enrolled in scouts.
Eli: “So you’re my Mom? I’m so glad I get to play chess with you! How come you don’t visit more often?” Roxanna: “… I don’t do commitment.” Eli: “Are you going to come visit again?” Roxanna: “Maybe, we’ll see.”
I had the kids create their own club. It will be for all of the Drama Llama children. Though I’ll probably also have to create a separate club for teens too.
I think it’s neat how club gatherings can basically run all the time.
Ella: “How come Eli gets all our Mom’s attention?” Um, he looks more like Conner than you do? I don’t really know.
Beth and Ben brought home the first school projects for Drama Llama!
Conner helped Ben with his… I can never remember what these things are called…Orrery! Thank you google. Ben’s orrery of the solar system.
While Avery helped Beth with her volcano.
Ella: “Mom! I’m so glad you came for our birthday!” Roxanna: “Bye sweetheart.”
And soon enough the boys aged up. Carter is Clingy, and Cain Angelic. Um… I think the one Avery is holding is Carter? I don’t really remember. The boys aren’t identical, but they do look a lot alike. If I’m remembering right, Carter is the chubbier one.
When I gave the tots their makeovers, the kids got booted from school… Hopefully I’ll remember that in the future.
So I decided it was time for a beach day and everyone took a trip to Sulani!
Ella quickly made a beeline for the ocean.
While Ben started building a sand castle with a stranger. Ben: “Ugh. I’ve got sand everywhere.” Maybe you should change into your swimsuit.
Tots can play in the water!! It’s adorable, these two are so cute!!
Conner is beachcombing. Conner: “I might find some buried treasure or something!” I’m pretty sure that’s only really in movies.
Ben: “Dad, I demand a chess game.” Conner: “Alright, I wasn’t finding anything aside from broken glass. Though try using the word please every once in a while.” Ben: *sigh* “Please.”
GAH! Look at the little shapes!!
Eli: “Wow, we don’t have one of these at home!” Yeah, that’s cause you guys can’t afford one.
Beth: “No one can disturb me out here.” Sometime during this beach trip I discovered that sims with colourful skin can’t tan or burn.
Cain?: “Birds!!!” They can chase seagulls!!
I just found my notes and can confirm, Carter IS the chubby one!
Ella made a friend! I actually wrote this girls name down. She’s called London.
Ooo, fire dancers. I’ve never done this before.
So Conner gets to try it out for me!!
Conner: “I do hope I don’t catch fire.”
Carter got hungry and stole some random hot dogs someone made… It is getting close to dinner time for these guys. ACK! Look at that little belly, he’s so cute!
It looks like Ella finally left the ocean… Since I’m planning to get occults for the next gen of Drama Llama, I’ve got to figure out who’s going to end up as a vampire and who’ll be a mermaid… Ella does seem to enjoy the water, but I’ll probably wait till they’re all older to decide.
Eli: “This is so much fun!”
Conner, having finished with his fire dancing is now preparing to feed the masses. Conner: “I just finished almost setting myself on fire, and you want me to barbeque?” Yep!
I’m not sure where Avery was for most of this, but she seems to have made an appearance once dinner is served.
Though after a long day at the beach, the kids are beginning to crash.
Um, Beth? Maybe you should get off that. Avoid hitting Cain in the head.
Ben: “You may have been right… It is better when I wear my swimsuit.”
Realizing that Conner and Avery are not yet married, why not go for a casual beach wedding? All their kids are here.
And they’ve officially tied the knot!
Really Beth? You guys just got back from the beach.
Beth: “At least I’m cleaning up after myself.”
Carter: *gasp* “This is tasty!!” Cain: “Duh. Dad makes good food.”
Now that there’s no longer four toddlers to juggle (And that I’m only going for Happy Toddler instead of Top-Notch), things are a lot less stressful and the parents have more free time. For now both of their aspirations are on hold, but once all the toddlers are children, they’ll probably start working on them again.
