Gaia's Garden

100 babies and 100 infants challenge!

  • Chapter 9: Full steam ahead!

    Hey there! And welcome to the 100 infants challenge!

    Last time, we dealt with a very clingy donor who wouldn’t stop trying to get together with Gaia lol. We got the already second set of twins grown all the way to children, and kept trying to earn enough money to move, it’s slow going lol. Also, Oak moved out </3 I miss Oak.

    This time, I’m trying once again to stop getting sidetracked and just get the challenge up to speed so it doesn’t take me until 2100 to complete it lol we’ll see how I do about that. Let’s just jump in and see how the family’s doing:

    We start the day with our girl Rose playing house in the treehouse. And me still loving the playing animations lol.

    Last chapter I accidentally called the girls for the opposite name, and it’s 100% my fault for basically exchanging their hairstyles lol. That was dumb on me. But now I have the correct names: short hair/Rose, long hair/Orchid lol!

    Gaia is, as usual, hard at work taking care of our current resident infant, Geranium.

    After the diaper change, it’s time to go back to working on milestones. We still hace a long way to go, seeing as he just earned his second gross motor one.

    I then told Gaia to play with him, and this is how she did it lol that doesn’t look right.

    Gaia: “I feel lonely without a baby in My tummy! Maybe I can have him go back!”

    (●__●) nop, definitely nop! Stop that Gaia!

    Instead of trying to get Geranium back in, I think it’s time for Ellis to finally make his donation lol I’m feeling a lot more confidente now, so let’s turn up the speed of the challenge.

    Gaia: “does that mean I can have the fertile trait now?”

    Nope! Not at all! I’m still not ready for that! And also, you don’t have the points lol we’re gonna need to work harder in aspirations.

    But for now, Ellis and Gaia quickly make use of the bed, and a new baby is on the way for us~ Thanks for your contribution Ellis! Now please just don’t get as annoying as Darsh lol.

    For some reason mom’s room is the place to be today lol all the kids wanted to hang around with her. Also, Dandelion is visiting ❤ I miss him so much~

    But hey, I think Gaia liked having them all around, because she ended up painting a Masterpiece! Her first Masterpiece actually, this is an important moment in our money-struggling days lol.

    The girls grew up pretty late yesterday, so they stayed home that day, and kept working on their aspirations. Rose has the Creative Genius one, and Orchid is our first Whiz kid.

    Yay! Vine came home with an A~

    And for him that meant that he was ready to grow up~ happy birthday Vine! He is now a dance machine lol.

    He also immediatly stepped in to take care of Geranium lol sorry Vine, we need all the help we can get around. He didn’t seem to mind it too much tho.

    Vine helping with the baby made it so Gaia could complete the Season premiere task in one go, so that’s great for us!

    On one side, Geranium just got a blowout. On the other side, he just learnt to sit up! We’re making progress~

    Oak! Hey there my boy! You decided to come visit in the worst posible moment. It’s like 3 AM and everyone is sleeping lol seriously what are you doing here at this hour?

    Daisy married Rohan Elderberry! This is not imporant or anything lol but I like Rohan, so I had to point it out lol.

    Cute baby is being cute ❤ I really enjoy feeding infants in the high chair.

    Since we started having teenagers Gaia has been getting more time to write, I’m honestly surprised that she’s level 8 already lol still, we have barely written like 5-6 full books so far, so there’s still a long way to go with that aspiration.

    Hey, look! Jokesters lol I’m still wondering if it’s possible to go one update in any family without someone getting the jokesters dynamic lol.

    I 100% forgot that Gaia even had a knitting basket until I saw her sit down to complete an apparently ongoing project lol new ‘thing that sims can do on their own’ for me I guess? Also, it’s nice for her to have a hobby.

    Fern got his A! He’s still needing a couple badges tho, but the A is always my priority because they can’t work on that during the weekend lol.

    Hey, Hyacinth is gonna introduce us to someone now! Let’s hope that this time, it’s a future donor and not a mystery relative lol.

    Vine has really taken the parenting role with little Geranium lol. At least he seems to enjoy it.

    See? He was even the one feeding him when we discovered that his las infant quirk is Picky eater lol i have no idea why the quirk took so long to trigger tho, we had already fed him lots of stuff by this point lol

    Gaia completed her first Bestseller! Another historic moment for the challenge!

    Also why is the book just called ‘Romance’? lol! I don’t remember naming it that.

    Again we were having a veeeery late night visit for some reason, and this time it was even a child lol. Orchid was up and feeling a little lonely tho, so I sent her to talk to him for a while. They seem to like eachother lol.

    Meanwhile, Fern was working on his final badge, the science one, and he completed it just as he discovered that he likes programing! Good for him, I wasn’t expecting that for him lol.

    But anyways, with that last badge done, he was ready for his last birthday in the house~ Happy birthday Fern! He now loves the outdoors, making him basically a slightly excentric hippie lol I like that.

    And so he moves out to go become the world’s next Granite Falls hermit I think lol.

    And as I come back into the household, this is what welcomes me!

    I had to know how he died, and I wasn’t expecting that lol That’s not how I would imagine our Mean and Evil doctor to die lol it’s almost adorable!

    You will be missed Darsh… only a little. I won’t miss your constant calls and visits lol.

    Oh, I didn’t knew animal lovers got sad when no having animals around. It makes sense, I’m just pretty oblivious lol also, I’m sorry Orchid, I think that’s not something that’s gonna change anytime soon, we’re broke and need the space.

