Country Fried Flamingos - Spares Update 1
I've never done a Spares Report before, and I wouldn't be now if it weren't for my dear friends fuzzy_spork and delalli having a total of eight children between them. (Technically seven.) That's four over the original plan (due to Del's LTW) but that's neither here nor there. On with the show! And such.
So, when last we left Cowboy Town, the newly minted Stetson Bunch had moved into the old Dulé (due-LAY) House. In their excitement to see the new house, they left the six toddlers and Nancy Drew on the sidewalk.
The downstairs boasts a large covered veranda, an eat-in kitchen for eight (10 if you include the bench), two master bedroom suites, and two additional half bathrooms. The living room is mainly used for toddler sleeping and skilling.
Upstairs are two shared bedrooms, two more bathrooms, a study and a general purpose room for... wait for it... general purposes. Eventually there will be a stairwell to the attic to be used as a game room.
So, that's Dulé House, which is of course at the base of Dulé Hill.
Things went blissfully at first. Having four adults in the house, two without jobs -- is a total dream, right?
Brooks is working his way (very slowly) up the Culinary ladder. Bee greets him each afternoon and ask to play catch. He never refuses.
Perhaps he should, since his daughter has a bit of a one nice point stinger.
Everyone got time to bond in the house, the cousins grew up more like siblings...
...oh, who am I trying to fool? I've seen more green funk in three days than I'd ever care to see again.
I don't know who was less prepared for these babies - The Stetsons, or myself. Between the ACR stalking, the four separate timers going off, and carpools for work, no one's thumbnail was ever out of the mustard range.
Truth be told, the three infant days were some of the hardest days I have ever played. It was actually more like four and a half due to a horribly timed crash at transition time. Needless to say, there aren't many pictures that don't look about like this one.
Speaking of transitions, Brooks started as soon as they got the 1 day to birthday notices. I missed Blaze's fireworks show.
Blaze tried repeatedly to crawl over baby Gus. I think he might need glasses?
Next went Buzz, and to my relief, he and Blaze look very, very different already.
Fuzzy got in on the transition action, and here we have the very unique looking Carly. She has the biggest eyes I've ever had on a Sim.
In quick succession came Carly's brothers, Shawn Spencer -- who has green eyes AND elf ears. I am already in love.
At nearly the same time, Brooks racks up his third consecutive toddlerfying of the evening with Gus. Gus has Papa Rex's custom grey eyes and normal ears.
Not wanting to be left out of the fun and games, Del found our last remaining baby and attempted to take some off the top of Brooklyn's head.
She grew up beautifully in spite of her aunt's Brain Surgery 4 Dummies attempt.
Blaze was outfitted with tiny glasses, and soon found that it had been a blue block he'd been trying to draw with.
Suffice it to say, seven toddlers in a house isn't any easier than six infants and a toddler. YMMV. (Now you understand why I hemmed and hawed on the toddler challenge? I HAVE ONE ALREADY! D:)
The toddlers paired off fairly quickly, with Shawn Spencer and Brooklyn nearly inseparable. They doctor says they'll grow out of it, after about the third surgery.
BFFs from birth. I never see them with their respective twin (or in her case, triplet) brothers.
Bee and Buzz spend a lot of time together. With her single nice point, I was a little unsure of how she'd be towards her baby siblings.
She even taught him a nursery rhyme, and made only a handful of meaniefaces about the whole affair.
Del managed to teach Nancy to walk, and I got the doodad in the picture! Those are two things I normally have a bit of a problem with. Most of my toddlers grow up without any of the toddler skills. I feel quite accomplished.
Speaking of doodads, I missed Buzz getting his nursery rhyme on. So here's a picture of him singing to himself. He is so very adorable!
Everyone got a chance to learn to walk at least. I don't think many of them completed it, but it's the thought that counts, y/y?
SMRT MLK - UR DOIN IT WRON! She was in gold aspiration when she made it and everything.
Even in the greatest chaos, there are fleeting moments of bliss.
