The Jones 4x4 Dynasty - Super Glitched... Graveyard Please

[marwolfer]

Welcome, Antonia.
Hannah and Aiden are also among my favourte Riverviewers (and I love their mad house).  Good luck with this!

I don't play Townies much, but I found their backstory fascinating! The house takes quite a bit to get used to, though I did take the graves to the cemetery for the Dynasty.

Antonia is a real cutie-pie.
I'm curious to see her unique haircolour with a more...hairy haircut. 

It's quite pretty. I have her aged up to a child in my game right now, though I must say I don't like a lot of the child hair.

I always love it when nooboos inherit their hair colour from grandparents. Glad to see it happened here, although the red hair would've been nice, too. 

I had to find a family tree, because when Antonia was born I thought my game had glitched! lol

Antonia is adorable!  Nice start to your story, I will be reading along.

Thank you! I am glad you all like it. I'm trying to get Antonia to the teenager stage, but if that doesn't happen today then I will have a little toddler picture dump. I got some really adorable shots.

[marwolfer]

Juggling all the spares is getting to be hard work! I'm micromanaging, so Antonia's childhood is taking longer to play than I anticipated. So here's a picture dump of Antonia as a toddler.



Going for a stroll in our color-coordinated buggy!



Omnomnom!



I love sleeping babies!



That must be some yummy... whatever it is!



Truth be told, I sort of hate the IFs. But this picture was just too sweet!



Sweet mother-daughter moment.



THE CLAW!

[Rikki8528]

Wow! Really nice start. What expansions do you have?

[marwolfer]

Wow! Really nice start. What expansions do you have?

I have every expansion and stuff pack, except for 70s 80s and 90s stuff. I own it, I've just misplaced the disc and can't install it on my new computer. >.< I also have a vast majority of store stuff. If there's a specific item you see that you want to know about, I can figure it out for you.

[Rikki8528]

I was wondering about Antonia's hairstyle and Everyday. I know the sleepwear is from the base game and the formal is from Island Paradise, but I didn't know the others.

[Audren]

The hair style is the Pixie Bow from the store, while the Everyday outfit is Cutest Ruffles Ever.

[Rikki8528]

Thank you.

[marwolfer]

Thanks for that, Audren.

Most of my tots are gonna be wearing store content, just because I feel like the actual EPs and SPs have dropped the ball for the babies.

[marwolfer]

004. Antonia Childhood




Our beautiful first her, Antonia, has aged up into a very pretty child! Her parents taught her all the toddler skills, which has turned her into a bit of a Perfectionist. This new trait shows in her new clothes that she got for her birthday! Hannah and Aiden are still pretty poor, so new clothes and a big girl bed in the nursery were pretty much all the could afford.



Looks like she slept sound enough! One of my favorite parts of being a Watcher is seeing Toddlers and Children sleep. This night, Antonia had a wonderful dream about being a princess. She was on cloud nine all day just thinking about that wonderful dream!




Not a lot of Watchers enjoy seeing their Sims suffer, and I was getting pretty tired of the Jones's dire financial straights. Hannah had amassed a lot of Lifetime Happiness points, so I decided to reward her with a genie lamp. She quickly polished it, and a genie appeared! It didn't take Hannah more than a minute to decide to wish for Fortune... and the wish paid off! The genie placed 100,000 simoleons into Hannah's pocket! It was a wonderful blessing for the Jones family! They were able to give Antonia her own room, completely furnished, and redo the nursery.



Antonia's life will be short, but she is a very important piece of this Dynasty. She is going to be a great painter, and getting an early start is essential on a shortened lifespan. Her life has been planned out to set up her future generations, so all the paintings will be a huge asset to help afford the buildings and properties later.




In the meantime, Hannah and Aiden wanted more children. Since Antonia was giving up her life in service to me, the founders wished for other children to enjoy. I happily obliged and let them adopt two beautiful baby girls. Pictured above in Aiden holding little San Jones and Hannah rocking with Sophie Jones. The two girls look a lot alike right now, but soon enough they will be very different!




With her parents otherwise occupied, Antonia has become quite the self-sufficient little girl. Hannah makes sure the fridge is stocked with food, so Antonia is able to help herself. Homework seems to quite confound Antonia. Let's see: A train leaves the station at 6:00 P.M. traveling west at 80 mi/h. On a parallel track, a second train leaves the station 3 hours later traveling west a 100 mi/h. At what time will the second train catch up with the first? Don't look at me, little missy. I got horrible marks in math!





Since Aiden works, Hannah is the primary caregiver to two rambunctious nooboos. It is exhausting work, and more often than not, Hannah can only catch a nap in the rocking chair before one of the girls kicks off. Shh... don't disturb her. At least she can still find time for romance with Aiden. Perhaps more nooboos are in their future? Who knows.




Lastly, EVERYONE had a birthday. For some odd reason, they all seemed to coincide within two days. It's amazing the house didn't burn down with all the sparkles flying! Hannah and Aiden didn't change much, but still earned their sparkles.




Here are Sophie (left) and San (right) after their aging up makeovers. Sophie is a very Clumsy little girl, though still very Disciplined. Hmm... those two traits seem at odds with each other. San is more of a tomboy, being very Brave and Athletic. Both are beautiful little tots!



Last to age up was Antonia. Her hard work is only just beginning! I hope she is up to the challenge I have set her...

[maisie]

What a nice family you have! Is there any chance for a little boy that poor Aiden wouldn't be left alone with all the female power?? 
And I love Antonia's hairstyle, it's one of my favourites for children.

