THE CAPPS
The Retail Family
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Founder: Desdemona Capp
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Traits: Cheerful, Neat, Art-Lover
Aspiration: Soulmate
Career: Art Critic (level 5)
Store: Art Gallery, worth ~$89000
Perks: Serious Shopper, Faster Checkout, Faster Restocking
Portrait in Museum? Yes
Spouse: Gunther Munch
Children: Titus Capp, Tamora Capp, Lavinia Capp
Titus Capp
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Traits: Neat
Childhood Aspiration: Artistic Prodigy (maxed)
A in Elementary School? Yes
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Traits: Loner (Evil, Cheerful)
Childhood Aspiration: Artistic Prodigy (Angling Ace)
A in Elementary School?
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Traits: Goofball (Bro, Bookworm)
Childhood Aspiration: Whiz Kid (Nerd Brain)
A in Elementary School?
THE MONTYS
The Restaurant Family
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Founder: Beatrice Monty
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Traits: Self-Assured, Active, Outgoing
Aspiration: Successful Lineage
Career: Culinary (level 6)
Restaurant:
Star Rating:
Portrait in Museum? Yes
Spouse: Paolo Rocca
Children: Petruchio Monty, Lucentio Monty
Petruchio Monty
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Traits: Lazy
Childhood Aspiration: Artistic Prodigy (maxed)
A in Elementary School? Yes
Unique Skills: violin (level 4)
Collection: MySims Figures ($150)
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Traits: Self-Assured
Childhood Aspiration: Rambunctious Scamp
A in Elementary School?
THE SUMMERDREAMS
The Mansion Family
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Founder: Bottom Summerdream
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Traits: Vegetarian, Active, Foodie
Aspiration: Mansion Baron
Career: Business (level 6)
Gold-Metal Parties:
Rewards:
Portrait in Museum? Yes
Spouse: Akira Kibo
Children: Thasia Summerdream
Thasia Summerdream
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Traits: Cheerful
Childhood Aspiration: Social Butterfly (maxed)
A in Elementary School?
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Beatrice: Paolo and I loved being new parents. Even though my pregnancy wasn't the easiest Petruchio was such a calm baby. He rarely cried and always seemed happy to be held and cared for by us.
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Unfortunately babyhood doesn't last forever, and it seemed like our little man was a child before we knew it. Unlike me and Paolo, Petruchio seems to be on the lazy side. He definitely has an interest in art though, which I'm happy to encourage.
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We had some money to spare since we'd both gotten promoted, so our spoiled boy got a drawing table
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Violin
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And a toy chest.
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Around that time Paolo and I decided we wanted to have another baby. Paolo was an only child so he never got to experience having siblings, and we decided it'd be better to give Petruchio the chance to have a brother or sister. Paolo seemed very happy with the news. We decided to wait a little while to tell Petruchio though.
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Pretty soon it was little man's first day of school. Paolo and I aren't really the type to get too emotional but this was a special occasion, and it was hard to see him go off to school.
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Petruchio definitely seemed to take school seriously, which is something I can't say I did as a kid. He never had to be asked to do his homework, we're hoping that this will last while he's a teenager!
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When we did tell Petruchio about my pregnancy he seemed really excited and curious. I think he'll enjoy being a big brother.
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This pregnancy was definitely easier than my first. I still got tired more easily but I was actually feeling well-enough to have visitors and work on things for my job. Desdemona stopped by to check in so we chatted for a while, I was shocked to hear that she had somehow managed to have triplets! I don't think there's ever been a multiple birth in her family, and I don't know with her husband's family. She ended up repeating how she was jealous that I still looked so good while pregnant and she thought she looked awful after her kids were born.
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Baby 2 decided to make their appearance the next day (thanks for ruining mommy and daddy's date to the park). You'd think that Paolo wouldn't be so nervous watching the birth since we've gone through it before but here he was...panicking.
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Labor was much faster this time and soon enough our new baby boy Lucentio was born. He was so precious, and I knew right away my two boys would be best of friends.
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Petruchio seemed to love his new baby brother, coming to his crib whenever he started to fuss. Lucentio was much more fussy, but thankfully we all quickly adapted to it.
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Sadly it felt like Lucentio's infancy was even shorter, and in the blink of an eye my baby boy was a child.
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One thing we realized once the boys we're older is how convenient the park near us was. They could just walk over after school and come home before it got too late. Lucentio seemed to enjoy the monkey bars a lot.
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While Petruchio had more fun meeting the other kids and making friends.
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Meanwhile, Paolo and I decided the time was right to make things official. We had a private wedding near our house, and even though we were basically already married it still was nice to have official proof of it.
