Winter 2: Ella & Eli

Welcome back to Drama Llama! Last time with Ella and Eli, Eli got a girlfriend and she died later that night, Ella started a romance with a pizza guy Kaito, Eli got a new girlfriend Charlene, she moved in, turned out to be a werewolf, got pregnant and her and Eli got engaged. During other rotations, Ella got engaged to Kaito and then started an affair with Finn. Oh and Ella adopted a cat, Nugget.

Kaito actually moved in at the end of the last rotation cause I didn’t want story progression to do anything to him (like kill him off, seriously I got to figure out my MCCC settings to figure out if I can change how often it randomly kills people). I gave him a makeover and damn, I like him a lot more now than I did originally.

Anyways, here are Kaito’s traits. I gave him one of the Wellness aspirations, Inner Peace. I’m hoping to eventually have Kaito get through all of Wellness apsirations.

Ella’s romance with Kaito isn’t all that high, even though she’s engaged to him. Ella definitely likes Finn better.

I WONDER WHERE THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE COMING FROM, IT’S NOT LIKE YOU’RE A CHEATING CHEATER.

Ella has been pretty conflicted over the whole Finn-Kaito thing, but as Elissa is pregnant, Ella doubts Finn will leave her. As such Ella has decided to stay with Kaito and put more effort into their relationship.
She talks with him about her fears and he assures her that she has nothing to worry about (which someone makes her feel even worse about her actions).

Kaito also feels pretty bad after their conversation, hit with the sudden realization that things are moving far faster than he’s comfortable with.

The two of them then had some shower woohoo to take their minds of their relationship problems.

Eli is at the point in his aspiration where he has to write some songs… He’s on his second song I believe.

Ella is working on her knitting.

Charlene is wandering around pregnant.

While Kaito gets started on his aspiration.

Despite his relationship issues, the man is pretty relaxed most of the time.

NUGGET! That food was only there for a few seconds before Nugget jumped on it. He gets disciplened and I think shortly after this he learns not to jump on counters.

And now Kaito has the fear of being cheated on… Too bad for him it’s kind of a reality he just doesn’t know it yet.

Once more Ella tries to distract Kaito with woohoo… This does not seem like a healthy relationship.

Charlene and Eli on the other hand are very happy with each other.

Kaito’s all over his fears and has decided he wants to marry Ella! It’s a shame Ella doesn’t like Kaito as much as he clearly likes her.

Kaito is a Muser and Creative, so he enjoys all the instruments this house has been filled with.

ALL SHE DID WAS FIX THE DISHWASHER????

It’s now baby time!!!!

It’s a girl! Meet Carina Riggins. I’m a little disappointed she didn’t inherit Eli’s blue skin.

Charlene has to read werewolf books for her aspiration and I couldn’t figure out where to buy them on the computer, so I just sent her to the Moonwood Mill library.

I come back and Kaito has onions in his inventory? WHERE DID HE GET ONIONS?????

Kaito and Ella decided to elope. Kaito’s happy that they’re married and Ella is just trying to forget about Finn.

Her go to distraction is woohoo, at least with their wedding she has a good excuse for it.

Charlene is enjoying having a daughter, it won’t be long before she’s an infant!

Anyways, I figured out how to buy werewolf books on the computer, so Charlene doesn’t have to travel to the library anymore.

Carina is now an infant! She got the trait Calm and is a werewolf like Charlene!

She’s adorable, she’s got Eli’s red hair and Charlene’s brown eyes.

She’s hungry, so it’s time to see what foods she like!

Over the course of the week she ends up trying most of the foods available, these are just the ones she likes:

Despite her relationship drama, Ella makes sure to give Nugget plenty of attention.

It’s a full moon and Eli is not having a good time poor guy.

Huh, turns out you can turn sims during full moons, I had Charlene test it out, but I have no idea if it actually worked.

Charlene managed to finished her aspiration so now she gets to pick from one of these! I end up choosing Lone Wolf for her, cause I’m not sure I want to deal with packs right now.

Eli and Charlene both adore Carina, and holy cow is one infant so much easier than 2 (or the 3 I will have to deal with with Rosa)!

Ella’s still knitting, I think she just has to make some legendary knitting stuff and show off a sweater.

Eli finished writing his songs and now needs to mentor someone for 3 hours. He decided to mentor fellow music enthusiast Kaito!

