All Aboard the Legacy Train

Aidan has become a teen, so now poor Uncle Liam is surrounded by hormones and angst. Actually, they’re pretty good teens, doing well in private school, and they’re all Knowledge Sims (I rolled a 6 for Aidan which is “choose any aspiration you want”, so I picked Knowledge just for the sake of consistency. Plus I love Knowledge Sims!).

Breakfast with the teens

Actually, Uncle Liam has been getting into more trouble than anyone else has. Most of his wants lately involve flirting with his crush Pearline — a married woman — and stargazing with the telescope. Since the flirty wants usually lead to things like “make out” and “woohoo”, which will keep Liam in platinum, I decided he might as well fall madly in love with Pearline and indulge his wanton desires. Let the illicit love affair begin!

Liam greets Pearline with a kiss

Ever since Rian kissed Kelly Stafford, he has wanted to sneak out with her every night, so I’ve been indulging him, too. I’m grooming him to be the “rebellious” one in the family. The funny thing is that Uncle Liam doesn’t seem to care that Rian is sneaking out. One time Rian returned home to find Liam awake, watching TV. I thought he was busted for sure, but all Liam did was give him a hug. Maybe only parents will care if their teen is caught sneaking out? I’ll have to experiment with that.

Rian sneaks back into the house

After Aidan became a teen, the inevitable “First Kiss” want spun up, so I locked it. It’s worth 8,000 aspiration points, after all! Well, who should he bring home from school the next day but Meadow Thayer, the First Kiss Queen. I think she has provided first kisses for at least three of my Sims (and plenty of other players’ Sims, from the sound of it). Rian seemed to have his eye on her, but he already had his first kiss with Kelly, so I made Aidan talk to her. They seemed to hit it off pretty well, but I don’t know…I’m getting really sick of Meadow!

Aidan talks to Meadow

So when I saw another teenaged girl walk past the house, I leaped into action and sent Aidan right out to greet her. She happened to be Sophie Grimauve, from a family I created. They actually live in Berthiaume Manor just down the road, and her parents are exiled royalty. That was going to be the story, anyway. They’re all a bunch of mean snobs, so when Aidan admired Sophie, she nodded and put her hands on her hips like she knew she was hot stuff. I had never seen that before.

Aidan admires Sophie

I also didn’t know that a Sim can serenade someone who is sitting down — I had only seen them serenading someone who was standing up. Here Liam serenades his forbidden love, Pearline.

Liam serenades Pearline

For a change of pace I bought a grill and had Liam make burgers (I also saw that he could make ribs…I didn’t know they could make ribs! Why didn’t I know this??), but the kids seemed more interested in chatting. It looks like they’re all sharing in one conversation, but Rian is just talking to Aidan, and Maire is standing there waiting to talk to Rian. That’s one thing I’m really looking forward to in the University expansion — it looks they’ll be able to just lounge around in the grass (or maybe indoors, too?) and have group conversations. Neato.

Burgers in the backyard

Well, that’s it for now. I’m already getting a little bored with Uncle Liam’s, so I’m trying to think of ways to make it interesting without turning it into another Legacy Challenge house. As you can probably tell, I’m still not letting them be very autonomous — it’s too hard to let go now! Let me know if you have any cool ideas. :-P

32 thoughts on “All Aboard the Legacy Train

  1. Wow! I took a look at the Berthiaume Manor. You’re really good!
    I can’t wait for the group chat option from University either! I just love expansion packs! :-)
    Moving Kaylynn into Uncle Liam’s house would be cool, but very very sad and weird. I’m used to seeing her in the main house! But then again I had to get used to Uncle Liam and the kids moving out too and now it’s just fine. Well good luck with Kaylynn and her 10 kids want! I hope you can do it in time! (This is what Elixer of Life is good for, right?) Lol. Good Luck again!

  2. yeh, one of the bummers of the chatting is you can’t chat in groups! only one on one. Though, when they sit down at a dinning table, do talk as a group of do they talk to one particular person. So if there were 6 people at the dinning table, they’d be 3 different conversations?

    good luck with the have 10 babies want (then the 20 grandchildren want!) I have yet to attempt that.

  3. Wow! After a long night’s work I finally got my Legacy Challenge all figured out and uploaded onto TheSims2.com. Go check it out if ya want! Just click on my name and let me know what you think! Thanks so much Jen for inspiring me to do this! It really is fun and gets you into the game so much more.

