Thank you for the comments! Claude turned out . . . differently than I expected. Well, but you'll see here in a moment.
Almost immediately after Daphne's birth, Toni moved out. I originally thought she'd go for science, but when it wasn't available and I was too lazy to send her to the science lab, I hit up medical instead. She's one of those doctors who turns heads but is so independently minded she's the chasing the men instead. Not that she'd make a super great girlfriend anyway. She's kind of weird.
I went with "naughty librarian" to inspire her look.
Antonia Cooper Sims moves out, giving me one point. Her final traits are: Animal Lover, Loner, Star Quality, Angler and Genius.
Though still more of the house is complete, including a full bath, everyone still sleeps outside. Genesis is relieved to have her bed to herself again (for a little while.)
With a maximum of four kids at home, I'm not making this as challenging as it could be, but it's more enjoyable that way. Plus, it leaves the door open for multiples.
Baz and Gremlin discover a new interaction of which I was never aware: Sit On. Very cute.
Will the real Gremlin Sims please stand up? Any guesses?
Gremlin is on the left. He's wearing a collar, but his eyes are green, whereas the stray's are orange.
Gremlin is getting old. At the time of this writing, his bar is full and Grim could come for him anytime.
The family bought a chemistry set and the kids aren't the only ones trying it out. Not surprisingly, Genesis really rocks this look.
Claude has a birthday. I expected something a little different, but he's all right looking in a drab sort of way. He's now Insane, Excitable, a Daredevil and a Social Butterfly.
Also a kitty cat.
In one of those weird but cool differences the game throws in, Claude doesn't seem to be very smart. Sure, Toni was a Genius, but Baz isn't and still has no trouble completing his homework quickly. Claude takes forever. Claude takes forever to do anything. I never get quite as much accomplished with him in any given time period as I'd like.
Daphne has a birthday. You can't see it in the picture, but her hair is blonde with dark roots. Unlike Toni's, which came from her father, I can't say where Daphne's hair comes from. Not from Trigger.
Eating dollies come from Genesis.
So I messed up and cheated just a little bit. Guilty: I've never made a ghost before. When somebody died and Genesis got Oh My Ghost, I picked the first man who was on the father list but had died. That man was Robert Newbie.
Guilty: I actually knew what would happen. Genesis did this once and my game froze and I lost a couple days of playing, including Robert's resurrection. (He came back as a ghost that time, too.) So I knew he'd move in and we'd have to ask him to move out. That's against the rules, but oh, well. This is not a challenge where you automatically lose if you break a rule.
Genesis doesn't look very pleased with her new roommate, does she?
We turned that around.
I chose Robert because the original father next in line declined the invitation. We were on a rather strict time table and I didn't want to wait five hours until that man could come over. Technically, Robert wasn't next, but he was
there and that was good enough. He was originally #10, so we would have gotten to him anyway.
Before Baby E arrives, Daphne gets another birthday. Babies and cakes are old news. This is really a shot of the new dining area.
Now you can see that hair. I like Daphne. She doesn't look grumpy all the time. Okay, she looks grumpy here, but that's unusual. I added Athletic to Slob and Brave.
Showtime for Baby E and look who gets to drive to the hospital this time! I think it's the first time she's driven the car. Usually the boys have it. And it's not a motorcycle, definitely more comfortable for the mother in labor.
So no ghosts ever also means no ghost babies, but now that's changed, too. Meet Edsel Robert Sims. He's Perceptive and Easily Impressed.
Given how much noise Robert makes on his post-birth visit, I'm not looking forward to raising a ghost. This first may be my last.
So that's it for now. Edsel puts us at five kids.
Antonia - Larry Cooper
Basil - Jon Lessen
Claude - Dallas Shallow
Daphne - Trigger Broke
Edsel - Robert Newbie
Thanks for reading!
Someone please tell me why Genesis can't walk around the bushes to go from one door to another without needing a babysitter, but the BABY gets to go wherever she wants. So dumb.