It’s Winterfest and Ella couldn’t help herself, she goes to see Finn.

She gifts him something that she’s knitted.

Elissa is out, so the two of them end up woohooing in the shower.

And then Ella gets this AS SHE CHEATS ON HER HUSBAND!!

She arrives back home and Finn suddenly shows up.

AND PROPOSES TO HER!!!! THE TWO OF THEM AREN’T EVEN BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND!!!
Ella agrees to his proposal and now the two of them have to figure out how to tell their spouses the news.

Ella is totally head over heels for Finn and the two of them are considered Soulmates.

Kaito is deeply in love with Ella, meanwhile Ella doesn’t really feel much for him.

Ella feels a little guilty for cheating on Kaito so she drags him into a shower woohoo.

Then Father Winter shows up for presents!

Here’s what everyone got.

Then Ella finds out she’s pregnant, only she has no idea who the father is, Finn or Kaito?

Kaito is thrilled with the idea of being a father and Ella has no idea how to tell him that the baby might not be his.

I had no idea infants could interact with pets! THIS IS ADORABLE!!!

Anyways, Eli finished his aspiration and I gave him the Super Parent one next.

I then realized that Eli and Charlene still weren’t married.

So the two of them eloped.

Beth came over for a visit and Eli made sure to show off his adorable daughter.

Carina is such a good infant and causes no problems for her parents (unlike some of the other infants I’ve had to deal with).

Charlene has to smash stuff for her aspiration, so I bought a cheap sink for her to break over and over again.

I didn’t know infants could play with the Doll House! Also Carina is covered in food from her last meal (she’s also adorable, but I’ve already said that several times).

Ella’s emotions are still all over the place and she still hasn’t decided what to tell Kaito.

To make things worse, Kaito has been totally oblivious to her turmoil and her betrayal of him. How can Ella break the heart of someone who makes it clear how much he loves her all the time?

Charlene needs to spar with some other werewolves, so she heads to Moonwood Mill.

This is her first real time interacting with other werewolves.

She gets her assed kicked in sparring, but she has fun.

She also ends up in a game of tug-o-war.

Charlene gets home and goes feral almost immediately.

She managed to unlock a new…Perk? Is that what these things are called?

One of the perks she has means that she has the potential to regain control while she’s in the middle of a rampage. She tries several times, but it keeps failing for some reason.

Ella has had enough of her turmoil, she’s going to tell Kaito once and for all.

She invites Finn over hoping it will somehow make things easier.

Ella: “I’ve been struggling with telling you this for awhile Kaito, but Finn and I are in love! I want to marry him, and I don’t even know if this baby I’m carrying is yours or his.”

Kaito: “What. How could you do this to me?! I’ve tried to do everything I can to make you happy and this is how you repay me!?”
Ella: “I’m sorry.”
Kaito: “No your not. If you actually cared about me you never would have kept stringing me along like this!”

Kaito is pretty upset with Ella, while Ella is a little resentful about how upset Kaito is. Kaito decides he’s going to stick around long enough to find out whether the baby is his or not.

Charlene now has a full range of werewolf quirks (is that what these are called?). They are Easily Excitable, Hates Being Wet, Hungry Like The Wolf, and Carnivore.

Eli was trying to fixed the fridge when…

SHIT.

I play Sims 3 more than Sims 4, so I’ve never really dealt with a lot of the Sims 4 deaths before. I wasn’t sure he would die from trying to fix something while dazed! (In the Sims 3, sims get all singed looking, Eli was just dazed, so I thought he would be fine).

Charlene’s still afraid of death, which apparently means she can’t plead with the Grim Reaper!

Charlene is currently in wolf form cause she was sparring again.

Kaito and Eli were actually good friends, so Kaito tries to plead with Death…

But it didn’t work.

Charlene is now a widow and poor little Carina is left without a father.

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RIP Eli.

Ella has lost her twin brother and cuddles with Nugget in an attempt to feel better.

Soon enough, it’s baby time!

It’s not just one baby but two! (Of course it is, this file loves throwing twins at me) Also, Kaito is the father of the babies.

The twins are both girls and are called Emma and Edith Aoki.

And that’s all for now, see you next time!

Fall 2: Conner & Avery

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?

Anyways, that’s all for now!