  4. Captain Hero…LOL…It’s fun seeing things in the game that I don’t/won’t experience with my families, since I like the work/live-in concept so that everyone is around all the time.

  5. Aw, so Kaylynn’s going to move out? But she was such a good mother! Ah, well. I hope you have good luck achieving that want. I usually just leave it alone. It’s way too chaotic for me…

    I love knowledge Sims. You should consider yourself very fortunate to have three knowledge Sims in the other house. They’re so easy to get in Platinum.

    Another wonderful story, I love it how you update everyday. Not a lot of people do that…

  6. Your twin faces do look weird, does that happen a lot? Jen you should really be pround of your website and you do such a great job. I love coming everyday and look in on your sims. If they are giving awards for blog you should win it hands down. Some people may claim being more orginal but you are very dedicated to you sims and that devotion makes you blog stand out above the rest. I have one quick question, since your sim is now Hero, can he really fly? or was that a cliche?
    Devoted to your blog always, Mary

  7. Leslie – After some thinking today (it’s a bit slow at work, can you tell?) I’ve decided not to move Kaylynn out. I’m expecting Devin to start having those Flirt and Woohoo wants anyday now, and Kaylynn needs to be around to help him fulfill those! Hee! So if I move anyone out, it will be Taryn. Or I’ll keep giving Robi and Fiona the elixir until their kids can start moving out! This is going to be one loooong generation, I can feel it…

    Mary – Thanks as always for your kind compliments! I love this game and love sharing my stories & pics, so I’m glad you enjoy them so much. :-D To answer your question, Devin only does that when he leaves for work or comes home. It’s a nice touch, isn’t it?

  8. Jen, where do you get your name ideas. I like the new baby’s name. Does it mean or stand for anything? I was wondering, and this is just a suggestion, can you name the next girl Vesta. I think it was the Roman Goddess of hearth.(I think hearth one of the meaning is family life;the home) Just thought I asked :)

  9. Just thought you would want to know Jen-I have my Sims 2 blog up. It’s not gorgous at all, but for now, I am just happy to have it up, so I can share my stories! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Also, on my Legacy that I finished, Robi’s 10 children, (yes 10!) were gorgous, especially the girls. So your twins will probably grow into their faces. If you want to see pictures of Robi’s kids, just e-mail me.

  10. I agree with the twin face thing. Zuzu especially. But yeah, hopefully they will grow into their faces. Good luck with that!
    Oh and by the way, I updated my Legacy Challenge if you want to go ahead and read it :-) I’m having lots of fun with it this time around!

  11. This was a great story, I’ve been missing my normal reads since it’s the holidays and all but yours has been so entertaining! I look forward to it all the time. I didn’t know that adopted kids counted towards the 10 kids and 20 grandkids want, that makes it a little easier! Good luck with that, I can’t wait to see the chaos. :D

  12. your legacy family looks like it is coming along so great. It is fun watching the different generations in your pictures. Keep up the fabulous job. Hehehe…playing sims can be a job at times.

    I have one family going that is like a soap opera, I swear. She was married…her and her husband (I created them together) were not compatible. She fell in love with the girl next door and became a lesbian. :) She moved out and was pregnant with her husbands second child. SO, two daughters later…she moves back in with husband to try and raise the kids. But the other woman kept coming around. And the husband was jealous. So, she moved in with the girlfriend again…leaving her two kids with the ex husband now. Oh, then husband got married to the girl he truly adores…and she is now pregnant with his child #3. Are you getting all this? LOL! It’s a job, I swear. But oh sao fun. LOL! :lol:

  13. Jen, you have inspired me greatly to begin my own Sims 2 blog. I love your work and I hope you will continue it for the New Year into what I’m sure will be a fantastic time for you and your sims, as well as your devoted readers and followers. Please check out my own spanking new blog. It’s my URI… By the way, it’s thanks to Kristina, who commented above, that I found http://www.blogsome.com a free WordPress blog provider. I can never be more thankful. Sincerely, Dustyn.

  14. Unfortunately, complete with dismayful howls, I am now unable to post anything on my new blog. I had entered a long post on my neighbourhoods residents, but forgot to save, and so when the “page could not be displayed” to publish it on my site… I lost all information. I am now very unhappy, as you can imagine. I do not know if I have the mental effort to continue. Sincerely, Dustyn.

