Is Hyde insane or grumpy? That makes them turn down proposals - and also the full moon moodlet affects it, I think. But you're moving so fast! I just caught up on the last few updates and think I need to go reread now 
Oh and if you want to double check if a pregnancy took, click on a birthday cake - even if the chimes didnt sound, if mom is pregnant, she won't show up in the list. Fastest EPT ever !
Ah, thanks for the birthday cake tip. I thought 3 'try for baby' actions in a row would do it, but you never know.
Heh and no worries about having to catch up. My idea was the faster I could get through it, then it would allow people to read through the whole story easily without having to wait for updates. Plus the whole 'short' thing lends itself to fast updating.
And Hyde is indeed very insane.
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Goodbye, Spider. Welcome Mary. Wait, so she is another child from adoption?
Happy birthday to everyone! So quick!
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Oh, I notice that Hyde wore the same clothes like that man before ^^
Yay! The clothes are return!
I told you the clothes would return
. Mary is indeed another adopted child. Everything does go quick. If you think about it we're at generation 4, almost 5, in only 3 pages. Kind of crazy.
Oh, I have to turn off the moon cycles when it turns my sims into lunatics. I hope Apple got back at Hyde for that slap! Welcome, Mary and RIP, Spider x.x
I was reaaaalllyyy thinking about turning the moon cycle off but I started with it on, so I decided to keep it. Doesn't always make things easy, though. And I think that Apple would have got him back but her sister loves him to death, so she prefers letting Mary annoy him instead.
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Ch 24- Ain’t No Party Like a Jack Family Party** Note: Other parties may meet or exceed the level of Jack family parties. I am sure that Grim, Elysi, and Time Lord parties may, in fact, be better. 
Hyde wants to learn alchemy and I watch and wonder if I should really be letting him near dangerous and powerful substances.
Skully goes into labor (at her desk of course) and a few moments later we have a boy! A single boy…hmm. Well maybe the kids music didn’t help because it’s Skully’s favorite channel and she listens to it all the time anyway. Ah well. Welcome to the family, Spooky Jack!
Hyde: “Shhh little one, don‘t worry, I‘ll keep you safe from the Watcher.”
I…hey!
Skully and Hyde roll a wish to have another child at the exact same time, and I rush them up the steps, but alas, time has run out.
Skully has gone grey. Perhaps they can adopt another little one, but for now Clara has progressed in her job enough to where we need campaign donations and I don’t have the time to send her around asking, so it’s time for a party.
If you’re wondering, yes, Clara’s LTW is Leader of the Free World. I know, Clara ‘Luna Lovegood’ Jack as the President. The thought scares me, too.
Mary ages up to young adult and gains the evil trait as our guests arrive . I knew there was something up with this girl.
Of course it wouldn’t be a party without someone dying.
Or having Hyde freak out and everyone booing him.
All in all, a fairly eventful night in which we raised about $45k for Clara’s campaign. Not bad.
Me: “You’re starting to like this family, aren’t you?”
Grim: “I favor no one. Ooo I got a bear!”
Me: “Okay the little giddy dance you did was kind of cute. We can call truce as long as you leave Skully alone long enough for her to master writing.”
Grim: “No promises.”
Grandma cares for Spooky and puts him to bed. And then immediately wishes for five more grandchildren.
