Finally another update! Sorry it took so long, I was in the middle of changing computers. I'm using a new program (instead of photoshop - which only worked on my old mac) so please let me know if the images aren't up to scratch - I have very slow internet right now so I can't load them all full size to check, but they looked ok in the Paint.NET program.
Anyway, we're up to the Bernard family, who live in the farm in a remote part of the Bay.
Norman Joy - elder (Grandpa)
Elaine Bernard - young adult (Mum)
Yves Bernard - young adult (Dad)
Strawberry Bernard - toddler (Daughter)
Raspberry Bernard - baby (Daughter)
Life is quite peaceful for the Bernard family. With 3 adults in the house, the chores, jobs and looking after the kids fly by in the day quickly. Strawberry is learning all she needs to know, and she especially enjoys learning from her Grandpa Norman.
Raspberry grows up to a toddler in a jiffy, and the race is on to see who can teach her the most things. The only disruption to their ideal lives, is a burglar sneaking in late at night. Yves, being the tough man of the house, tries tackling the guy, but finds himself thrown down in defeat quite easily. Next, Norman approaches, and Yves thinks he might just be about to see his father-in-law beat someone up. But no, Norman brings his photo-album out of his pocket, and starts boasting to the burglar about his grandchildren. Needless to say, the burglar was out of there fast.
Here is Raspberry's outfits. She has her dad's hair colour.
Soon it is Strawberry's birthday, and the adults gather to wish her a happy childhood, with cake for all. She gains the Family-Oriented trait.
Here's her country outfits:
As life goes on, lets drop in to each member of the family. Norman is working hard at the garden when he's not entertaining his grandaughters. He's reached level 10 in gardening, and is at level 5 in the gardening career. And in his spare time, won a local cooking contest.
Yves is also at gardening level 10, but devotes himself to his nectar making in the cellar below the barn. He's at level 6 in the nectar making career. He always takes 2 bottles out of 3 (1 goes into storage) that he makes to sell at the consignment store. He chooses the 'suave seller' reward to help him with that.
Elaine also helps with the gardening, and is at level 5 in the gardener career. But as he husband and father remind her, her most important job is looking after the latest little one.
Strawberry is loving life as a child. There's not a chore in the house that she can do yet, so she spends all her time playing: in the sand pit, with the gnubb set, on the rides at the local park, and in the local pool. Her dad teaches her the songs of his home country (France) and she makes friends with Rebecca McGraw.
Soon it's time to meet the 3rd Bernard kid: Blueberry Bernard is born without a fuss in the kitchen. He has the traits: virtouoso and slob.
And before anyone knows it, Raspberry gets the cake treatment, and turns into a lovely child. She gains the Vehicle Enthusiast trait (to the surprise of her parents). See her conutry outfits below:
Blueberry breezes through his baby days, and ages into an adorable toddler:
Strawberry and Raspberry spend all their time together. Whether it's sleeping in their bunk beds, or playing in the sprinklers. They even include Rebecca McGraw one afternoon to get her help with their homework. Both girls enjoy excursions to the local graveyard, bringing him cool posters and rare gems (Vampire's eye) and seeds. Strawberry even completes a scavenger hunt, and becomes an honour student.
Yves enjoys reading his daughters to sleep at night. Norman is starting to get the feeling that time is running out, and goes on a mission to leave his mark in this family and home. He upgrades the nectar machines, so they produce 1 more bottle each time, and fireproofs the fireplace. Elaine tries out a harvester machine that Yves picked up at the Store, but finds herself with a huge dizzy headache - the harvester goes in the trash.
All those plasma fruits growing in the garden bring a little fanged gnome into the children's bedroom one night. Blueberry spends his free time playing a doll sent to him from a distant great aunt.
And there's yet another addition to the family! Meet little Blackberry Bernard, born with the traits of Heavy Sleeper and Insane.
With all these additions to the family, it came as a shock when Grim turned up for Grandpa Norman. Norman begged for more time with his growing family, but Grim was firm - Norman had already had a long life. His family buried him out by the old wood stack. This event put a real downer on Elaine's long overdue birthday. Her aim of choosing more stylish country clothes this time around doesn't seem to have worked out.