Welcome Lucentio to the family! Paolo was actually the one who rolled a want for a new baby, and since Beatrice has a family aspiration there wasn't any issue to convince her. Beatrice and Paolo are both at level 5 in their respective careers, and Petruchio is an A student in elementary school. Beatrice is getting close to completing her aspiration and maxing the traditional cooking skill, and Petruchio has almost completed the Artistic Prodigy aspiration and maxed the child creativity skill. I haven't decided yet if I'll have Lucentio complete his aspiration (Rambunctious Scam) since he's a spare, I suppose if I have downtime while playing I will.
Also, some comparison pictures of the boys.
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Petruchio is on top, Lucentio is on the bottom.
The boys look very similar, and at first I thought they looked more like Beatrice than Paolo. They definitely favor her in hair and eye color, and Petruchio has the same complexion. But I think they actually will look more like Paolo.
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Young Paolo
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Young Beatrice.
You'll notice that they both have similar facial proportions to Paolo as well as his eye shape. I think Lucentio is a more even mix of their parents, but Petruchio is basically Paolo Jr.
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Desdemona: They say that you should treasure your children's babyhood but I just wish that I'd been able to enjoy them more. Beatrice told me one baby can be stressful enough, but three at once seemed nearly impossible. As soon as one was done being taken care of another would start crying. At least they would all sleep through the night.
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Thankfully it wasn't long before they were all children. The girls look very similar, the biggest difference is Lavinia has her grandmother's hair color and Tamora has Gunther's. Titus seemed like the odd one out, he has more of my features and inherited green eyes from my side.
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And with the triplets all grown up, we could now move to my store! The bottom level had the store area and two public bathrooms as well as our kitchen/dining area and Mila's bedroom. Upstairs were Lucas and Wolfgang's room, the triplet's room, and mine and Gunther's room as well as another bathroom and a living room. I was really happy with it, it still had plenty of privacy even though we were technicaly living at my store.
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Gunther, Mila and I all would work the store when we weren't at our jobs.
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It could be very overwhelming at times though...
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The kids all tended to stay upstairs playing with their toys or on Wolfgang's gaming device. Even though technically Lucas and Wolfgang are their uncles they're very close with my children.
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Titus in particular seemed to have an affinity for the violin. Several of my family members like my cousin Tybalt are interested in music performance, so it was nice to see the passion had continued.
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And despite how busy we were Gunther and I would always make time for each other.
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Then to cap off a successful week Mila offered to take pictures of my children and I. I'll be sure to hang these up back at our main house.
Sorry that nothing terribly exciting happened in this update, I've been busy like I said before. Last week I was visiting family and this week I've been having relationship issues...so yeah. This week was also a lot of grinding for the Capps, I've been trying to get them all to level up in their skills and careers. I actually think the Capps are the farthest along in their goals at this point. Desdemona and Mila are both level 5 in their careers, Gunther and Wolfgang are both level 3, and Wolfgang and Lucas both have A's. Additionally, Desdemona is just three milestones away from completing her aspiration and Titus has almost completed his childhood aspiration. Both now have portraits (the photographs), and I've unlocked my first business perk! The store is currently worth around $55,000, so it won't be too much longer before the store is completed.
And without further ado, some comparisons between the triplets and their parents.
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From top to bottom: Titus, Tamora, and Lavinia.
The girls look incredibly similar, and they both bear a strong resemblance to Gunther. I'm not sure they're completely identical though, I think Tamora's eyes are larger and Lavinia has more pinched lips. Both parents have grey eyes so it's hard to say who's color they got specifically. Titus on the other hand is kind of the odd one out, he looks more like Desdemona but isn't a dead-ringer for her, and his green eyes are a bit of a mystery (I'd like to pretend that he just inherited that from the Capps, since several of them have green eyes).
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Young Gunther
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Young Desdemona.
It's hard to say which of the girls looks more like Gunther, but I think it's Lavinia despite the darker hair.
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Bottom: Akira and I had definitely settled into a nice routine. Both of us are very career-focused people, so we never had an issue getting into work or spending the day doing stuff for our jobs.
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Of course, we still managed to find time for ourselves. We'd go downtown and check out any festivals or events going on or visit a karaoke bar.
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And yes, I am pregnant in this picture.
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Pregnancy didn't slow me down at all. We still went to festivals and I was able to do my job with no issue. Beatrice told me how her first pregnancy was tough, she was always tired or uncomfortable. I didn't really have any issues like that.
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She was completely right about labor being horrible though. It sucked. And of course I decided to have a home birth for some reason. Note to self, do not let me make rash decisions like this in the future, I regret not getting an epidural.
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But thankfully it didn't last forever, and pretty soon I was holding my baby girl Thasia in my arms. She was so precious, I just wish Akira had been home for the birth.
