Round 12: Couderc (Isleen 3)
Couderc (Isleen 3)
Entry 5
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Anneliese Isleen - Female Adult - Popularity - Libra - LTW: Become a Celebrity Chef - Major: Philosophy
Kiyoshi Couderc - Male Adult - Knowledge - Virgo - LTW: Become City Planner - Major: Math
Eleonore Alioto - Female Toddler - Virgo
Gina Isleen - Female Toddler - Gemini
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Last Entry: Anneliese and Kiyoshi chased after their toddler girls, teaching them toddler skills. The girls each grew up into school-aged girls. Anneliese and Kiyoshi continued to live together and date each other without any signs of marriage.
FAMILY TREE:
The family tree is the same as the last house. Gina's picture has not been updated in the family tree yet, but she is no longer a toddler and a school-aged girl. I had not gotten a picture of her as a child when she grew up and you can see how she looks now. This is one of the smaller founding families as there were only the 3 kids to begin with, and none of them have had more than 2 kids each. So there are 6 cousins in generation 2 of this family. It will be a little while still before we see generation 3 make an appearance here.
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#4
It has been awhile since I wrote last. Chasing after the girls has taken up most of my time. Life sure hasn't turned out the way I expected it to, but I also have become quite comfortable in the life I have here with my Anneliese. We may not ever decide to marry, but she has been by my side through my abduction and pregnancy, and our little Gina being born as well. She has remained by my side and shown she loves me, even if marriage isn't something she wants. She may flirt with other guys occasionally, but she is always here with me. The older we get the less interested she seems in other guys as well. I am hers forever, as long as she will have me.
We have managed to teach both girls how to study and help them with their homework. Both girls are very smart and it's such a joy to be their father. They are very different and yet so similar in so many ways. Anneliese is a wonderful mother to both girls, even if Elenore is not biologically hers she has never treated her as anything but a mother. It makes me love her even more. We both worked on finishing up portraits of our daughters and they have been hung up in their shared room.
After doing all that painting I got a plaque in arts and crafts. Anneliese already had hers, and I had one for nature already, but now it hangs on the wall next to the others. I hope our daughters can succeed in their passions as well. I believe my newest interested might be in music and dance, although Anneliese has been getting me into films as well lately.
My Anneliese is still the love of my life, and I love the life we have built here. She has seemed more and more comfortable with what we have and the fact I haven't pushed for anything more seems to have helped her too. I just want to be with her, regardless of what that looks like. I only asked her to marry me because I was so sure it's what she wanted. I would love to marry her, but being with her at all is enough for me, I don't need the "status" to tell me I'm committed to her.
We were wanting to start to get some more produce and with it being the winter, while fun to be out, and play in the snow, for all of us, the kids included, I set up a greenhouse, and we got to work on planting some fresh vegetables. I'm the only one who felt comfortable working on the eggplants, and Anneliese did a lot of the work and we had Eleonore. Eleonore has become very interested in the garden and has gotten herself a bronze badge already.
I decided to leave City Planning and try my hand at dance, since that was becomming an interest to me. It turns out you need a lot more charisma to be a dancer than a city planner. Luckily we had the podium which is great for practicing and Annelises listened to my speeches and gave me pointers where she could. She really has always been really supportive. I know she had dreamed of becoming a General in the military but she was never able to get her foot in the door.
I could not believe it when the day for my little girl's birthday came up again. It was so hard to believe I was going to have a teenage daughter. Gina wasn't going to be far behind her, of course, and I was starting to feel less like a college grad than a old man myself, but it was just never something I expected all those years ago. There wasn't a big party, even though we offered one. Eleonore is just so serious and fairly shy I think she just wanted a cake, so that's what we got her and she became a teenager.
Eleonore Couderc
Family
LTW: Graduate 3 Children from College
Turns On: Jewlery and Blonde Hair
Turn Off: Mechanical
Anneliese started teaching Eleonore on the candy making station. She had always seemed someone interested in learning it so Anneliese jumped at the chance to show her. I think Anneliese is wanting to pass on some of her knowledge to her daughters. It wasn't the best lesson as Eleonore ended up with a puddle of chocolate on the floor she had to clean up, but she said she's willing to try again sometime.
Late one night when she was working in the garden Anneliese got invited to join the nature hobby lot. I always figured she had it already since she lived in the Greek house and I know the garden was a big deal there. When I asked her about it she said she was never one of the people who took a lot of care of the garden itself so she had never been officially invited until now.
