Fyve: Week 31So I get the entire week off as maternity leave! When you only work 4 days per week and you get a 4-day mat leave the result is no work for an entire week! Super awesome if you ask me. I go back to work on Monday and my adorable little Sciks becomes a child on Tuesday. I get to be home for almost the entirety of his toddler stage! Can you tell I'm excited about this?!
Now that we have the addition of Generations, my Logic skill journal has a new requirement before it's considered superMaxed. I have to discover all 10 potions, so I buy my Chemistry Table and get to work. I figure, since I still have loads of time before I become an Elder, and it's going to bug me if I don't make an effort to get this done, I might as well. Also, I have the entire week off as mat leave! Did I mention that already? I think I look very science-y and focused!
Uncle Franklin spends his evenings and days off teaching his teenage sons to drive. Lenny got his permit last week, this week it's Mitchell's turn. Should a man with his appointment with the Grim scheduled for this Saturday really be teaching a teen to drive? I can't believe that it's doing anything good for his nerves and heart!
Patrick has a client at the park one day and he runs into Uncle Franklin's Lenny (teen) and Nikolas (toddler). It's nice to see a teenager willing to take his little brother to the park for the afternoon.
Tuesday brings Sciks' toddler birthday so I invite everyone out for another pool party! These parties are so much fun! I blow out the candles for my little man.
Then, while everyone has cake and dives back into the pool, I help him ride on the little pirate ship I put in just for this occasion! Isn't he the cutest little guy you've ever seen?! But wait, you don't even know about the best part, but that's for later.
Great Grandma Therie does the honours of wheeling the little man home in our brand new stroller, designed with his favorite colour, Spice Brown. The Gnomes must have caught wind of the birthday party happening and decide to welcome the birthday boy home with a grand party of their own. Sciks looks a little unsure of the Gnomes.
Here is my little man after the necessary trips to the dresser and mirror. Can you see the most awesome part of this gorgeous little boy?!
It's late and this mommy is plum tuckered out so Grandma Fhore gets the honours of putting Sciks to bed. I'll see you in the morning, my beautiful boy.
Whenever he gets a few minutes alone, Sciks likes to play with his little doll toy thing we got in the mail for him. We named her Lola and they are so adorable together.
I get the time-honoured tradition of potty training my son. He is so smart it only takes just over 2 tries and he's got The Throne mastered! *Puffs out chest in pride*
I also get the joy of teaching my son to talk. The elders in this house are very good at leaving the toddler training to the parents of said toddler. When I asked Mom if she wanted to take care of this one she said she had the joy of teaching me my first words and she couldn't take that away from me. So, after wiping away a tear, I find myself on the floor in front of my son talking about ... garbage, really?! It scares me that he's this excited over garbage.
Here is an update picture on Uncle Franklin's son Marty, with his girlfriend Haeju, whom I missed last week, plus Aunt Sandi. Marty and Haeju aged into gorgeous YAs last week and were difficult to track down but I manage to catch them this week, while Aunt Sandi has her Elder birthday this week. Here are all three of them in their new duds courtesy of Patrick.
Enjoying my time off immensely, I take Sciks out for a stroll one night. I head for the gym where Patrick's band is playing tonight but I turn back after walking for an hour doesn't even get me halfway there. It's a much longer walk than I thought! Instead, I tuck little Sciks in for the night and call it a night myself. We'll just have to catch Patrick's band some other night.
Since our household is full again, and Grandpa Wunn is getting tired of mining every night, today he decides to try out another find from the Consignment Shop that's been sitting in our family storage for weeks! Wunn heads down memory lane with a trip to the past.
I guess they didn't appreciate his intrusion because they kicked him out after a couple hours. Maybe we'll stick to mining, Grandpa Wunn?
Patrick rolls the wish to teach our young son to walk when Sciks ages up, and even takes a couple days off work (although he can't help but do a makeover or two when he's out and about) to spend time with Sciks and teach him the fine points of bipedal locomotion.
One of those makeovers done while taking time off finally promotes Patrick to level 10 Stylist!
This is for all you Gnome nooboo lovers out there! Nooboo Eins ages up this week and now prefers to be an airplane when amongst the adult Gnomes.
Note: Uncle Franklin's appointment with the Grim came and went Saturday without a sign from the Grim. Lets see how long the Grim forgets about this appointment.
Next Week: Sciks becomes a Child, Patrick becomes an Elder, but does Franklin become a Ghost?
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Sorry for the lack of story telling in this update, I've been absolutely exhausted for the past 3 weeks and today is no different. Patrick's story has to wait a little longer because he's a little bugged at the moment. With him active, there are 2 Sims I can't click on to interact with them, Fyve is one of them. At least with her I can just have her initiate the interactions Patrick rolls the wishes for but I can't do that with the townie Sim. Argh! I've cleaned out all my caches so hopefully he'll be fixed next time I play.