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He definitely made up for it later. Thasia was a very fussy baby and he would always be the one to wake up in the middle of the night to feed her or change her.
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In the blink of an eye my baby was a child, off and doing her own thing. She definitely seemed to be a lot like me when I was her age, always playing and talking.
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To celebrate her birthday we all went to the Spice Festival, and all made the huge mistake of eating spicy curry.
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At least it was vegetarian..?
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Thasia seemed much more interested in playing with the sparklers. Hopefully we don't have a pyro in the family.
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Living next to a playground seemed like a dream come true for my baby. I wasn't too worried about her getting into trouble, but it was still nice knowing she wouldn't have to travel far to play.
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She ended up meeting two of Desdemona's kids, I guess they prefer the park near us.
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She and Titus seemed to be fast friends, but I can't say the same for her and Tamora. Hopefully this is just childhood rivalries and they'll grow out of it soon, I'm sure Desdemona wouldn't appreciate another feud.
I always feel like the Summerdream's have the least amount of stuff going on haha! Part of it is the amount of grinding I have to do while playing them, and both Akira and Bottom are working most of the day during the week. Bottom is level 5 in business (I haven't settled on a branch for her yet), and Akira is level 4 in the tech career. Thasia aged up on a Friday evening so she hasn't been to school yet but she's a little over halfway done with the Social Butterfly aspiration, she also is at level 5 social skill. And I'm not entirely sure yet if she'll stay friends with Titus as they get older, only time will tell.
Obligatory Parental Comparisons
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Thasia
I'm pretty sure bottom underwent mitosis or somehow asexually reproduced to have Thasia, I really can't see any resemblance between her and Akira.
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Young Akira
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Young Bottom
Thasia has Bottom's hair, eye, and skin color. The only possible thing from Akira might be her cheekbones, she seems to have a thinner face than her mother.
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Mila: Hello everyone, mother-in-law Mila Munch here to narrate! Desdemona has been extremely busy this week so she decided to hand this over to me for a little while. Well, to be fair she isn't the only person who's been really busy, we all have been. My grandbabies have been hard at work in school along with my younger two boys, and of course everyone helps at the store!
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The week started off with some excitement as my younger two boys, Lucas and Wolfgang, had their birthdays!
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Wolfgang decided to clean his act up from being a teenage rebel. He still likes to dress like a tough guy but he wants to look more mature and professional. We're all very proud of him, he was able to get a level 3 job in the Intelligence career straight out of high school!
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The work week continued pretty much as expected. We managed to get several more store perks and our store is officially appraised at over $100,000! It'll be a nice retirement fund haha!
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But we decided to treat ourselves to a nice day off on Saturday since everyone had some free time. It's kind of hard to get a family of eight out of the house but it's worth it.
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We began the day at the pool. The girls kept daring each other to do increasingly extreme jumps, which ended in Lavinia belly-flopping. I don't think they'll be doing that again any time soon.
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We stopped off at the gym next because Desdemona and Wolfgang both wanted to spend some time working out. Desdemona decided she wanted to try to lose what was left of her babyweight, and Wolfgang wanted to get in shape for his new job. I'm very proud of both of them.
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The kids all decided to play basketball, and Lucas tried boxing for the first time.
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Gunther tried to join Desdemona on the treadmills but my poor boy ended up having a mishap.
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Next stop was the Art Museum in San Myshuno, Tamora seemed particularly enthralled by what she saw.
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A final stop on the way home for dinner...I can't say I like the idea of eating in a bar but the kids all seemed to like what they had so I can't complain too much.
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And of course Desdemona got more promotions! She's such a determined young woman, I admire her so much and am glad she married my boy. Until next time, everyone!
Wow sorry for not updating in a while. I've kind of touched on it but I'm currently in the process of having a chronic pain issue diagnosed/treated, which has taken up some of my time and enjoyment. I can't really say I'm a fan of having abdominal pain for four weeks straight :P But hopefully everything will be figured out soon. I also had some online drama which resulted in my departure from a site I was a mod on.
Anyway at this point I can safely say the Capps are the furthest along at this point. Desdemona is a level 6 critic now, Titus (even though he wasn't shown much) maxed the Artistic Prodigy aspiration and the Child Creativity skill, and is now level 3 in the Piano skill. They've unlocked all the store perks except for Cheaper Restocking, and the store is valued at $111K! I'm fairly certain I'll be able to finish almost everything else off by the next part!
And now some close-ups of Lucas and Wolfgang!
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Top: Wolfgang. Bottom: Lucas.
I'm really happy with how these two look, especially Wolfgang. He's always been my favorite of the Munch boys, and I like the more mature but still edgy look I gave him. I also always think Lucas looks good in softer colors like green and blue :)