4th Chapter - 1903 THIS YEAR IS ROUGHAfter the family had slept through the night, and all were feeling a bit better, Rose decided to take the kids and herself out from the house, and have some fun time. They headed to the nearby park to celebrate Litha together by lighting a bonfire. Rose also grilled baked potatoes and prepared some lemonade! The kids were having a blast and were playing almost the whole time with the toys they found from the park (Florence hadn't had time to make any toys for the children before he passed away).
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Rose was still mourning for her parents, and picked flowers for their graves.
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And on one night Florence came by to say hello! Rose and Florence had a chat, and he said that he was now in a good place, and that Rose should make sure the farm will continue to be the legacy for the future generations. After Rose had gone back to sleep, Florence quietly made the dishes, before returning back to the other side.
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The next morning Rose decided that she just needs to get into it, and make sure that what Bertha had started, would not get ruined. She tended the garden and her heart just melted when she was at the coop, when a chick hatched! She really enjoyed gardening! Life was still a struggle though with the three toddlers around.
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Rose decided that she needs to try to get help, although there was no money to pay as a salary, she thought that maybe someone could move to the farm and she could provide upkeep, for the exchange of working in the farm. She went to the house where she had met George, as she knew that there were some unemployed lads living there. She met Dot and Robert, and when they heard what had happened, they offered her help. Dot took Rose to the side, flirted with her and although Rose was still devastated, she thought that he was so handsome and could be a good help at the farm, maybe there could be something more too... Dot charmed Rose and promised to help Rose with the farm and kids.
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Robert tried to talk to Rose but Dot was determined to move in, and wouldn't allow Robert to have a chat with Rose. The first few days went well, although it seemed that Dot was not so much of a worker. He couldn't cook, garden nor do any woodworks. He said he was still adjusting and needed time to rest. Rose and the kids celebrated Mary's birthday and she became a geek whiz kid! On her birthday Mary hatched a chick too!
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When Rose noticed how much even a child could help in the farm, she went to talk with Dot and asked for more help. Dot got angry for such demands, and freaked out even more when Rose told him that she thought that she was expecting a child. He made up a fight with Rose and during that fight Rose realized that Dot was a wannabe artist, who's real name was not even Dot! He had made up his name to support his artist lifestyle, which included not working but living off on others. Dot had though that the farm would provide him better, and as he realized that it wouldn't happen, he took off! Rose was left alone, again! She was so mad at herself, for not seeing what Dot was. As she had never learned to read, she never even realized the suspicious name Dot had.
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When Robert heard what had happened, he came to visit Rose. He explained that he had tried to protect Rose from Dot, but Dot had threatened him. He also told her that he was unemployed, had always wished to live on a farm and when hearing that Rose was pregnant, promised to tell everyone that the babies would be his, to protect Rose's reputation. Rose was not fully trusting Robert, as she had been betrayed so badly, but what options did she have?! Robert also promised to help to support all Roses kids, and fully agreed that they needed education, to protect them and to support their future. So, Mary was able to attend to the school! The family celebrated Lammas by gardening together.
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Robert truly started to live up to his promise. Rose was exhausted, but Robert took care of the kids and took time to really bond with all of them. He even cleaned! He also learned to make sculptures, so that he could make sure Mary was able to attend to the school. And he even tinkered an experiment station for Mary, so that she could learn more!
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When Rose gave birth to Helen, the color of the child was a complete surprise! Dot really had lied even his skin color! Robert adopted all the children, and the family started to build a happier life together.
Main events:-Holiday: Litha (bonfire, grilling, drinks)
-. 1900 moved in
-Mary became a child (Geek, Whiz Kid)
-Brawling Day
-. 1900 moved out
-Robert moved in
-Holiday: Lammas (gardening, grand meal)
-Bills 211 simoleons
-Helen was born
Downloadable from Gallery:the Thomason Family (Rose and Robert + Mary, George, Charles, Helen)
Fun facts: I was trying to figure out how to include "Dot" (exported from the Gallery, did not realize the name at the time, only after they had met
) into the family, and especially how to exclude him! After Mary aged up, I realized that for sure Rose could not read (nor could "Dot", he just had made up this "name" by seeing it somewhere and thought it looked like a cool artist name), and that's why she didn't see this all coming up! And this made complete sense for him being a completely lazy man who had thought that Rose's farm would have provided for him too. But when he learned that Rose was pregnant, he got cold feet and knew that with his kids involved, he'd not be able to continue this lifestyle. So he made up the fight with Rose, as it happened to be the Brawling Day! Convenient as I wanted to have more babies (with different dads in the spirit of 100 baby challenge) but have a solid story without too much of boring accidents leading to the death of the daddy Sims
I was also trying to figure out how to fit in Mary's Whiz Kid aspiration (selected based on her Geek trait), and realized that obviously Rose decided that her children would not suffer from not being able to read, so she would make sure they would get educated! Originally I had thought that Mary would have been the one to take control of the farming, but the game (again) showed that there's no such thing as planning too much ahead!
Also, I cheated a bit, needed to make a cake, but couldn't do it with the off-grid and simple living challenges, so I disabled those to be able to age up Mary. And right after that put them back on! Haha!