Brooks is now a master at stalking in reverse. It used to be him playing with Bee and Fuzzy standing patiently waiting to ACR him to death.
And speaking of "to death..." Carly's thumbnail was getting redder and redder. She was nowhere to be found downstairs, because someone had left her behind upstairs.
I think I've found the culprit. Not Fuzzy exactly, but the bathtub. I neglected to put a tub on the first floor, so tots are brought upstairs and forgotten.
SOMEONE was not thrilled by these activities. Worry not, CFF friends. Del is a Family sim, and SoWo #856 gave her 24 hours to straighten up. *worryhands*
Not long after the unwanted visitor, Nancy had her birthday on her own in between drawings on the activity table. She is finally a real dragon, with wings and everything! (Someone really should bring Shawn inside away from that wolf.)
Nancy Drew had a makeover, and found something a little more subdued and practical for sleuthing than her dragon scales. She had a bit of a mishap with a bottle of bubbles, and continued to emit them for two days at random times.
I tried to take pictures of everyone doing their own things, and sometimes OMGPLZDONTDIE stress would kick in and I'd forget to take pictures in favor of not losing the lot of them.
In Gus' case, most of his pictures were on the unusable side.
Bee was invited over to her Uncle's house often, and bonded with her cousins there. Landon got to see her true colors more than once, I'm afraid.
One morning just before the school bus came, Bee decided she'd rather go to high school that day.
She grew into totally adorable clothes that actually seemed to suit her.
"I can see why they named you Bee... heh heh."
Creepy!Derek the paperboy was the only one to witness the transformation. What a waste.
Bee's good fashion sense actually helped determine what we did with her hair, since she'd outgrown her pigtails.
Nancy's bubbles didn't detract from her ability to make friends with the other neighborhood kids. I can't recall if this one is Frank? Or is he Joe?
Oh! That's right, his name is Bert, and that must be his sister, Nan.
Bee made the mistake of bringing home Juan Garza from school that afternoon, and Juan made the equally unfortunate mistake of attempting to charm Miss Stetson.
"Please don't hurt me, sir!"
"My niece will eat you alive, son. With Bee, you don't flirt until you're flirted with, you understand?"
"I'll just be going home now, Mr. Stetson!"
YEW GUISE R NERDS, K.
With all the commotion surrounding Juan's failed attempt at romancing Bee, I forgot about the double triple transition that was set to happen at 6 p.m. sharp. Carly went first, growing nicely into her features.
Isn't she pretty? TELL HER SHE'S PRETTY! :O
She makes one heck of a meanieface, but I assure you she loves her makeover.
Upstairs, Blaze grew up into what may be the most appropriate outfit in the whole catalog. He seems to have lost his glasses though - let's hope no one steps on them before we find them!
Ah yes, this is perfection! Or, I guess if he knew how to hang loose, it would be. I foresee someone spending a lot of time on Twiikki (ahem, the ISLAND) in the future!
In the living room, Shawn and Buzz lose a few points off of the synchronicity score, but Shawn makes up for it by at least growing up in the appropriate shade of green.
The green goes so well with his eyes, don't you think?
Buzz grew into some rather plain and unfortunate overalls...
...but it's nothing a little Mirror Magic™ can't fix!
Brooklyn went next, and while there was nothing especially wrong with her look...
...she made fabulous use of a little sprucing up.
Gus went last... and no, no, NO! This is all wrong, Gus!
This is much better. Now he looks more like a proper gooey chocolate chip cookie!
RANDOM DANCING!!
Now that they are all grown up and dressed, what better excuse to get them all together for a formal picture? Or, you know, mostly informal, a little wheels-off, and kind of chaotic... photo by bruton gasterFrom left to right: Brooklyn, Bee, Shawn, Buzz, Gus, Carly, Nancy and Blaze. Get it? Got it? Good. Pop Quiz tomorrow.
I tried my best to get pictures of everyone doing what they do. I probably failed, but here is a sampling of childhood.
