I mentioned earlier in this update that Taryn and her new hubby Hugh had moved out. I’ll probably regret having so many offshoots of the main house, but I just had to play them for awhile. I decided to play them without any special rules, except they have a no-cheat house (which is how I played the Dobbins, Blakemores, and Kilmans), which means any money they have comes from their own incomes or inheritance, and I will roll aspirations for any kids they have. Rolling random aspirations for teens has become a habit now, and I think it adds a little more unpredictability to the game.
Here are Taryn and Hugh in front of their new home. It’s small but efficient! Like Uncle Liam’s house, I based it on a plan in Authentic Small Houses of the Twenties. I have an affinity for cute little houses and bungalows, so I use that book a lot for starter homes.
The furnishings were meager at the beginning, but I knew they’d be able to upgrade soon — Taryn already had a job as an MVP in the athletic field, so she was bringing in §893 a day, and Hugh was an Executive Assistant in the Business career, making §252 a day. Not too shabby for a couple of newlyweds!
Even though Taryn is a Knowledge Sim, she was the one who wanted to have a baby — Hugh the Family Sim just wanted to make friends. I had them try for a baby anyway. I want the Legacy kids to have cousins!
Sure enough, Taryn got pregnant. One Shanley cousin, coming right up!
Eventually Taryn gave birth to a baby girl named Eleanor (courtesy of Dustyn). Hugh fell in love with her immediately.
As with Uncle Liam’s, I’m hoping to keep this household as closely connected as possible to the main house. Taryn invited Callum (from Liam’s) over and Owen (from the main house) came with, so I had Taryn chat with Owen while Callum joined Hugh for a game of chess.
Uncle Liam showed up around 8:00 PM to take Callum home, but Owen stuck around for pizza.
I wanted to grow Eleanor at least to child so she would be able to visit at the main house and Uncle Liam’s. Here she is playing dolls with her Aunt Fiona, who stopped by for a visit (uninvited).
And here’s a close-up of Eleanor. She has fairly good stats, if a little on the dull side — 5 Neat, 5 Outgoing, 3 Active, 4 Playful, and 9 Nice. I have no idea where all the niceness came from since both her parents only had a 5 in that trait.
Even after drinking the elixir a couple of times, Taryn is only a few days from elder, so I decided to snap this picture of the whole family watching TV, as a sort of family portrait. Hugh is still 18 or so days from elder, so I’m not sure if I’ll age him prematurely to catch up with Taryn, or what.
Next up, it’s back to the Baby Factory with what will hopefully be Fiona’s last child and the fulfilling of her Have 10 Kids want! It’s considered an Impossible Want in the Legacy Challenge, but it will only give her 15,000 aspiration points, unlike the other Impossible Wants, which are worth 30,000 points. Just thought I’d mention that since someone asked about it.
Happy Simming!
Rian’s nose IS very big. LOL. I wish I could have one of these sites with MY sim stories but this good for nothing DELL has zip (overall) for memory left over so I’m playing Sims 2 on a different computer. I enjoy reading your stories. I think awhile back you were the one to tell me on TSR where to find some good stories, bc I love ’em. Just everyone doesn’t update nearly enough for impatient me. :) Well keep them updates coming!
Wow I loved this update! I think it is Kaylynn’s nose that passes on to the males because my children with her on a different family had the same nose. :)
I wish I had the courage to make more houses for my Legacy family! Your brave – now you have two houses plus the main Legacy house to manage! Good luck!
Wow, all your girls look so much alike! Even Eleanor looks like them. Thank gosh they’re pretty, right? Lol. Very cool update! I’m trying my hardest to get my next update ready, but I just don’t have time. I’ve had a very unexpected busy weekend. Well good work! These spinoff houses are a good break from the main house.
Hehe, I just have to comment on Eleanor’s shirt. It’s awesome! PENGUINS!
Anyways, I think it’s awesome how you’re trying to play all three houses now. If my kids moved out, I would probably just stay in the main house… it’s great you have so much time to play. Lucky…
This was an awesome update. Can’t wait for your next!
