The Atherton (not really) ISBI - Part 7.
Um, crap... I knew I had forgotten something.
I think this Repo Man might actually be a Time Lord. Gotta wonder what he needed their toilet for, though.
Wilandra is becoming quite sporty, autonomously shooting hoops a lot. That bootie-patootie of hers is very stubborn, though. x)
It's dawning on me more and more how pretty Williana really is. Yeah, I know I'm biased because I made her, blah blah, but I really didn't see her full potential at first.
New outing with Liam, complete with the old gang of Brandi, Joe, Amin etc. They went bowling.
However, there was another bowler who was more entertaining to watch.
Mrs. C: This is how I keep my arm-strenght up. Swinging that purse is heavy!
Looking promising, Mrs. C!
Mrs. C: Pffff, I wasn't National Champion of the Ladies' Fire-arms Tournament for fourteen years straight, and President of Honorable Women's Hunting Society, for nothing!
Mrs. C: Cha-cha-cha! Any of you young weedlings want to play me? I'm up for it.
Mrs. C then went to have a celebratory Bloody Mary, and didn't pay any attention to the brats PDA-ing five metres away.
Williana: Does my nose really look like that? D:
Tina: Hello! My name is Tina Zarubin. You may know my grandmother, Tiffany, from the Garden Club. You may also know me from that one time I visited your house, and my face got permanently screwed up.
Williana: That can't have been my fault, at least. I only do hair and make-up!
*TigerAnne whistles innocently*
Oh well, she's not a pudding clone, at least. I kind of like the way she looks. She's like a really weird, crappy attempt at making a LeAnn Rimes Sim.
Then I decided to just mess with them.
Milena: Don't worry, Evie. You'll still be my little girl.
Milena: I wish we had the expensive telescope, so there could be a chance Henry got to feel how much fun morning sickness and giving birth is!
Weeeell, you can certainly afford one now... But one baby at the time, please.
Alexandra: Have you noticed that Mom's gotten kinda fat?
Well, at least she's got the good common sense to EAT, unlike someone else who for some inexplicable reason is also "fat".
Kendall: I'm going to get twice the pay now, right? ...didn't think so, either.
*Boioioingggg* Awww, the first time I've captured a Sim of mine popping.
Williana: Something bothering you, kid?
Alexandra: GRRR! GRRRRRRRR!!!
Milena: Ewwrgh! Williana, for goodness' snake, what is that stuff you're fertilizing with?
Williana: Oh, it's bat-guano from Thailand that I purchased over the net, 100% organic. Doesn't upset your pregnant stomach, does it?
Milena: A little bit.
Milena: Oooooh, Brandi... What are you doing with Mitch and a lot of inflatable coat-hangers in that tub? Hee hee... here I was, thinking that fertilizer was gross!
Alexandra is back to being Mrs. Swiller's least favourite, so seing her doing just a little bit of homework is uplifting.
Then it's usually back to raging. She'll be a great role model for her new sibling, no?
Log-rolling is still Williana's favourite way of staying fit.
Morris: UMPF!
Milena: Ha ha ha! You looked exactly like that penguin in that GIF!
Milena: Oh, I've got that weird, expanding feeling again...
*Boioioiiiing*
Milena, you have GOT to be kidding! That thing exhausts the Sims who use it! You're pregnant in third trimester, and probably hungry! How can this end well?
This kid's going to be a badass. I just know.
At least she's just across the hall from her bed...
Morris: Oh, this can't be good for the baby!
Don't worry. She survived the night, and went down to grab some dessert a kind soul had left out. Poor Williana, get used to getting up in the middle of the night to feed the numpties.
Milena: Uh, I kind of don't feel so good.
Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of her gasping in agony. I think I'll turn the cutscenes off.
It's a girl! Her name is Georgiana, because I couldn't remember what I had originally thought of naming her. She's got Henry's skintone and Milena's eyes. I was hoping she'd get Milena's tan, but nope.
Since I'm playing with aging off, Georgie's going to stay a baby for a whole in-game year. She was born on the first day of summer.
Alexandra: Yayyy! A sister!
Morris: Whooo! It's not deformed!
Milena: Oh boy. Now I've got three kids. The oldest one is already a delinquent. How am I going to cope with this?
Georgiana soon got acquainted with the carpet.
Milena somehow survived her pregnancy just to nearly starve to death while her daughter was a few hours old. She's usually one of the more competent Athertons, but she's not entirely free from the stupid.
She remembers to feed her kid, at least.
Kendall: Imma show you a neat trick, rugrat. Look! I can stab my hand right through my chest!
Georgie: Waaaaaah! Mommyyyyyy!