Fall 2: Ella & Eli

Welcome back to Drama Llama! This is Ella and Eli’s first rotation on their own. I forgot to take some pictures of their house for you, but I’ll try to remember for next time. They’re living in Willow Creek if I’m remembering that right.

Anyway, time to see what these two get up too!

Eli has the music aspiration and he needs to write some songs for his next milestone, but first he needs to improve his skill level. His violin is the highest so that’s what he works on.

Ella meanwhile claims the rocking chair for her knitting.

The Welcome Wagon showed up (on time for once), so Eli invited them inside.

While I was playing the other households it looks like Eli went of a couple of dates.

Once the welcome wagon left I had Eli invite Airi over (since of the two he had the highest romance with her).

Their romance moved ridiculously quickly, Eli was able to kiss her after like two interactions. They starting dating shortly afterwards.

Conner apparently can’t leave his adult children alone and was stuck watching the romance through the door like a creeper.

Beth also showed up a few minutes later. She looks like she’s suffering for morning sickness, the poor thing.
Beth: “This is all your fault you know.”
You’re the one who chose a partner who was already an adult.

Ella already went to bed, so Eli is forced to entertain his family by himself.

Then while Eli was asleep for the night…

AIRI DIED!!!

He was very upset, the poor guy. He gets a girlfriend and that night she dies.

Ella didn’t really know what to say to her brother. She was feeling lonely but didn’t want to disturb him.

So she starting talking to this guy that was walking by.

The two of them really hit it off!

They may have made out a little, but there’s nothing official between them yet.

The next morning Eli locked himself in the closet crying…

Ella managed to talk him out of there and did her best to offer comfort.

Ella: “I know it’s hard losing someone you’re close too, but she wouldn’t want you to be sad forever!”

Eli was thoroughly cheered up and even wanted some romance!

He invites over Celina, the other woman he had been on a date with.

She doesn’t look to impressed.

But she warms up rather quickly!

I think Eli is over Airi now.

Ella is a Cat Lover, so while Eli was getting his romance on, Ella was adopting a kitten!

He’s called Nugget, I didn’t write down his traits, but I do remember one of them being Fluffy (he leaves hair piles everywhere).

Avery then randomly stopped by to give them a hand carved guitar? Eli now has like three instruments to play.

They need some money, so Ella got a job as a Tech Guru.

Ella was working on her programming when Eli maxed the violin skill!

While Ella was at work the next day I sent Eli out to check out Copperdale. It was raining, so there wasn’t anyone around.

He also checked out the haunted house, but nothing happened.

Eli then went to check out the Moonwood Mill library (cause Copperdale was being boring).

Where he encountered a pretty librarian.

WHO I THINK MAY BE A WEREWOLF!!!!

The two of them get flirty pretty fast.

And Charlene clearly likes Eli too!

Eli makes his feelings for her pretty clear.

The two of them become boyfriend and girlfriend before he heads home.

IT’S OFFICIAL CHARLENE IS A WEREWOLF!!!

Eli got home and Charlene and Kaito were randomly there as well.

Eli really likes Charlene, they only just started dating!

Ella got invited out to the Motive Trials.

She didn’t win and passed out as soon as she got home.

The next day is Harvestfest! Eli has no problems with his gnome.

Since it’s pretty clear he likes Charlene best, Eli invites Celina over to end things between them. She’s not to fussed about the whole matter.

Ella handles her gnome when she wakes up.

After Celina left, Eli invites Charlene over to ask her to marry him!

She also agrees to move in!

Here are her traits and I gave her the werewolf aspiration.

This is my first time playing a werewolf and I’m super excited!

Huh, are these little things permanent, or do they change over time?

Ella spots Kaito walking by and rushes to greet him!

The two of them official start dating.

Charlene’s fury level is getting high enough that she’s starting to glow red!

SERIOUSLY???? These two are looking way to pleased with themselves. Charlene had a whim/want to woohoo with Eli, so she did and she ended up PREGNANT FROM RISKY WOOHOO!!! I wasn’t planning on these two having kids yet, but I guess they had other plans…

Charlene has the neat trait so she tends to clean whenever she’s left to her own devices.

I wanted to check out her werewolf form so I had her transform!

She ended up freaking Eli out though, oops.

I tested out the option to have her scavenge or whatever it’s called. I don’t think she really found anything.

She’s shaking the water off like a dog!!

Being pregnant, her hunger drops a lot faster now. Nugget seems to be hoping for some scraps.