The slide!! Watching toddlers go down to slide is too cute!
Cain on the other hand doesn’t seem too impressed with Conner’s flash cards. Conner: “Come on Cain, just cooperate.”
Avery finally finished her first book, which she has been working on for ages!
Avery? That’s not how you play with a toddler. Please don’t permanently injure Carter? I can’t really tell from this angle.
The kids apparently returned home from school in formation. Ella: “I made them practice, everything must be perfect afterall.”
Ella also invited her friend from the beach, London, over. I’m glad at least one of these kids has made a friend outside the family.
Aw, look at them do homework together.
Wait a minute… Why does it say Finn??? I’m pretty sure I took this when either Beth or Ben completed a milestone… Did Finn even attempt the motor aspiration?? *checks notes* Okay, Finn does end up working on the motor aspiration at one point… Did I grab the wrong screenshot??? Oh well… MOVING ON, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
Eli needs someone to read to him for two hours… I always find this point of the aspiration so annoying, it took me ages to figure out how to do it the first time and the kid doesn’t always sit down right away, but the parent keeps reading and it doesn’t actually count until the kid actually sits down, and then you have to do this like 3 or 4 times in order to get the two hours!
At least I have these adorable tots to take my annoyance away. Even if I constantly mix these two up… I really need to give them hairstyles with a bigger difference when they become children. Oh, I forgot to mention that Carter and Cain have different eye colours. One has Avery’s and the other Conner’s, but I don’t remember which is which… I should really write this stuff down.
These two are such good friends! Even if Ella is making a strange face.
While the mental aspiration likes to test my patience, I love the creative aspiration. It’s not to hard to complete and it’s pretty easy to make sims inspired.
It looks like it’s harvest fest for these guys. Beth: “Did I do it right?” Well the gnome looks pretty angry, nothing bad happened to Beth, so it could be worse.
Ben: “Yes! I’m the best! I made MY gnome happy, unlike Beth!”
Ella: “Please don’t be angry Mr. Gnome, Beth didn’t mean to make you upset.”
Ella: “WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM ASSHOLE???”
Avery finally managed to win over the little demon.
Eli: “How about a pie? Everyone likes pies.”
Eli: “Yay!” Oh good, gnome electrocution is so jarring.
Oh in case you’re wondering I built on another bedroom for Cain and Carter when they became toddlers.
Hey look, Roxanna showed up again! After being absent their entire toddlerhood, now that their kids, she’s actually coming to visit. Roxanna: “I was intimidated by Conner’s wife. I didn’t want to risk the wrath of an overwhelmed pregnant woman.”
Ella shows off her skill with the violin. While Roxanna may only come to visit ever once in a while, her kids still want her approval.
These two are actually really friendly with each other… I did not see that coming. Roxanna: “I’m glad you and Conner are so happy together. It never would have worked out with me and Conner in the long run anyway. I just hate to be tied down.” Avery: “As long as you don’t try and rekindle your relationship with him, I think we’ll get along just fine.”
Since it’s harvestfest, Conner made a grand meal for the family! I think it’s the ham one judging by their plates.
After a busy day, Conner and Avery each grab a toddler to read to sleep.
Geez Eli. Don’t drop anything. Eli: “I got this. Ella has taught me the art of balancing a large pile of dishes without letting any fall.”
These two are working on getting their imagination to level three, so they each get their own book. Carter: “Pictures!” Cain: “I have some too!”
Carter: “Who’re you?” Roxanna: “Aren’t you just the cutest, though I’m glad my kids aren’t toddlers anymore.” The kids you never saw once as toddlers? Roxanna: “I’m here now. That’s what’s important.”
Beth has just got to top the typing game in order to complete her aspiration!
Geez Lilith, do you have to show up at every household this rotation? It looks like she’s expecting a kid this time too.
And Beth is done! Though something possessed me to give her the mental aspiration to do next.
