Love is a Riddle - Chapter 9

The family went to the winter festival in order to get an updated family photo. Would have probably made more sense to move the fall one up and put the winter one on the right, but whatever.

They didn't stay at the festival long though because they were having a gift giving party!

They got another easel, two chess boards (one I sold), and two video game systems (one I sold)

Tom finally got high enough in his spellcasting to learn the restoration ritual! They never need to have a dirty house again, and long gone are the days of being electrocuted! Tip: casting restoration ritual spoils all food in the fridge but restores all food not in the fridge, so pull any food out before casting it.

Neither of the kids have touched the trampoline but Liz loves it! She even got a wish to gain a trampoline skill point. I have a mod that shows all hidden skills but I know they don't get points for maxing them. 

So far everyone has been playing nice with each other. The kids are good friends and like to tell each other jokes.

When Bella isn't hanging out with Severus she's usually playing video games, often with her mom.

Severus loves his imaginary friend doll but thankfully hasn't set it down yet so the IF is still stuck inside.

One morning Bellatrix got up before Tom and there weren't any leftovers so she decided to bake a muffin! She even got one skill point out of it for later. I don't know if the little baker oven can start fires but we haven't had one yet.

I was having a lot of issues with Isla Paradiso, and even had to reset the whole town a couple times. I hate doing that because it's kind of cheaty so I had them move to Moonlight Falls instead. More of their supernatural brethren live there anyway! I am not a builder and never have been but I'm pretty proud of this house. Back at the very beginning I had Tom purchase Hobart's Hideaway to earn an extra $200 a day and then kind of forgot about it, until all of a sudden they had an extra like $60K! Apparently they sold it in the move.

On the first day of his new daycare Tom got to watch two fairies, aren't they adorable?! I still can't believe Sims 4 won't have toddlers... It's a reminder though that Severus's potential girl friend Kimberlee was left behind in Isla Paradiso.

Did you know you can have an adult tell kids to do their homework? I didn't! Sometimes the kids come home and do it autonomously but it's nice to know I can have Tom tell them if they don't (and I remember and he's not really busy with something else lol).

Salazar was so happy he went to the potty all by himself! Good job, right in time for your birthday.

And... he still looks like a girl. He randomly rolled the eco-friendly trait.

After his makeover he looks much better! I'm glad I finally have someone who can pull off these Movie Stuff outfits haha.

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SCORECARD

- 5 Fire

- 5 Passing Out

+15 Birth

+15 Skill Challenge

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+20 Total Points

Love is a Riddle - Chapter 8

While in the playpen with Severus, Bellatrix autonomously learned most of her talking skill.

I used her free toddler action to have her learn to walk.

Liz watching over her sleeping babies while playing with magic. Her spell-casting skill is almost as high as Tom's! Too bad I can't have her do anything productive with it.

Here she is proving once again she is not a totally incompetent mother. Tired as she may be, she won't leave her kids to starve.

Bellatrix walked on over to another of the toddler toys and this time did manage to get a skill point.

I had Tom throw a birthday party for Severus, hoping him and Kimberlee would get to know each other better after he aged up.

He randomly rolled the Good Sense of Humor trait, which is not something the other Severus can claim.

Immediately upon aging up I had to use his free child action to go to the bathroom, as he was about to pee his pants. 

After makeover. I'm trying to find them clothes and hairstyles that their namesake would wear.

I bought some playground equipment thinking he could go out and play with the other kids at his party, but Severus didn't touch the things. The other kids did seem to have fun though.

Instead he went around pestering his mother to read him a bedtime story. Then he would get up and ask for another one.

He never actually went to sleep after getting read a story, so he eventually passed out (-5 points) in the snow.

Tom was promoted and now gets to watch three toddlers! With a toddler and infant of his own it was more challenging but still doable. All the kids were either good or great when they left.

Severus came home from his first day of school and started doing his homework. Is there an honor roll in our future?

When Salazar aged up, he really looked like a girl. All the kids age up in this spot because I have them in the swing 80% of the time they are babies lol.

Even after his makeover he still kinda looks like a girl. Given how few toddler hair styles there are and that there aren't many pictures of him, it's the best I could do. I was going off of this picture of his statue in the Chamber. 

I used his toddler free action to learn how to talk in the playpen.

Soon enough it was Bellatrix's birthday. I decided against throwing another party as Snowflake Day was fast approaching and they'd have a party then.

She randomly rolled the Shy trait, which I don't think the other Bellatrix would have either. I kinda wish I was allowed to pick their traits so I could make them more similar.

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SCORECARD

- 5 Fire

- 5 Passing Out

+15 Birth

+15 Skill Challenge

________

+20 Total Points

Love is a Riddle - Chapter 7

All of Liz's chess playing broke the computer, and when Tom tried to fix it he got electrocuted. I'm starting to think he's got a death wish.

Our second alien abduction! We don't have a telescope or space rocks or anything.

I had Tom put Severus in the walker but he was not into it. He just stood there, maybe playing with the toys a bit, but definitely wasn't learning how to walk. So Tom had to teach him the old fashioned way.

At some point Liz got pregnant and I didn't notice a notification. Couldn't be from the abduction because female sims can't get pregnant that way. They had autonomously woohoo'd but I thought it was just regular woohoo and not risky.

I love this toddler witch animation! So cute!

Bellatrix's birthday already! She also got Liz's purple hair.

Right after she aged up she crawled over and started playing with this toy. She didn't learn any skills though.

The kids became friends playing peekaboo. 

While Mommy goes into labor, again.

Salazar was born with the brave trait and randomly rolled the insane trait. Liz does not look happy about the new addition. 

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SCORECARD

- 5 Fire

+15 Birth

+15 Skill Challenge

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+25 Total Points