They have a full complement of playground equipment outside, and rarely a moment goes by when it's not in use.
The slide is their favorite piece, by far.
There is usually a line for the more popular equipment, especially when all the cousins get together.
From the moment the school bus drops them off, until the minute it picks them up, the kids spend as much time as possible playing outside.
They get up in the middle of the night to play chicken on the monkey bars.
MOAR RANDOM DANCING!!
Gus is not much of an outdoorsy kid, but when he does join in the reindeer games, he likes the swings.
"...live together in perfect harmony..."
His first love is, of course, the ebony and ivory.
Bee is also very musically inclined. She and Perry have a small band forming, tentatively called "LuvHertz".
They are currently auditioning lead singers, including Mr. Tiny Bubbles himself.
He's still waiting to get a callback from the band.
Del is a professional at serving Grilled Cheese, and she even does it all on her own right at 2:45 each afternoon.
Almost all of the kids roll up a want to eat Grilled Cheese after school too, so it works out.
No matter who is returning home from work, Don Blaze always drops what he's doing to run out to greet them.
Owen's actual children always seem to be indisposed when he gets home.
Shawn is Rowdy's mortal enemy.
Gus: "Oh, grow up!"
Carly: "WOO SHAWN!"
Buzz: "Shawn! Don't get hurt!"
Carly really gets into the fights. WHY ARE MY ALIENS SO WEIRD?!
There is actual learning that goes on in the Stetson Bunch House. (Sometimes.)
Brooks' hard work paid off in the end, with Bee bringing home an A+ within the week.
OH GAW. O___O It was a really bad chance card, okay?
(And they had the help ad back in the paper that afternoon anyway, so it's not like it hurt. Much.)
AWKWARD. (Brooks and Fuzzy were "borrowing" the closet in Owen and Del's room.)
BTW, Brooks, walls have no nutritional value. Even for superheros.
Moving on NOW.
RANDOM ... TANTRUM?!
Seriously, I have no idea what that was about.
"OH MAH GAW! AN ALIEN HAS INVADED MAH BELLAY!"
(Not quite. He's just getting fit.)
Buzz is a Pleasure sim from birth, y'all!
The house could be collapsing around him, and Gus would still stop to make each and every bed on his way out the door.
Personal space is personal, Creepy!WorkFriend. Please skedaddle now.
"But Bee, IT'S EVILLL!"
"I know, isn't it AWESOME!"
Apparently so.
Owen has been obsessed with getting to know Sparky, and he finally showed up at the house.
A few nights later, Owen is returning home from work when he not only gets greeted by Gus (lol@pants) --
-- but also by Sparky, who somehow managed to nibble him while I blinked. WTH SPARKY! What kind of name for a LoTP is SPARKY, anyway?!
Now, I've heard of a Mexican Hairless before. I didn't know it extended to the lycanthropic community, as well.
I already know you expected me to say OMG OWEN, UR DOIN IT WRONG!!1. CFF = raising the bar since 2008 2009.
The Fake!Scott Howard has full body points now, so he spends each evening teaching the kids how to burn off their flabby Grilled Cheese poundage .
Nancy skills anyway, just for the fun of it.
Fuzzy made an offhand comment about getting the kids into private school, so Del spent one morning getting lessons on salmon from Lucy Hanby.
When Dean AlmostOlfFace got there, Fuzzy was assigned to give him the tour. He loved it, and tours are boring to take pictures of, so... take my word for it, yes?
"Is it true that aliens are better at math than their human counterparts?"
"Math and probably everything else!"
"Mrs. Stetson, how many children did you say you have, again?"
"Carly's even smarter than our math teacher! She was the one that taught us geometry!"
"Is that so?"
Somehow, the promise of a student smarter than the public school's teachers sealed the deal. I personally think it was the sound of eight tuitions dropping into his pocket...
Lucky the Dean left when he did -- five minutes later Owen finally managed to find his fur under the bed!