Really? Vlad’s here now too. Are you guys stalking Drama Llama or something? Avery: “I feel oddly cornered.”
Here’s a good look at the twins side by side. They really do look a lot alike.
It’s Serena! Serena: “I’m no longer the childless one… I’m also the first one of us to get married… How did that happen???”
Grant’s here too! There’s no icon above their heads, so it’s not a Drama Llama club gathering. I guess they both just decided to visit. Grant: “Single parenting is not fun man, but having to pretend to love someone just to get them to move in and help out is too much of a hassle.”
Beth get’s Grant to play chess with her. I’m glad she’s way to young to draw Grant’s interest, not that he’d mess with her anyway, being the child of his friends.
And Ella has completed her aspiration too! Ben also completed his aspiration at some point, though apparently I didn’t photograph it. Ben now has the social aspiration, and Ella is doing the mental one (WHAT WAS I THINKING??? GAH! Why do I insist on doing aspirations I don’t like???).
And that’s all for now folks! The next time I play this household, it’ll be the first with the new stuff I got. Over Christmas and my birthday, I got four expansion packs and a stuff pack! I now get to add Cats and Dogs (I keep wanting to call it Pets), Cottage Living, Eco Lifestyle, Snowy Escape, and Paranormal Stuff to my game. For expansion packs, I’m just missing University and Get Famous now! All my new stuff won’t come into play until halfway through Serena’s Rotation 4, so there’s a good chance some of the Gen 2 kids will be testing out some of the new stuff I got. I played around with a test family a little bit, but not much. See you next time!
Welcome back to Drama Llama! Avery and Conner are now sharing a rotation and have to raise two sets twins. Beth and Ben, whom Conner and Avery had together, and Eli and Ella, who Conner had with Roxanna. Wish me luck.
With one set of twins having already reached toddlerhood, and the other set not far behind, this house is way to small for all six of them.
So I built them a new house big enough for all of them.
I later move the babies out of the kids bedrooms into the living area as they kept waking Beth and Ben up… Sims 3 toddlers don’t get woken up by crying babies.
With their funds depleted Conner starts painting right away.
Avery is on toddler training duty. As a reminder, Ben is Angelic and Beth is Silly.
Beth is working on her Communication skill. At this point and time I was going for Top-Notch Toddler for all four of these kids. I do achieve it, barely, but getting two sets of twins one day apart in age to max all their skills was insane. After this rotation I decide to only try in get toddlers to the Happy Toddler point.
Avery: “Wait. This child isn’t even mine.” Well, that’s what happens when you get with a guy when he’s already got a pregnant girlfriend.
Most of this post is going to end up being toddler training… So many toddlers.
At least their cute.
With it being unlikely either of them will be able to go traveling soon, Avery had taken up writing as a way to make money and she actually enjoys it (Unlike cooking).
Conner was in the doghouse because of how he behaved at Serena’s party, and desperately pleaded for forgiveness.
I think he’s forgiven.
Yep. Avery definitely forgave him. Hopefully Conner will be able to keep it in his pants next time.
This is where I realized that babies and toddlers in the same room was a bad idea.
And we’re back to toddler skilling.
Which is interrupted by bathtime. Avery: “Where is Conner? Why can’t he help with this?” His paintings currently makes more money then your writing.
Unlike Ben, Beth isn’t a big fan of the slide.
Avery: “Can’t Conner do it this time?”
Avery: “Just keep smiling…”
This is what happens with toddlers, nobody leaves the house or communicates with the outside world.
And then Serena decided to stop by, ending their isolation.
Serena: “Hi Conner! I just wanted to make sure you knew that us, it’s never going to happen. Stick with Avery. I doubt your cheating horny ass is going to get any better.” Conner: “I feel insulted.” Serena: “I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true.” Conner: “That’s the worst part.”
At least Ben no longer needs supervision to use the potty.
