Oh, those doting daddies

Well, I lost a couple of sim days in the last crash. Shame, because some of my sims did some amusing things. I apologize in advance to all readers if and when this happens again. It could result in some minor inconsistencies in the storyline, but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it.

It's no coincidence that I have almost nothing but pictures of daddies with their babies. This is the most baby-crazy town I've ever seen. And in every household, it's the men who play mommy. Hardly anybody did anything else worth taking a picture of.

When we left off last time, we'd just had a massive party at the Sharma's that I was afraid was going to turn into an orgy with all that flirting.

Now it's Ronnie's turn in the spotlight. He's gained 3 athletic levels since I saw him last. I found him on his way to shop at the bookstore. He didn't buy anything, but while he was in there Sam and AJ showed up and he went over to talk to them. I'm glad to see him getting out and meeting people. I don't know why he's been so shy with people until now. Sam and AJ think he's a good guy and tells a heck of a joke.

After the first round of classes, I've resisted sending them to any more, but I have been buying them skill building objects when they ask for them so they can skill on their own. Ronnie, inspired no doubt by his recent visit to the art gallery, wanted to learn painting, so I bought him an easel and he made good use of it. His triple threat of artistic, neurotic, and insane traits ought to produce some interesting artwork.

Max stayed home all day working on his skills and chatting to Rachel on the phone. He was halfway to level 3 on the guitar and sounding pretty good by bed time.

I visited the Townsend household next. At some point (back in one of the games that didn't crash) I forgot to turn aging and sp off when switching households, so no more toddler pics of Stephanie. Sorry, Steph. The first order of business was to redecorate the kids' room to include some big girl furniture, and to give Stephanie some decent clothes. She rolled insane for her third trait, which is awfully cute in a child.

She loves to read as much as her mom does, even though she doesn't officially have the bookworm trait. She also sometimes washes dishes that are left lying around though she doesn't have the neat trait. I even caught her cleaning the toilet. Maybe her parents are just good role models.

They spent a nice, quiet day at home working on various skills. Talia taught herself to paint and Stephanie began teaching herself to play chess. Tyler ... well, Tyler worked on his Playing with Babies skill and his Foosball skill.

They're really good parents. They have lots of conversations with Stephanie, and they race to see who can get to Carter first when he needs something or when they both want to play with him. So far, Tyler wins every time. He's a very hands on daddy.

At the Grant house, Sam gained a cooking level, even if he did burn the hell out of the waffles. They ate them anyway. He and AJ are also racing to see who gets to the baby first, and it's no surprise that Sam gets there first. As expected, he can hardly keep his hands off her.

Wyatt and Lexie's baby boy is named Alexander. He's a genius and he loves the outdoors. I moved them in with Wyatt and William because they had an extra room for the baby. William immediately wanted to give Alexander his bottle. He's going to be a good uncle.

William had a new guitar and was dying to show it off by playing in the park. Lexie was stir crazy from being stuck indoors with an infant, so I let them both go to the park. Lexie changed her mind at the last minute and went to bed. She was exhausted.

Wyatt is looking at Alexander like he's thinking, "Whoa. Look at what I did."

 

And William is just plain in love. I wonder if having a baby around will give him any ideas?