The Thomas Family- Week 3

Making Do


Weekly Update Written by: Kori




That morning while Nicholas and I were at school, Grandma tied the knot with Mr. Kirman. I'm glad that Grandma got married. She'll be happier and if she is happy with it, I'm happy with it.




They then made use of the double bed again. I think they secretly wish they were young enough to still have kids, though I know they are aware we aren't financially stable enough for another kid to be in the house.




Grampa Kane was more than willing to help out with the household chores. At least he isn't like some people who think that cleaning the bathroom is below them.




Whenever one of us tops our careers, we immediately switch to another career. The bonuses that are required by law to be given out when someone gets a promotion, are just too appealing to pass up.




It was my turn to make lunch today as we have to skill and be ready for work, so we take turns doing required work based on skills gotten and how close each of us are to getting promoted. This house works on maximizing time spent doing things to help us get promoted and the aquisition of money, since we don't have much of it.




That night was a sad night. Grampa Kane passed away. We were all sad in losing a relative, but it will also hurt us financially. We have lost a pay check with Grampa Kane's death. We will, however, make do with what we are given, which is what we all have been doing.




The next day was Saturday. I greeted neighborhood teen and classmate Natalie Hall as she was walking by. It was cold, I was sure she wanted to come inside and warm up before she continued on to whereever it was she was going.




Here is the house after the week was done. There wasn't much change done, but we had some upgrading of furniture.

[I missed the picture of Aimee's death.]



Week 3 Progress:
-Number of Sims: 2
-Age Range: Elder to teen
-Net Worth: §21,847
-Cash: §2,482
-Kori's skills: 3/2/1/1/2/4/2
-Nicholas's skills: 3/2/2/2/3/2/2
-Kori's job: Emergency Medical Technician
-Nicholas's job: Multiregional Sim of Some Question

The Roberts Family- Week 3

A Series of Bad Events


Weekly Update Written by: Christy




As you recall, we had a fire at the end of the last round, so Gainell spent the first bit of this round cleaning up from the fire and the water the sprinkler puts out.




While Gainell was doing that, I decided to try and teach Ame how to walk. She isn't taking on very quick, but I know she will eventually get the hang of it and know how to walk.




As soon as Gainell had finished cleaning up the mess from the fire, Leah began to cook breakfast for us. She will make a fine mother some day, if she settles down.




I honestly hope the strays stop digging up my yard. I really hate having to fill in the holes they leave behind. Luckily, the grass here grows really fast so the evidence of strays digging holes in the yard is gone quickly.




While I was filling in the holes, Gainell proceded to teach Ame to talk. I hope she takes to talking quicker than she took to walking.

[Something in the house was making things make an odd flashing thing so I was removing and changing CC in the house. That's why Ame's hair is different and there is a different flooring. It is also why they decreased in money this round as they had a lot of CC stuff.]




That night, Gainell's mother scared Tara. I honestly hope she calms down some before she scares someone to death.




Ame grew up into a pretty child. Ironically, she grew into the blue version of the dress that Tara was in.




It snowed so much today, the kids got a snow day. All three kids were happy to get the snow day. Gainell and I had to go for work so we told Leah and Tara to keep an eye on Ame.




Ame decided to help around the house on her free day by taking out the trash without anyone telling her to, according to Leah.




Ame then decided to make a snow man.

[I didn't have the Seasons patch yet as it wasn't out yet. Let's just say the time to take the trash out + build a snowman = social worker warning, which before the patch, = social worker coming]




By the time she got inside she was frost bitten.

[As social worker coming like 2 seconds after the warning is glitch, I did everything in my power to stop that. There are no pictures as I was too freaked out to take any ^_^]




Luckily, she was able to warm up quick and apparently, frost bite here doesn't stay very long if you get warmed up.

[I don't know what I did, but when the van left the lot, she appeared inside in her outerwear. I was able to complete the week with her on the lot, however the next week, I had to boolprop her back onto the lot]




[Both Christy and Gainell got social worker took child memories, so they will not be able to adopt.]




The next day, the kids had school and Leah helped Ame with her homework when Ame got home from school. I think she will make a fine mother when she grows up. I just hope she has kids.




One of the neighborhood kids was over, Nathan Hall, I think it was. Nathan was playing with Ame. It's good that she is socializing with other kids her age and not just socializing with her older sisters.




Leah greeted one of the neighborhood teenage girls. Leah told me her name was Elise Kirkman. Those two started chatting and became friends.




That night, a burglar came and attempted to steal from us. Luckily, well unluckily for the burglar, we have a burglar alarm that will go off as soon as she steps into the house.




A cop got here pretty quickly and the two began to fight. I really hope the cop wins. The burglar really needs to be arrested for public safety.




Unfortunately, the burglar beat the cop and she got away.




The cop was apologizing to us, but Leah was more focused on Gainell's mother who decided to scare Leah at that moment.




This is what the house looks like now, at the end of the week. We still can't afford to have separate rooms for each of us, but we are working on it.



Week 3 Progress:
-Number of Sims: 5
-Age Range: adult to child
-Net Worth: §28,160
-Cash: §3,695
-Gainell's skills: 4/5/5/7/0/0/2
-Christy's skills: 6/4/3/5/2/6/4
-Leah's skills: 3/1/1/0/0/0/1
-Tara's skills: 2/1/1/0/4/0/1
-Ameshisuto's skills: 0/0/1/0/3/0/0
-Gainell's job: Senior Officer
-Christy's job: Counter Intelligence