During Saturday's we still take the girls to the lake. I half expected Eleonore to ask if she could stay home but she decided she wanted to go as well. It makes me happy that she still wants to spend time with the family, that isn't always the case with all teenagers I know of. At the lake there were quite a few people, seems like more and more people show up every week. Anyway, it was a nice day to be spent at the lake and we all enjoyed it. I even wore my mascot outfit to see if I could pull some pranks on people, but they never seemed to work out.
Life continued to move on and Anneliese kept checking the job listings for anything in the military but never did find anything. She had to repair the computer a few times too, but luckily has enough mechanical skills that she was able to be successful. I have become a world-class ballet dancer, which took less time then I thought it might. I was able to bring home a ballet bar that the girls seem to love.
It was then time for the dual party we had been planning for and knowing was coming. Anneliese invited a ton of her friend over, and all her family, and I invited over a few of my friends. It was unbelievable that I was going to have two teenage daughters after that and while Gina came to her cake and decided what she wanted I held my breath. Eleonore wanted children and a family, but what would Gina want? You just never know with kids, they can change on a dime.
Gina Isleen
Fortune
LTW: Become Business Tycoon
Turn Ons: Grey Hair and Robots
Turn Off: VampirismSadly during the party our beloved dog, Missy, passed away. She was such a good dog and everyone was very sad to see her go. I don't think it will take long for us to get another dog or two, the girls have always loved having a dog, as have Anneliese and I, and before long the house will be far too empty, and we will be able to the companionship.
It was also Anneliese birthday so she went to her cake and everyone gathered around to watch her blow out her candles as well. She is a beautiful woman still and I love her all the same.
The rest of the party we grabbed cake and ate, and then just hung out with everyone. It was a wonderful time and I know the girls will be off to college before I know it. As I start to look back over my life I could not imagine it turning out any different. I am confident that this is just how life was supposed to turn out, and Anneliese and I might never get married. I would marry her if she ever expressed it's what she wanted, but I don't need a status to tell me I'm committed to the family or to her.
Kiyoshi
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HEY!!
I'm Gina! I used to be a little girl but I'm not anymore. Not everyone likes me all the much, but my friends are the most important people to me, just like my family.
I always worked hard on getting my homework done and do my chores so I could have some fun. I remember when I used to stop whatever I was doing to go give my mom a hug when she would get home from work.
I have a sister who some people would consider a little different. She's part alien but she has always been great to me. She never minded if I was gruff first thing in the morning, or if I just wanted to watch TV or have a water balloon fight after school to have some fun. She didn't even mind me sharing her friends. She was always bringing friends home. I think it's because she's so nice everyone wanted to be around her, even though she's shy.
Well I'm not a little kid anymore, I'm actually a teenager and one of these days I'm going to take over the business world. It's hard to get started though as businesses don't seem interested in giving a teenager like me a chance. It must be because they think we are all lazy and entitled.
After the party I got to hang out and get to know my aunt Gisela. She used to be a celebrity chef like my mom is. I learned a lot from her and one of the things she helped me realize it is experience is important. I want a fortune someday but there isn't anything I could marry up!!
Gina
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To the Stars,
I haven't written before but as I get older I want to record more of my thoughts. Let's see, I have a dad who's name is Kiyoshi, and a mom named Anneliese. I asked mom and dad how that worked one day, since I'm green, and they let me know mom isn't my birthday mom, but she's always taken care of me. I love her like my mom.
Kids seem to like me ok. I have a sister named Gina. She can be kind of grumpy but has always been pretty nice to me. She is my best friend.
We used to have a dog named Missy. I always like Missy, but she died recently.
I usually like school but sometimes when I get home I don't want to do my homework right away. Gina always likes to play first and I usually join her, although I don't always like the games.
When I became a teenager they gave me some ok clothes but I decided to go shopping and to get a cell phone. Mom is on the phone a lot with all her friends, so it just made sense to get a cell phone for myself. It was kind of fun to just go do things by myself now.
Mom and dad got me into gardening and I really enjoyed it. I worked hard on our yard and thought the garden club might like it and let me be a member, so I call them up and asked them to inspect my work. I even planted some fresh flowers and made sure there were no weeds. It's now my dream to have the perfect garden, but the garden club accepted me and gave me a gift.
Eleonore
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SimNaNo:
Word Count: 2078
Picture Count: 57
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Total Updates: 3
Total Words: 5,574 GOAL: 11,000
Total Pictures: 142 GOAL: 300