  15. Hurts, doesn’t itm Dustyn? I did the same thing, typed out a huge post on the history of my legacy family that I didn’t capture in photos, and then, “page could not be displayed” and it’s all gone. ;_;
    I’m going to have to re-type it all another day, but in the meanwhile, I’ve made a quick introduction to my current legacy residents.

  16. Wow! Same thing happened to me a couple hours ago! I press Publish and it says Web Site Not Responding. Very weird, since it seems to be not just me. It better be working tomorrow…or I will be one mad girl.

  17. I’ve been working with blogsome.com too and it did the same exact thing to me and I can not do anything with my blog for the time being. I was so excited about having my own blog! What a disappointment!

  18. Dustyn – Argh, that sucks. I don’t blame you for being frustrated, but I really hope you’ll try again if you regain your enthusiasm — I have a feeling your blog would be awesome. :-)

    iamausername – Yay! I visited your blog and left a comment. :-)

    I hope the “Page Not Displayed” epidemic of tonight is just a hiccup and that you guys have an easier time of things tomorrow…

  19. Thanks for you support there. You have no idea how much it helps to know other people are dealing with the same problems. Thankfully, I moved on ASAP. After half an hour of despair I decided not to give up and continued to search for a better service. In the end, I am now with http://www.ebloggy.com Also, I am a pretty quick typist and have saved all of my entries in NotePad first, so I can now easily recover if it happens again. Feel free to check the new one out, it’s alright and I much prefer my new sotry. I’ve learnt my lesson. :S I have cancelled my account with all of the other services… Wish me luck! Just as I wish you all luck as well, throughout the New Year. Sincerely, Dustyn.

  20. Have just realised I linked wrongly. Sorry. Takes getting used to understanding all this. :) Please check it out. I really admire everyone’s blogs and I’m hoping mine is up to your standards, everyone. Sincerely, Dustyn

  21. Dustyn, I think the link is still wrong, but I clicked around and found you here (I hope that’s the right one, let me know if it isn’t). I left some comments, too! Great start so far and I look forward to reading more.

  22. Thanks. Your comments made my day. :) I have been admiring your blog for a long time, my sister and I also adore your Blackberry Place. I am just needing to get some pictures and then I can post again. :) It was the right site, thanks for making the effort to find it. Thank again. Me=babbling again. Sincerely, Dustyn.

  23. Wow. After what seemed like the end of my blogging day, I finally did it. I found the perfect blog host: tBLOG.com. I seriously went through like 5 different hosts and they all had something wrong with them. I was actually quite satisfied with my first one on blogsome.com but it isn’t working tonight. Maybe it will come back up one of these days. *Crosses Fingers* But for now, I have the perfect one. It’s rather boring looking but that’s OK. It’s the inside that counts, right? Take a look if you want….I only have an introductory post right now. But I will have many more in no time. (Hopefully tomorrow afternoon.) Thanks everyone!

  24. Lol. Oops, sorry about that. I realized as soon as I pushed the button that I had the wrong URI. The right one is the 2nd one! :-O Goodnight!

  25. Jessica – Cool, I’m glad you finally found something that works for you! I couldn’t leave a comment (hope that won’t be a common problem for you), so I’ll leave one here — Looks great so far, and I am anxiously awaiting your next post. I love the Paloma/Mellons! Plus it’s just fun to say…Paloma Mellon…sorta rolls off the tongue. :-)

  26. Mary – Just realized I had neglected to answer your question about names! I’ve been choosing Irish names or variants thereof so far for my Legacy Family — except for Zuzu — but I’m running out of Irish names I really like, so I will probably use your suggestion of Vesta for an upcoming child. Wouldn’t it be cool if she turned out to be a Family Sim? To answer your question, the name “Callum” apparently means “Dove”. I have about 6 baby name books that I draw names from.

  27. I have a new website also. I’m so glad everyone will get one of their own! Now I have so many sites to look at! Anyways, I started one at Blogger.com called Simming Along. Right now there’s only one post, the Welcome post. Soon I will put up my Legacy stories…

    Oh yeah, Dustyn, I tried the website you said had wordpress but it didn’t work well. Thanks for suggesting it, though!

  28. I was actually thinking Blogcome.com would be working this morning, but it isn’t, so I am also swithcing to tblog.com. I found it last night when seaching for hosts for WordPress. Hopefully this one works!

  29. Guys, I found a new site that’s as good as blogsome.com! It’s also powered by wordpress and it’s called wpblogs.com! It’s really good and you can acctually update stuff. Check it out. It’s identical to blogsome but it works!