Here we are moved to Desiderata Valley to drop in on the Bell Family. It's Isaac & Hannah and their young son Barty. (Daniel moved to college last round). Also living here is Sharon Wirth (Hannah's sister) and her husband Mitch.
Not for long though as I decided Sharon & Mitch can have their own story so they left and bought a little house where we will catch up with them much later in the round!
Both Hannah & Isaac wish to be World Class Ballet Dancers and today is Monday, they won't be at work until Thursday which gives them time to get the skills and friendships they need to ensure promotions to the top.
Strangely for a child born into the game Barty already has a lifetime wish to be a Criminal Mastermind.
Today Hannah greeted Alec Parker.
Then worked on skills all day alongside her (just out of shot) husband.
In Barty's newly refurbished room he got homework help from his Dad.
Tuesday was a rinse/repeat of school and skills so after school the family went to the Frippery Frock where they enjoyed some snacks and met some new neighbours.
They look Summery in their new outfits although a Summer storm began once they arrived home.
On Wednesday before school Barty and his Mum earned a cooking skill.
Isaac maxed his body skill.
and he and Hannah snuck a moment in while Barty was at school. ;)
On Thursday before work the Aspir's came by, Hannah and Elizabeth are besties.
Then Hannah met Jill Fleig while Isaac met the postie Ratna.
The summer storm struck again as Hannah had just fulfilled a big wish,
A puppy! They adopted him from the pool, he was called Leroy but they changed his name to Spark.
Just then it was time for the adults to leave for work but Barty was home (and a Nanny) and he too had wished for a puppy so was very happy indeed.
It didn't take long for Barty and Spark to be friends and they played together until bedtime.
Then it was home time for the adults and they came with big dreams fulfilled! Both LTW's completed.
They have 3 days until elder now so got those in just in time!
On Friday Barty made friends with Steffi Smith the papergirl before school. He's not bought a single friend home from school this week so I guess he's either serious or not nice.
Although he's only been here a day Spark had a birthday,
Here he is, he's a strange mix of what looks like a Labrador's head on a Rottweiler's (or maybe Doberman?) body.
Thankfully Isaac was home to teach him what was a good trait, (housebroken)
and what was bad! (digging!)
On Saturday the family went to Pepe's Pet Store for a dog collar but Hannah found Spark outside having just beaten up a much smaller dog. Worse Hannah was cheering him on!
He did eventually come indoors to have his new collar fitted.
They went straight from the Pet store to Greaves Greener Gardens where they fished and made some new contacts.
Later on Saturday Barty had his friends Rafael & Alejandro Aspir over for the whole afternoon until their parents picked them up for staying out past curfew.
He and his parents spent a fun evening working on their dance moves.
On Sunday morning it was a Triple birthday celebration!
Barty is a teenager and rolled Fortune. As I mentioned his LTW was already to be a Criminal Mastermind and that hasn't changed.
Then it was Hannah's turn- she spun into Elderhood.
Followed by her husband Isaac.
The party was a great success and finished just as Hannah and Isaac had to leave for work.
Barty used the time to go downtown and buy a phone and meet some people. Who is the Vampire Contessa in love with back there? John Mole? Guess we'll find out eventually. :D
Barty also bought himself FIFA, because he's a teen. :D
Back at home he'd asked Annie on a date, they'd met earlier and he found her attractive upon scoping the room.
It was a good date but they only had 1 bolt and he's young . :D
which means he'd rather play FIFA, once he's finished fixing the pc.
Being a Fortune Sim Barty wished for college and so the last thing he did before the week ended was to call for scholarships, he earned the Sim City Scholar's Grant, the Bui Engineering Grant and the Tsang Footwork Grant, so far anyway!
Summary- This was a good week for the Bell's, it felt a long 4 days for the adults before they went to work but they needed the time to skill so really spent most of their week doing that.
The Puppy was wished for by both Barty and Hannah and so I relented - but mainly because I needed Hannah in Platinum for work :D
Congratulations on the Bells having reached their LTWs, and with only 3 days to spare before elderhood! Did you change the spelling of Issac's name in your game? I want to do that every time I come across him - he's "Issac" when in my opinion, it should be "Isaac" just like you spell him, and it irks me that Maxis have spelled him wrongly, just like "Frances" Worthington who of course should be "Francis".
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Barty is certainly getting in all his teenage experience in the first day, even a date :-D Does it worry you that he had a LTW well before his time? Little bugs like that always make me fear something "deeper" is not right with my game.
By the way, I like the summer outfits the family came back with from the Frippery Frock!
I didn't change Isaac's name officially (not sure how to do that) so I just spelled it as I think it should be spelt. :)
ReplyDeleteYes Barty had a successful day as a teen! He was only friends with the twins by family association as he really didn't talk to anyone else.
It is a slight concern I suppose about the LTW, I haven't noticed any other issues and had no crashes so hopefully things will continue.
It's always a danger playing generations as I'm not sure the game was particularly built for it but I shall play as long as I can. :)
It wasn't intentional for the outfits to be matching but they did look nice and fresh. :)
I've not changed a Sim's name in a long time, but I think it is possible with the "Tombstone of Life & Death" that you can "spawn" using a cheat (no download necessary). I know for sure it is possible in SimPE, but I avoid that since it involves so much faffing.
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