Round 7 (Spring): Sweet

[mswn]

Previously: Gemma had a surprise ACR baby; Beatrice became a teen; twin Ramona and Arlo canoodled (not with each other! ew, no!); and family sim Charlie kept his wife busy (or should I say biz-AYYYY).





Perhaps to celebrate the end of winter, Gemma shows up to breakfast in her underwear.


The girls take it in stride.


Arlo tries to pretend he's similarly fine, but truth be told, he has some serious reservations.
Arlo: My eyes...


The triple-bolters are soon back in the sack. Seriously, like rabbits, these two.

With the twins helping out nights after they get home from school, the bakery is doing brisk business. They even score a few blue bag sales and advance to Rank 6!



Back at home, Beatrice looks after her baby sister Marzipan.



The kid seems harmless enough most of the time, but occasionally there are flashes of Ramona. So much baby rage.


Whoa, Bea! Not sure that falls under recommended babysitting protocol...


But of course, it's just Marzipan's birthday. She's got her dad's eyes and freckly skin, but her face is rounder like her mom's. And, naturally, she gets a cupcake onesie.







Wim Batavus stops by to drop off this giant television, I think as a thank you to Ramona after their date at SMCC Field earlier in the spring. (I know he's only a few days older than Ramona... but it does make him look just a skosh creepy to be trying to mack on a high school girl now that he's in uni.)


Chartreuse is the color this season in Ste-Margo, at least among the hippest of kids.


Ramona's all, "Pssh, whatevs. I'm obviously the coolest child in this family, now and forever."






Gemma's dad Maximillian stops by for a family visit. He's anxious to spend some time with his newest grandchild.












While the rest of her family enjoys the garden, Ramona heads over to the town beach to get some alone time.


She quickly runs into her Aunt Tabby, though, who is apparently creating her own drama this evening...


Tabby! Milo! For shame! Penelope is scandalized!


And then, no, Ramona, no! Don't even think about it.


Thankfully, she soon returns home and takes up the much more wholesome activity of rocking out with her baby sister in the backyard. 

This brings back memories...


The bakery keeps everyone busy, between the grocery runs and, you know, the actual baking. Gemma and the twins spend quite a lot of time in the kitchen to make sure everything stays stocked.



In fact, they end up needing to add a second cash register to keep up with the sales. It's exhausting work, with all four of them constantly on the go until they send the customers home for the night. It's only after hours that they can finally catch a little breather. Don't want to let the unsold cakes go to waste, after all!


Charlie and Gemma are already starting to wonder how they'll get along when the twins go off to college. It's part of Charlie's LTW, after all, so they'll just have to adjust somehow.


Beatrice, meanwhile, is more than halfway to achieving her LTW of having 20 simultaneous best friends. Having a big family helps...


Though it must also be said, she's an excellent conversationalist. (What do you talk to your grandfather and aunt about?)








Then one sunny day, the twins get a little funny feeling inside, and poof! Their teen years are over, and it's off to start the next stage of their lives at college. They move into the recently completed SelenaQ Hall and are (spoiler) incredibly adorable.



Life carries on for the rest of the family.


Beatrice is all, "Oh please, like you've never seen boob before."
Good point, Bea. Yves, gather yourself.









As the final days of spring fade away, the Sweet family takes it pretty easy. The bakery, social engagements, vacations*—there'll be time for all of that come summer.

Previous Entries
Preface | Meet the Settlers
Round 1 (Fall): Sweet | Batavus pt.1/pt.2 | McKim/Mead | Snowe
Round 2 (Winter): Batavus | Sweet | McKim/Mead | Snowe
Round 3 (Spring): Batavus  Batavus/Mead | Sweet | McKim | Snowe
Round 4 (Summer): Batavus | Batavus/Mead | Sweet | McKim | Snowe | Castaway
Round 5 (Fall): Batavus | Batavus/Mead | Sweet | McKim | Snowe | Castaway | Asylum 1 - 2 - 3
Round 6 (Winter): Batavus | Batavus/Mead | Batavus 2 | Sweet | Sweet 2 | McKim | Snowe | Castaway | Asylum 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
Round 7 (Spring): Batavus | Batavus/Mead | Batavus 2

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*Both Charlie and Gemma have locked vacation wants, so a trip to Twikkii-Tikki Island is definitely in their future!

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Comments

[susannag.livejournal.com]

Marzipan's a little cutie!

[mswn.livejournal.com]

She is pretty squishable, isn't she? Thanks for commenting! :3

[maranatah.livejournal.com]

Marzipan is so cute! :) And as always, I love your fun commentary and sims with so much character! More pwease!