[Audren]

Okay, now it's my turn to ask where stuff came from. Is Antonia's hair from Island Paradise or the store?

[marwolfer]

What a nice family you have! Is there any chance for a little boy that poor Aiden wouldn't be left alone with all the female power?? 
And I love Antonia's hairstyle, it's one of my favourites for children.

Hmm... I'm a big fan of little girls so we'll have to see. It's mine too! I have a hard time NOT using it for my little girls!

Okay, now it's my turn to ask where stuff came from. Is Antonia's hair from Island Paradise or the store?

It is from Island Paradise. It's under "Hair With Accessories."

[marwolfer]

005. Teenagers and Birthdays




My golden child has turned into a moody teenager. Her facial features are a bit unfortunate, but not terrible. She's looking more and more like her grandmother every day! Her Perfectionist mentality persists when she picked out clothes that all had the same matching color. Hopefully, she will have a gentleman caller to show off that pretty purple dress to at prom!





Hannah and Aiden worked hard on Sophie and San's toddler skills. Walking, talking, potty training. Twice as much work for these two adorable tots! Everything got done eventually, but it wasn't hard to see how the stress is affecting Hannah. Perhaps as her Watcher, I should reward her with something special for all the craziness she's gone through.




Sophie and San get along famously. Though they were both adopted at different times, the girls act like twins separated at birth. Seeing the two girls together gets the sparks flying for Aiden and Hannah. Hmm... maybe there are some final nooboos in the future for this hardworking couple.





Antonia has been busting her hump painting and painting. Hannah has taken notice of her daughter's diligence, and over breakfast, she suggested that Antonia get a head start on her career. After all, life is short and there are so many other things Antonia will have to focus on! Taking her mother's advice, Antonia headed off to City Hall and signed up in the Painter career.




Even with school, a job, and Dynasty responsibilities, Antonia finds time to just be a teenager. She has many wishes to get to know her father better; with his hectic work schedule and her responsibilities, the two barely know each other. But that is quickly remedied! When she gets burnt out from painting, school, and work, Antonia plays video games to blow off some steam.





Finally, there are some birthdays in order. Since they learned all of their toddler skills, it was time for Sophie and San to blow out the candles. Sophie found out that she is very Adventurous and hopes to explore the world some day, while San discover her Love for the Outdoors. These two spares may be more interesting than originally thought!

[marwolfer]

Also: if I survive this first generation, it will be a miracle. 

[marwolfer]

006. Three's Company, SIX is a Crowd



Hmmm...things seem a little too quiet in the house on the hill. The landscape is lovely and makes this Watcher want to sing Snowflake Day songs, though in my world it's not even Spooky Day! Let's go see what our favorite Riverview family is up to.





Looks like Hannah is using up her second wish for some more money. Hey, those aren't the clothes that I picked out for you! Oh my! It looks like Hannah will be completing her Lifetime Wish soon with some biological nooboos! I hope we get twins, because that would perfectly round out her wish for 5 children. For now, we'll just use some of that money to buy more properties and save the rest.



San's not too happy to be cooped up with the snow. She's Athletic and needs to burn off some steam!



Since the house is going to be very crowded soon, I suggested to Aiden that it might be good to send San and Sophie to boarding school. He decided that it was an excellent idea and enrolled them each in a school that would best suite them. San is heading for Dribbledine Sports Academy while Sophie will be off to Smuggsworth Prep.



Antonia is being a good little heir and working her butt off! I decided to reward her by rearranging her room and adding a Hover Bed instead of that little twin bed. I think she barely noticed the change...



Suddenly, Hannah caught my attention. "Um, Watcher? It's time." She seems pretty calm to be giving birth, but then she's already done this before. I wonder how many nooboos we'll have! I think I'm just as excited to see as they are!



OH NO! This Watcher's worst nightmare: triplet nooboos! It's going to be incredibly rough to raise them right, but hopefully Hannah and Aiden will not be too tired to help these beautiful little girls grow up into good Sims. I blessed each one, and continued with the naming theme. Audience, say hello to Mei Jones, Chihiro Jones, and Kiki Jones!




The next two days crawled by as Hannah and Aiden fought to keep their new bundles of joy happy. Antonia started to pitch in while she wasn't at school, and it seemed the only ones who were getting enough sleep were San and Sophie. As a reward to Antonia for being such a good big sister, I let her use the Body Sculptor to get her dream figure. It is rough in the Jones house right now, but it will only get worse when we have a Trio of Toddlers!





Finally, it was time for birthdays. I'm already exhausted just helping Hannah give the girls each a special birthday... but sparkles take over sooner or later and it's on to the next life state. Time is flying by!





The triplets got their makeovers. Though they are not identical in looks, it seemed like a good idea to give them identical clothes and hairstyles, just in different colors. First we see Mei, dressed in red. She has the same hair color as Antonia and their grandmother. Next is Chihiro, garbed in blue. Her hair color is not found in the family tree, but no one really remembers what they looked like before Hannah's grandmother. Finally, we see Kiki, clothed in yellow. She is the biological answer to Hannah and Aiden's prayers to have a nooboo with their hair color.

With a family this large, it is going to be difficult to manage their day to day lives. Aiden still works and Antonia has school, so it will be primarily up to Hannah to teach Mei, Chihiro, and Kiki all of their toddler skills. Will they make it in time? This Watcher certainly hopes so!