WHAT? Charlene can Growl Seductively! How would that even work?

Charlene managed to level up her werewolf level!

I may be having fun, but Eli is not having a good time.

Charlene’s got red shooting out of her eyeballs!

I have no idea how this works, but since I’ll be at a different household by Sunday, I’m not sure it matters.

Ella is often busy with her knitting, programing, or work, but she still makes time to play with Nugget.

It looks like Charlene is having her first rampage!

The transformation is pretty cool.

But Eli is very freaked out.

Charlene spends a few hours running around and digging before she transforms back.

She feels really bad about scaring Eli.

It seems like no one in this house is having a good day, Ella nearly sets the kitchen on fire.

After running around last night (on top of being pregnant), Charlene is feeling pretty tired.

Ella needs to learn the video gaming skill for her job, so that’s what she’s been spending her time on.

SINCE WHEN COULD CATS GET ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE IN THIS GAME????

Charlene sits down with Eli to talk about the whole werewolf thing.

Now that he’s had some time to process the situation, she manages to convince him that werewolves aren’t all that bad!

And that’s all for now! Next up will be Conner & Avery’s turn!

Summer 2: Conner & Avery

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!

And that’s all for know folks!

Spring 2: Conner & Avery

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.

And that’s all for now folks, see you next time!

Rotation 4: Conner & Avery

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!

See you next time!

Rotation 3: Conner and Avery

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!

Rotation 2: Conner & Avery

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.

Rotation 1: Conner

Welcome back to Drama Llama, last time we spent the week with Serena, this time we’re with Conner.

Meet Conner Riggins, his traits are Bro, Active, Loves Outdoors, and Collector. His current aspiration is Outdoor Enthusiast.

First order of business is to book a vacation to Granite Falls for his aspiration.

I realized I never bought I tent for him, so Conner rented this small cabin instead of the cheaper camp grounds.

Conner then set about catching the 5 fish he needs for the first milestone of his aspiration.

Conner: “This doesn’t look like a fish…”
I think it’s supposed to be a clump of seaweed…
Conner: “This is a river, why would there be seaweed?”
It’s The Sims, stranger things have happened!

After fishing Conner’s social was rather low, so he conversed with the first person he encountered. She’s sporting white hair, just like Serena.

Dinner was some grilled fruit.
Conner: “How do I know when it’s done?”
It’s fruit, I doubt it can be undercooked.

Conner then decided to stop halfway through eating to play horseshoes… Finish your dinner Conner!

Conner then decided to talk to the park ranger who warned him about the presence of bears.
Conner: “There are bears here?!”

Conner needed to harvest some unknown wild plants, but all of the ones he came across he couldn’t harvest… I did some research and found out it was because it was spring, so most plants were dormant. He’ll have to come back next rotation. Conner went around collecting bugs instead.

Conner: “These butterfly’s are rather pretty.”

Look! It’s a chipmunk. There are three chipmunks that live in my backyard, so seeing a chipmunk here got me excited. I’ve never played with Outdoor Retreat before.

Be careful with those one Conner, they sting.
Conner: “I know what I’m doing.”

Conner’s social was low once more, so random passerby gets roped into conversation.

It turns out this guy is a Bro too, maybe they could be Bro buddies. (Is that even a thing?)

And then this girl walked by again and was roped into conversation. Her name is Roxanna Lowry.

They then did some stargazing together, it turns out Roxanna also Loves Outdoors. I think they’d make a good couple.

Conner then went to the area where the Hermit lives to potential find some of the plants which can be harvested in spring.

And Conner actual found a wild plant he could harvest!

And another one! Conner managed to collect 5 out of 10 plants that he needed.

And that was it for Conner’s vacation. Back at his home Conner starts to work on his painting. He’s got to pay for his trips somehow.

Look who Conner invited over, it’s Roxanna.

It doesn’t take long before Conner convinces Roxanna to move in.

Hi Serena, you better not be trying to seduce Conner, you’ve got two boyfriends already.
Serena: “I can’t help that I’m so attractive.”

Oh, it’s the welcome wagon. It must have been delayed by Conner’s vacation.

Avery’s a little late, but she showed up none the less.

Much like Serena, Conner also likes fruitcake.

Grant then pilfered the fridge. Don’t you have your own food to eat?
Grant: “But my food isn’t nearly as good as somebody else’s.