Kendall: Just kidding, sprout. See, I just put my hand under my blouse, and out between the buttons. You can stop crying now. Good Batman, kids nowadays are such wimps! *shoves bottle down Georgie's throat*
Kendall: You don't work as a nanny for fourty-seven years without learning some tricks. For example, velcroing the babby to your cardigan keeps your hands free.
Georgie: Aunty Nessa! Please save me!
Milena: I can't handle thiiiiis!
Evie: Mom, I'm kinda hungry.
Henry is a good father, now and then.
And then things were back to normal.
Like this.
Atherton fitness party!
Alexandra: Dear Diary, Mom says she still loves me, and always will. But if the new baby is going to not be stupidest in school, she'll probably love it more than me.
Wilandra: Dear Diary, I don't like my ass.
These two are just made of smart.
Oh, and I've forgot to mention, but Evie is a child prodigy! She's in permanent platinum, and has maxed out her logic and music skills. :) She's way ahead of her father.
Evie: They left you around on the floor again?
Georgie: Yes. Please help me up in the crib!
Evie: I'm too short to get into it myself. :(
Here's Ginger Newson. I couldn't handle the weird, sunken cheeks she had, so I did some plastic surgery. Maybe I should play her family as a challenge.
Sophie: So, word around school is that you weren't there today, because the Aliens had come to take you back to your home planet.
Wilandra: Oh, no. I'm just learning how to be an astronaut. You know, since Mom isn't going to be one anymore, since she's become a geeky science lady.
I made them have a pool day, because it was warm for autumn, and I was going to start winter early to get maximum snow days.
Really? Let's see what Henry (and Maxis) concider "swimming".
Yeah. I don't think he moved at all for several hours.
Wilandra got a better profit from it.
Wilandra: Whoo! I'm Muscle Girl! Now I'm gonna kick some asses!
Evie: Bye 2 U!
I used the weather machine to make it start snowing, and thus started the seventh winter of the challenge: The Groundhog Winter.
Just like at the beginning of the first one, the whole family (minus the smallest two) ran outside to enjoy the fresh snowfall.
Some things never change.
Henry: I don't like that kid.
Henry: You're my favourite child, Evie, because you're smart like your daddy. The other two just scream, cry, pee themselves and pass out on the floor.
Guess they've got that from their father, eh?
Oh, you're one to talk!
Williana: Hi, Jim. Look, I'm sorry about ruining your reputation, OK? I was just wondering if you wanted to come over?
Jim: Let me think about it. ...no.
The only guy Wilandra even remotely likes, refuses to visit the house that's got Williana living in it.
You know... I don't think Milena is paying attention.
Alexandra: Raaaaarrgh!
Milena: We all have such good relationships, such a harmonious family, zzz...
Inappropriate bed appropriation is rampant. I'm putting in Inge's keyholder doors! Seriously.
This will help when Williana's going to teach her to walk and use the potty. The best part, however, was that it made Williana roll the want to have 10 best friends, which had a higher reward than her seemingly unattainable one for maximum enthusiasm in nature.
Morris: I think Wilandra will be staying home from school today.
Vanessa: Looks like it.
There was no school, however. I finally succeeded in forcing a snow day!
Williana started working on her robot badges, because this family is totally getting a servo.
Compare Morris' painting to the ones made by a 2-year-old.
Morris: Congratulations on having 10 BFFs, darling! You're such a lovely girl, it would be strange if someone didn't like you. Your sister, on the other hand...
Yeah... Not happening, pumpkin.
Guess where Georgie is? (Don't worry. Wilandra excavated her soon after.)
And where is Evie? Upstairs, playing in the clogged toilet.
Evie: I'm studying micro-biology!
A stray cat and one of the random wolves started playing together in the snow. It was the cutest thing ever. At this point, there was a problem with a clean-bot I tried out, and I ended up having to reload the lot. I lost several in-game days.
There was a strong sense of deja-vu. It took more than 12 hours before Vanessa came around. I was getting very worried.
Alvin came home with the girls, and Wilandra spontaneously started hating on him. She kept poking him for about five or six hours straight, and he just kept crying like a wimp, despite having beaten the shit out of Ricky the year before.
I was pretty sure that this was the final straw before Wilandra's self-esteem and sanity went out the window, but the computer froze and I had to restart. So none of this happened.
One more picture of Georgie, who hopefully won't be a baby for very much longer.
Some pictures don't really need a comment, and this is one of them.
Vanessa: Dear Diary, I feel like this winter has lasted forever. I'm wondering if it will ever end.
And thanks to the last freeze-up, the Athertons are still in winter. I haven't played further than this, so what happens next time is as much of a mystery to me as to anyone else.