It was also Nancy's birthday, so there was plenty for Incognito!Bee to celebrate.
Nancy grew up gorgeously fantabulously decadently BEAUTIFULLY. (and in sensible shoes, no less.) YA DONE GOOD, DELOWEN. <3
Nancy Drew's first order of business as a teen -- skill Body until you stink up the place. Literally.
The next morning, a small army in blue descended upon the Landgrabb Academy. Why don't their uniforms match! O_o
This is the BEST day of Carly's young life.
NO. JUST NO.
Behold; a one nice point tub pirate. She would kill me for sharing this picture.
Bee is not the one I expected to find this homework difficult!
Nancy's nose is rarely far from a book.
Sim!Del insists that she wants Owen cured --
-- but it looks to me like she kinda likes his fur.
Bee was invited on an outing with FirstKiss!Gordon, who left as soon as they got Downtown. This stranded her with Goopy, an old man with amnesia, Kennedy and NotChristy3, who were arguing over who stole the others' shirt.
Shirts didn't matter, as they soon found themselves canoodling in a corner pantsless. This relationship scares me.
Poor Bee.
On the weekend, they threw a party for the sextuplicate (?) birthday that was taking place. This meant that adults spoke of important, intellectual matters in the study...
...the teens danced and practiced for their first real gig...
... kids were kids one last time...
... and ACR timers went off in the wrong house, on the wrong bed, at the wrong time. O___O Don't they have enough kids?!
Let's just have some MOAR RANDOM DANCING!!
Outside, the fireworks begin, and to conserve your scrolling fingers, I'll skip the before pictures. None of them are that fancy. Or interesting...
Here's an overview of what they rolled (at toddlerhood, in fact) and we will go over everyone's personalities, aspirations and LTWs again in a seperate reference post. Ready?
Shawn Spencer is a Popularity/Family sim who's life goal, aside from making me think he's his father, is to Become Captain Hero.
His twin brother Gus is a Fortune/Popularity sim who loves, Spelling Bees, the Piano and aspires to be Cowboy Town's first City Planner.
Their younger sister, Carly, is a Family/Knowledge sim who's one goal in life is to become Education Minister. (like you didn't see that coming)
The eldest of Bruzzy's "triplets" is Buzz, who is a Pleasure/Fortune sim who plans to coast through life on his good looks as a Professional Party Guest.
Next is the often imitated, never duplicated Blaze, who is a Knowledge/Grilled Cheese sim and future Prestidigitator.
Brooklyn, the living ceramic doll, rounds out the group as a Popularity/Romance girl who wants to be everyone's best friend. Or at least twenty sim's best friend.
And because I forgot on their birthdays:
Ringleader, drummer, and eldest in the house, Bee is a fabulously spunky Romance/Knowledge sim who will one day own the hearts of 20 other sims - simultaneously.
Nancy Drew is a quiet, curious and investigative Knowledge/Popularity sim who simply wants to know everything... about everything.
Speaking of Nancy.... she's fantastic. And she takes after her mother in yet another way.
This would be better without the jacket, yes?
Four teenagers later, and Bruzzy is still going strong. And as adorable as EVER!
The only thing better than this...
...is without a doubt, THIS. Owen's draggin' SexyBack, them other wolves don't know how to act...
Am I the only one uncomfortable with the way Kennedy's looking at her?!
Late one night, Shawn was innocently gaining logic when the infamous WOOSHWOOSHWOOSH came down. Even the aliens confused him for Owen!
The reactions in the house were quite varied...
... but Carly's takes the cake. She holds the key for the education of our future generations, folks. Unless she gets really mad and throws it out the window.
"So THAT'S where you came from! FASCINATING!"
Poor Shawn's reaction suprised no one.
And now, for a small interlude we like to call OMG FIAR!: The Remix
I hope you've enjoyed this insight into the lives and times of the CFF Spares. Chapter 2.5 from the main house shouldn't take too much longer, followed by the heir poll. Thanks for reading and for caring about this crazy crew! <3