Don’t you have a computer of your own to use? Serena: “I don’t have a computer yet. Just a TV, remember?” Oh right… I’ve played over a rotation ahead.
And now it’s flash cards for Beth.
Excuse me! I know you have food of your own. Serena: “But I’m hungry now.”
This is the face of a woman with no regrets.
At least she took out the trash for them. Serena: “It’s the least I could do.”
With Avery’s aversion to cooking, Conner has responsibility for feeding everyone.
Each parent takes a toddler to read them to sleep.
And then the other set of twins aged up. This is Eli, he’s Fussy.
Ella is also Fussy.
Despite not coming over to visit once, Roxanna sent the twins a birthday gift in the mail.
And once again we have bath time… Apparently I took a lot of pictures of toddler baths.
With four toddlers running around Conner can’t afford to slack off on the training.
And now they’ve been feed sugar… This does not bode well.
And now Eli’s being Fussy and yelling at Conner cause he doesn’t want to go potty.
Eli goes potty. Conner has won this round.
It looks like someone put on music which Beth is thoroughly enjoying.
This time Ella is getting the flash cards. Avery: “It never ends.”
Conner is now showing Eli his moves… To say Conner is a good dancer would be a lie. Conner: “I’m an excellent dancer!”
And now one of them has made a mess.
At least Beth is being good.
And now the mess is even bigger.
You better not be getting any ideas, Ben.
It’s a summer holiday that I created, but can no longer remember what I called it, so the other members of Drama Llama were invited over.
Great, now Eli is copying his sister.
I got a pool for the tots, and it’s adorable.
Avery seems to have gotten over her initial resentment and fully adopted Ella and Eli as her own.
And now it’s bed time once more for the tots.
Conner is as usual in charge of breakfast.
The tots seem to be enjoying his efforts.
With four toddlers, I had to buy them a second bathtub, which promptly goes on the front lawn.
Avery finally got some free time and went jogging.
And Conner managed to create a masterpiece.
And then he created a second one… It’s much easier to get masterpieces in Sims 4 than in Sims 3.
Avery comes back filthy, but happy.
Beth is now able to ask why.
Avery and Conner aren’t impressed.
And Beth has another maxed skill!
Ben still has a bit to go for the Thinking skill.
REALLY??? Avery is pregnant again… They only woohooed like three times in just under a week.
This is how I feel too Conner.
I’m blaming you for this situation. Apparently your fertility can’t be contained.
And now Ben has maxed the thinking skill. I think he and Beth just have to max imagination to become Top-Notch Toddlers.
Conner and Avery can now focus their efforts on the younger twins.
Ben and Beth are both reading their respective books to boost their imagination skill.
Beth and Ben have now maxed all their skills.
With a dirty house and yet another child on the way, Avery is on a cleaning spree.
I honestly have no idea why I took this picture. I can see no purpose to its existence.
It’s the last day of the Summer Rotation for these two and Conner has an aspiration milestone to complete which is significantly easier in the summer.
So it’s a family trip to Granite Falls. It’s only for one day, so hopefully they’ll be able to go home by dinner time.
The tots are left at the rented cabin unsupervised… This is not a recipe for disaster at all.
Eli and Ella are working on their skills, while Beth and Ben talk to each other
Apparently uprooting a plant turns it into trash.
Oh no. The tots have been approached by a bear… Their parents are nowhere to be found.
Avery is busy collecting frogs and bugs and things in the area.
Both of these two maxed thinking and are now working on imagination.
Where did you get juice?!?!
I can’t think of why I took this picture.
There are far more plants able to be harvested this time.
And the milestone is finally done!
And now they’re back home at the end of the day.
Eli regals Avery with the tales of their adventure. Avery is horrified to learn about the bear.
And that’s all for now folks! I survived this rotation, barely. Four toddlers at once is not a fun time. Next time will be Grant’s turn, at least I’ll only have to deal with one toddler.
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