Growing Sims

I'm in the process of transferring most of my blog over to Wordpress.  I've already transferred posts referring to the Brokes.  I'm writing less about the Random family and they might just disappear off the blog world.  However, here's a very brief update on what's happening in Pleasantview.

Theophile Charvat's daughter, Lumiere, grew to a toddler.

Theophile is married to Valley Greenwood who comes from a family of (now) 9 - the Greenwoods are the new large family of Pleasantview, replacing the Randoms.  Valley's youngest sister (before twins were born) is River, seen here fast asleep in the family home.

I haven't written much about the Huntingdons.  Veronica is married to Beau (Broke) and their son, Parker, has just grown to school age.

Veronica and Cornelius' mother, Agatha, had a surprise late pregnancy and gave birth to a girl.  Her name is Beatrice and she's just grown to a toddler.

I just realised that I've been writing this blog for just over a year.  Amazing.  In that time I've reached generation 5 with the Collies.  And since that name might not reach generation 10 I'll just reflect back on the generations.

It started with Manon and Shannon (remember the rhyming theme there for a while?)  Their kids were Mellon, Ben, Steven, Helen and Ken.  Ken died in a fire so no kids from that branch.  

Mellon's kids were Penny and Devon.  Her grandchildren are Harriett, Richard, Kane, Alex and Victoria.  Great-grandchildren are Caitlyn, Brianna, Briony, Brett, Mairead, Seamus, Reefer, Peyote, Alexis, Mikhail and Elizabeth

Ben's kids were Darlene and Denny.  His grandkids are Zen and Denim (Len drowned).  No great-grandchildren.

Steven had one child - Kenny (named after his deceased uncle).  Steven's grandson is Damien.  Grandkids include Demonica, Romania, Lithia and Ebony and another on the way.

Helen also had just one child - Daniel, and her grandchildren included Leon, Helena, Shana, Deon, Dana and Margareta.  Only three of them survive.  Great-grandkids include Shona, Fukita, Neil and Jess (Lena drowned).

The other major family of Veronaville (and this blog will now concentrate on that neighbourhood) has become the Champignon family who are intermarried with the Collies.

Raoul was the founder and he lived with his son, Jean-Philippe, before marrying Katelyn Go and having twin boys, Francois and Pierre.

His grandchildren are Henri, Monique, Guillaume, Amelie (now deceased), Philippe, Emma, Antoine and Antoinette.  His great-grandchildren are Stella, Artois, Hollandia, Reefer, Peyote and Sativa (Philippe's daughter).

So if you were confused as to who was who before this might help.

Zen of course graduated and moved back into his uncle-brother's house.  He's got a job as a rookie.

At Denny's old place, his widow, Emily, died age 66.

Denim is still a teenager.  No-one will miss her mother - she was the annoying one who poked people for looking through the telescope (nowhere near her house).  Denim might have to get a job...

At Dana's, Jessie Greaves moved back in with his (still) wife and son.  (can't find the pic)

At Deon's, Fukita grew to school age.

Larissa Landgraab moved in with Kane and they got married.

Kane's ex-wife, Siobhan, also married but had a proper wedding.

Alex was there as a fellow victim of betrayal.

Over at Damien's mistress' place, Serena was pregnant.

Lithia grew to a teenager.

At Alex's place (his grandmother was a Collie after all) the headmaster approved of the house (with a score of 136/90) and Alexis and Mikhail now go to private school.

Actually the Collie name is in danger of dying out.  The current Collie surname-bearers have actually got their name through females (Deon from his father, Daniel, who got his from his mother; Zen from his mother, Darlene; and Damien actually has the surname Tan, a name his father took from his vampire wife).

Finally, although not from the Collie family except through a tenuous link to Daniel, Jan's son, Danny, grew to a teenager.

His stepfather, Greg, got overheated while working out and collapsed.  He got up after Danny doused him.

I've been around all the families in Veronaville updating them all (except for Philippe Champignon who I haven't played for some time).  I tend to play them one Sim day at a time until I decide to focus on one.  Which family to start with?

Well to begin with, Artois, Reefer and Zen graduated from university.

Artois above (with Serena DeMarr who he fancies).  He looks more like his grandfather.  Reefer below:

Artois at first moved into Roxie's place (until someone told him she's his mother) and he quickly moved out and into Reefer's little bachelor pad next to Jan's place.

Meanwhile, Reefer's bro grew to a teenager:

At Emma's, the twins grew to school age. 

Antoine above and Antoinette below:

Emma continues to lust after others - regardless of gender.

She now has 5 lovers but of course wants 10.

At Artois' dad Henri's place, his little sister, Hollandia, finally made it to teenhood after getting perilously close to failing at school and a visit from the social worker.

She looks like her auntie Monique.

Katya knew her end was near, so she decided to invite family over for a last reunion.  Guillaume refused to come over, making lame excuses.  Amelie agreed to come over but of course couldn't bring the grandchildren.

Alas, Katya had forgotten about her cow plant near the path to the house.  Unfortunately the cow plant had some lovely cake on offer and Amelie, being rather greedy, tried to get it.  She died in the attempt.  Oops.  I hadn't planned for that at all.  That's what you get when your mother becomes an unnatural crossbreeder and leaves dangerous plants around.

So Katya never did get to see anyone before the Grim Reaper visited that evening.  She was 81 - a grand age.

Kane didn't seem at all upset that Amelie never came home.  His neighbour, Larissa Landgraab, invited him over for dinner, perhaps to offer her condolences, but she loved the company and attention, finally.  Not wanting to let Kane go, she proposed to him.  He accepted!  His third marriage looms (and he never wanted to marry in the first place).  I took pics (it was Larissa's very first kiss, sadly) but after looking three times and not finding them, I gave up.

Now that Deon had a son, two daughters were surplus.  Lena had her great-grandmother's ugly genes.  She had to go.

I'll see what Fukita looks like as a bigger child before I decide on her future.

Across at Deon's parents' place, it was finally time for Daniel to meet the Grim Reaper.

He was 73.  Margaret was the same age and after she got up she visited the bathroom, mourned and then saw her end.

I hadn't had two Sims die on the same night before.  They were both platinum events as you can see.  Dana and her son, Jess, were left to mourn.

Kane and Amelie are slowly building their dream house by the sea in Bluewater.  I think I neglected to mention that they married quietly.

Kane's ex-wife, Siobhan, has become engaged to Gilbert Jacquet.

Gilbert moved in.  Seems he didn't want to get engaged.  Tough.  Siobhan wants to marry and have more kids.  Mairead, meanwhile, has grown to teen-hood.

Zen has nearly finished at uni.  He and Reefer and Artois are getting A+s and are now in their senior year.  The next group of teens wait in the sidelines.

Zen's uncle/brother's wife has quit her job as mayor and is now a senior manager pursuing her LTW of business tycoon.

I played a while back so events are a bit vague.

Serena had another girl and called it Ebony.  Poor Damien has four daughters now.

Mikhail Lillard grew to school age.

His sister, Alexis, hates her stepmother, Robin and has no interest in her little brother.  As soon as she reaches teenhood she can be sent to Amelie's place.  Amelie, meanwhile, keeps visiting unannounced and barging into the house.  Alex locked all doors to allow the household only.  Robin, meanwhile, gave birth to a girl and called it Elizabeth.

At Monique's, her middle son, Jacques, grew to a teenager.  His older brother headed out to uni.

Deon's wife, Angel, finally gave birth to a boy.  He's called Neil.