That is a big nose indeed, but it makes the sims a little more human to me, even te cute ones have a less cute feature, to perfect is nothing for me. Plain ugly is nothing for me either, but anyway…
It’s going to be a lot of hard work to play them all simultanious, I am currently trying to keep Ben’s house (G2, brother of heiress) up to date with the main house, so he has to become an elde… Gotta do a lot of playing in verry little time… .
Good luck with your femilies! Don’t you love how they all get interlinked and in the end you have a whole neighboorhood related and befriended. I just love it!!
How awesome. Thanks for using my name! I felt so proud of myself for choosing that name. lol. Now I have a big head. Well, I’m off to get Mercedes to update my blog. I just finished playing Rioneh River and there was hope for a second generation… Sincerely, Dustyn.
Whoa.. the family is expanding indeed. It’s cool to watch a whole neighbourhood of people which can be traced back to the legacy founder! lol Rian’s nose reminds me of a witch. my G2 Legacy holder has a similar nose except a bit broader and it annoys me lol… cause his otehr 3 siblings didn’t have that nose I don’t think.
Wow, your family is huge! I’ll probably go back to playing my Legacy family next week. I miss them a little bit :)
Hi Jen. Great job on the update. How do you do it? You have taken on a big task by having now 3 sim houses. I think it’s a great idea but I hope you don’t over extend yourself. I think you should keep Taryn and hubby young together or old together. It seems she has earn a few more days of youth since she helped so much at Uncle Liam’s house. I can’t wait to read your next update on your legacy challenge.
Hey everyone, thanks for the comments. Yeah, I’m probably a little insane for starting yet another offshoot of the main house, but I couldn’t let Taryn just disappear. We do get attached to these little simulated people, don’t we? Heehee. Hopefully when I play her house I can move things along quickly (triple speed is your friend) so I don’t take up too much time. I need to finish this challenge before March!
Why before March? Good luck finishing your challenge. We are all hide you and eager to see you through the end.
Sim you later.
Hi Mary! According to Pinstar, the creator of the Legacy Challenge, the challenge will be officially over once the new expansion pack is released. Since that will be sometime in March, I’m hoping to finish the challenge before then. :-)
ohhh!! I see. Hey Jen I just saw my type-o. I meant to say “We are all behind you not hide you.” :) lol opps. I read my comment three times before I posted it and didn’t catch that. lol sorry. Thanks for answering my question.
Eleanor looks like a boy to me. x) I mean, without the little buns on the top of her hair–she’d look like a boy. o_o
And some of the Shanley girls (namely-Zuzu and Taryn…) have short, fat lips. Where’d they get that from, I wonder?
oh, my – i need to get started on my legacy family before March. i’ve been so lazy. i really just want to redecorate the Blogger house and get a move on with them. decisions, decisions… oh, well, i’m not playing by the rules anyway. :)
Hi Mieko, I know what you mean…maybe Eleanor will look more like a girl when she becomes a teen. They seem to change a lot in that transition. If not, there’s always make-up! Or maybe she can be a tomboy. :-)
Not sure where Taryn and Zuzu (and Fiona and Maire) inherited their mouth from!
*scratches head*
Yeah. I can’t forget though–my sim child was a pretty girl x3 *pride & joy*. But since I can only play ts2 on my mother’s laptop–then, well, I don’t have screenshots and my mom deletes it off everytime I go home. o_o (don’t live with her.)
x.o
Even if the challenge is over, I’m still gonna continue doing it. I’m not even keeping score anymore. I just enjoy playing the challenge!
Yeah, I don’t think it really matters when the challenge is “officially” over, since people will keep playing it anyway! I personally want a deadline so that I’ll focus on the challenge and actually finish it, instead of drifting back to my other families and never getting to 10th gen. :-)
I can’t believe you are playing three houses at once. That must be a challenge of it’s own. I’ve tried doing that and I end up playing one family too long and one not enough. You seem to be doing well though.