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! I am trying to keep 'em coming! :3

[penigriffin.blogspot.nl (from livejournal.com)]

Yaaaaaay!!!! (It's been a crappy couple of days. I needed that.)

Oh, yeah, Ramona don't need no jive fashionable color to be cool. Ramona is cool by virtue of being RAMONA!

It's nice to see they can still talk about bathtubs.

Oooh, Twikki-Tikki...No, really, I can wait. I can.

[mswn.livejournal.com]

We-ell, considering that the previous Sweet entry is from March 2012... you may have to hang in there a bit! Hopefully not that long, but still... Never fear, I'm sure someone will go on vacation before too long.

Oh no, Peni, isn't that what you said last time, too? Why are you having so many bummer days? :( Glad the update was able to cheer you up!

I was actually a bit touched to see Gemma and Charlie reminiscing like that. Plus, it's a nice reminder of just how far my in-game picture-taking skills have come!

[penigriffin.blogspot.nl (from livejournal.com)]

Eh, nuisance stuff with my ears not detecting gravity; nothing to worry about. Majorly frustrating, though.

I forgot to say that I'm shocked - SHOCKED - at Tabby and Milo. I can see how Tabby might feel a bit lonesome but he's married and she's got his kid in her daycare! It's not as if you haven't unlocked townies. And as for him - hmph. Men!

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Right? The shenanigans that uncontrollable sims get into when they're hanging around in the background! D: And I didn't realize she had any chemistry with Milo before this. She's fooled around with both Jasper and Piet already, but Milo? That said, both Ramona and Jasper (http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp198/mswn/ts2/7%20Bat%20Mead/ScreenShot112.jpg) have been heart-farting over him this round, and he is a pop/romance sim. Perhaps I gave him that massive attraction reward without remembering? POTENTIAL DRAMA ZONE.

[lvstndhrt.livejournal.com]

Its always great to read your updates. Your families are so entertaining as there always seems to be something going on. SelenaQ Hall looks really good! I can't wait to see more of it.

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's a very nice compliment! And I hope you clicked over to selenaq13's original Uni Studios (http://selenaq13.livejournal.com/125240.html), since she did 99% of the heavy lifting for that lot!

[mswn.livejournal.com]

She is appropriately Sweet-looking. :3
The bakery sells a variety of custom cakes and pastries (probably mostly from MTS), plus a few wedding cakes from the catalog. It's nearly impossible to keep up with demand with actual baked-in-game goods, so I think I'll have to switch over to more purchased cakes in the future...

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Another quick tip: Make sure you don't have moveobjects on when stocking the cases, since that seems to result in the restocking error where the sign ends up on the edge of the lot.

[whisper-doll.livejournal.com]

The bakery looks like such a great little business! It's nice that the kids are old enough to help out there. I loved seeing the after-hours cake break!

I like the way you've decorated the family's home. It looks well-lived-in and a bit bohemian. My favourite feature is the teapot wallpaper! :)

Ramona and Marzipan are both great-looking Sims!

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Though it's had quite a few adjustments to allow for changing household sizes, theirs was the first house I built/decorated for this BACC, and I still like it quite a lot.

Ramona was such a scary-looking toddler, so I'm pleasantly shocked at how gorgeous she grew up!

[perisla.livejournal.com]

The kids are all adorable. Love the decorating you've done in their house! Can't wait to see the new Uni students in action!

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The Sweet house is an oldie but a goodie—I think it may have been the first house I decorated for the BACC!

Don't worry; there's *plenty* of uni action coming soon!

[clericalrodent.livejournal.com]

Marzipan is super cute, she's sure to be a beauty when she grows up.
The bakery looks like it's crazy business. But at least it brings good income?
Can't wait to see the adventures of the twins in university.

[mswn.livejournal.com]

I think the bakery does okay, for a sim business (a little hard to tell for sure since I think I just gave them one of the cash rewards); it's just really time-consuming to keep everything stocked with baked goods, even with 5 refrigerators in the mix (1 in the house, 2 in the test kitchen at home, and 2 in the kitchen at the bakery!). Crazy!

[katee412.livejournal.com]

Such a sweet family /lame pun

[mswn.livejournal.com]

Don't be ashamed! I've made that pun MANY times. It's good every time!

[justams.livejournal.com]

Aww, Marzipan is adorable. Well, they all are. I just love how you've decorated all your houses and businesses. It all looks so nice and homey.