Roxanna it turns out has a job in the military.

It doesn’t take long to get the romance going…

They become boyfriend and girlfriend, and took a trip to the bedroom.

Which had some consequences…

Roxanna immediately goes to tell Conner the news.

He may not look to pleased, but he still got a happy moodlet.

Roxanna started playing the violin to work on her aspiration, later she finds she likes playing violin.

Now that Roxanna has received a makeover, I’ll properly introduce her.
Roxanna Lowry has the traits Loves Outdoors, Child of the Islands, Noncommittal, and Muser. She has the Musical Genius aspiration, and she’s already married… I can’t see this ending will for her and Conner.

There was no room for a radio inside the house, so it gets plonked on the porch for Roxanna to listen to. (Her name is actually Roxana, but the spelling bugs me so I’m going to ignore it)

Conner is the family cook and will probably end up being a stay at home dad.

With a baby on the way, Conner has a bigger reason to keep painting.

Look who came over for a visit, it’s Avery.

Conner invited her in and they had a nice chat at the table.

Conner then went back to painting, and he was still able to talk to Avery! (Can you tell I’m not fully versed in sim multi-tasking yet?)

It was a thunder storm outside, so Avery was scared, though Conner was completely unfazed. Is this a thing that happens, only some sims get scared of thunderstorms?

Roxanna was at work the entire time Avery visited.

Grant then invited Conner on an outing. Naturally he brought Roxanna along.

I’m not sure a nightclub is the most appropriate venue for a pregnant woman, and it looks like Serena showed up as well.

Conner: “Avery! It’s good to see you again.”
Avery: “I heard you were coming here, and I thought I’d join in the fun.”

Wow, there’s a lot of pregnant woman at this night club. Including Roxanna, I counted 4 of them.

Tired from pregnancy, Roxanna ended up falling asleep on a bench. Where’s Conner during this?

He’s still dancing and having a blast. I think it’s time you take your pregnant girlfriend home.
Conner: “WHAT?!”
GO HOME! PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND TIRED!
Conner: “Oh. Right.”

Roxanna: “How’d I get into this situation again?”
You moved in with Conner and slept with him even though you’re already married.
Roxanna: “You didn’t tell Conner that did you? I don’t want him to know, it’s not like things between me and my husband are going well. I’ve been unhappy with him for a very long time.”

Conner: *paints madly* “I’ve got to afford this kid somehow.”
Especially since there’s a chance it could be more than one.
Conner: “WHAT?!” *paints more madly*

I thought you were panicking about affording a kid.
Conner: “What was I suppose to do, refuse to accept Avery’s invitation?”

Conner: “I’m not about to turn down a lady this great.”
Avery: “Oh Conner.”
You have a pregnant girlfriend.

Conner: “I just can’t deny our chemistry.”
Avery: “Our love can not be contained.”

You and Avery were suppose to be the good ones! I expected something like this from Roxanna, not you.

Avery: “So we’re dating!?”
Conner: “Don’t worry about Roxanna, I’ll figure something out.”

You call this figuring things out.
Conner: “I’m not going to just ditch her, not when she’s pregnant.”

Roxanna is totally clueless about her boyfriend’s infidelity, but considering she’s married, I don’t think she has much room to talk anyway.

And then Avery came over for a visit… I can’t see this ending well for Conner.

And all of them are in the same room together.
Conner: *tries to keep things as platonic as possible*

One of Serena’s boyfriends (this one is D) randomly showed up despite nobody in this house knowing him.

Serena must have heard he was here cause she showed up not long afterwards.
Serena: “I can’t let him forget how great I am.”

It seems Conner and Avery did some flirting with Roxanna in the room. Roxanna does not like fruitcake by the way.

Roxanna doesn’t have much time to ponder Conner’s infidelity as she goes into labour.

Roxanna: “There’s no way I’m doing a home birth.”
Conner: “What do I do?!”

Roxanna: “Is that suppose to happen?”
Guy: “Hmm. I’m just a medical technologist, I’m not normally allowed back here.”
Roxanna: “I feel sooooooo much better now.”

Conner: “Is the baby here yet? I’m not ready to be a father!”

Conner better learn quick as it’s twins.

Meet Ella and Eli Riggins. Ella is the tan one and Eli is the blue one. And that’s all for Conner’s rotation, next time we’ll be with Avery.