Now that Quimby had finally passed away, I figured the challenge was over. And thus I felt free to start aging kids up artificially soon, using the birthday cake. You’ll forgive me for skipping over most of the birthdays – there were just so many! And after a while, they all have a sameness about them.
Sorry, Rowan, but it’s true!
Aw, don’t cry, baby Reese. Some day all those other kids will be gone, and someone will pay attention to your birthday. You’re the heir, you know.
This actually isn’t a birthday, it’s just breakfast. There are about fifteen uneaten birthday cakes leftover in the fridge.
Since Reese was the heir, and since the house was starting to empty out, I actually had someone teach him something.
Every once in a while I’d notice a nice little family scene happening all on its own.
Then we had a very exciting birthday! When Reepicheep grew up into a young adult, his birthday cake exploded! This is a rare event, but I had heard of it happening for other players. I was super excited to get to see it for myself.
At first he didn’t notice that his butt had caught fire. But soon the flames spread to engulf half the kitchen.
Everyone screamed and flapped their arms except Rowan, who calmly fetched a fire extinguisher.
Sadly, brave and useful as she was, she grew up the next day and had to move out. Them’s the rules.
By this time, the house was emptying out quite nicely. The children who remained were old enough to be going to school every day. Finally Klango had time to garden in his bathrobe all morning.
And paint in his bathrobe on the front porch all afternoon.
Reese, the heir, grew into a goofy looking kid. Doesn’t he look like a prat?
He turned into a very sullen teenager. I mean, look at those eyebrows!
I gave him the fauxhawk and the eye makeup. But the game assigned him a studded choker as “exercise wear.”
He spends most of his free time chatting with his little friends online.
Like so many teenagers, his favorite hobby is “glowering.”
And “looking skeptical.”
I seriously hope he gets some different eyebrows as an adult. I don’t think I can deal with them for much longer!
I had a Party Animal sim awhile back who had a b-day cake try to light him on fire.
I tried to kill off one of my sims last night since I dont think my elder will ever die, and it didnt work. I tried to get a sim to electrocute himself. Didnt happen. Tried to light him on fire, but he wouldnt light up.
I may have to build a new swimming pool.
I dont know how much Sims play I’ll get this week. I might be in the hospital (hopefully outpatient) for a few days this week) Cant take the good computer that plays Sims 3 with me.
Is there a brow waxing option in Sims? He might be improved a little…
Nice to see Klango finally getting some time to himself.
So what happens to all those R Alphabettis after they move out? Are they off making little Sim lives for themselves, or do they just disappear?
You can change his eyebrows using the mirror. He doesn’t have to look like that forever! (Unless you want him to… It goes with his exercise clothes)
Are those trees in the garden full of bags of potato chips? Because that’s what it looks like. (That would be kind of cool, actually)
I think the trees are growing money. And I second gayle’s question. Do the evicted Sims become NPC’s still living in town? That’d be cool.
I “followed” you here through Ravelry quite a while ago (I think it might have been a link to your puppies videos). I’ve returned regularly for the knitting content, but I now particularly look forward to Sims Sunday.
Never played Sims before Sims 3, but I am now hooked.
One my Sims family had identical twin girls and when I got them each a cake for their teen birthdays, both cakes caught fire at the same time and we lost most of the kitchen! It was great seeing them go crazy … except for the couple of toddlers who just happily kept playing with their toys on the floor.