    She can get lots of stories about pets instead maybe? lol. She’s our first whiz kid in the challenge, and I have not been missing the part about reading them like 5 books in a row to complete the first tier of that aspiration.

    Since we’re broke, Geranium has been my only infant so far to actually wear his cold oudoorwear so far lol in any of my games. So enjoy him, he looks super adorable.

    Did you enjoy him a lot? I hope you did, because this is him earning the last milestone he was missing to age up!

    It’s so strange that it was the toe in mouth one tho lol that never happens.

    But anyways, nobody’s surprised that Vine was the one taking him to the cake lol he seriously loves his little brother. Happy birthday Geranium!

    Here’s our cute little bear~He immediatly revealed his first quirk being Wanderer. That’s one I hadn’t seen so far! it’s great to know I still have things to discover in the pack lol.

    We had to stop his wandering for a little while tho, because we need to work on those skills~ at leasn’t he doesn’t seem to mind.

    After the little tyke got tired, we took our weekend trip to the park so the kids can get some air and work on goals. As usual, lots of fishing, playing, and Gaia met some new men to keep the challenge going.

    We even saw Clover in the park today! Hey Clover! We miss you at home!

    And the it was back to home to keep working~ I think that’s how usually this challenge go lol it’s a good thing I enjoy working on children aspirations and all of that.

    Like this! Orchid doesn’t really need the crativity skill, but I wasn’t gonna turn down the chance for my twins to enjoy the treehouse lol. As you can see, I think I’m getting more comfortable with the challenge already. I’m not in a constant panic lol.

    Also, Gaia makes the cutest kids ever. Just look at that smirk and tell me you don’t love him!

    And speaking of Gaia making babies, looks like it’s time to meet the next one!

    Gaia: “Or two~?”

    Nope! House first, then you can go back to having twins! Maaaaaaybe!

    We took Ellis, as usual, and I died because both he and Darsh panicked even if this baby isn’t Darsh’s lol. Also, looks like Ellis got so stressed about becoming a father that he aged up lol.

    Gaia: “And he was so excited about it!”

    Exactly lol! I like Ellis, he has been one of my favorite donors so far.

    But anyways, Gaia is already a pro at the giving birth thing, so it was no time for us to have our newest baby girl in our arms. This is; Carnation!

    And because I wanna keep the challenge moving, we immediatly called our next donor; Jay Robles!

    While they jumped in bed to get the baby going, I recieved this call from Fern and died lol! Seriously Fern? You wanna try to date Agnes?! I think you have a death wish kid lol!

    It would be totally epic if it worked, but I doubt it will lol! Can you imagine Agnes Crumplebotton holding hands with my erratic hippie kid? lol!

    It kinda makes the blow of Gaia not getting pregnant first try hurt a little less at least lol.

    Round two is on then!

    …And it also failed lol.

    At this point I got a little worried that I was remembering Jay’s pregnancy settings wrong and they couldn’t actually get Gaia pregnant, which would make me sad because Jay is so cool.

    But the third time finally did the trick! Looks like we’re getting our next baby after all!

    Gaia gave them the news, and they barely reacted lol Oh well, I’m still happy we’re having their baby!

    Also, this random dud stopped by our house that night to shovel our snow lol the most useless action in game ever, but at least it wasn’t one of my sims doing it lol.

    Yaaaaay Oak finally came to visit while we weren’t all sleeping! We went ahead and gave him a key ❤ I want him visiting a lot.

    And then Rose was the first of the twins to complete her aspiration~both twins still need their As, and Orchid is actually a lot behind in aspiration because the weekend got in the way of her doing her homework while focused.

    I really don’t like the Whiz kid aspiration lol.

    Oh, come on! Not even being dead can stop Darsh from annoying us? We don’t want to marry you Darsh! The moment passed!

    Darsh… Go… Away!

    While we ignore Darsh until he leaves, please have a cute little shot of baby Geranium napping ❤ I love him.

    The older kids came back from school with raised grades! Vine is the only one to earn an A today, but he’s still missing a couple badges.

    So he goes and helps Orchid with her homework

    And then Oak helps her with her extra credit! You’re the best Oak ❤

    I gotta say that the homework portion got a little bugged this time tho, it didn’t count her homework for the milestone! We still have time to get it done while waiting for the A, buy man, it was annoying lol.

    For now, we’re gonna have another birthday for our little Geranium! As usual, toddlers are a piece of cake lol.

    Happy birthday Geranium~

    And also, happy birthday for Carnation!

    And here we have both of our little redheads! Geranium keeps looking adorable ❤ and Carnation is too! I gotta add tho: Carnation literally grew up with that hair and glasses, and I immediatly thought off Marilyn Thornhill from Wednesday lol!

    Seriously, look at her lol!

    I had to give her the red shoes to keep the theme going lol I’m kinda sad I didn’t name her Nightshade after that.

    Carnation immediatly let us know that her first quirk is a difficult one that I was happy we hadn’t seen in the challenge so far lol. Still, I guess we’ll manage. For now Vine steps up as usual, so Gaia can finish the book she’s working on meanwhile.

    …Gaia! I said finish the book, not break the computer!

    Gaia: “Not my fault the computer is cheap!”

    Well, you’re still fixing it! Come back!

    Also, while this was happening, I realized that we’re in Winterfest eve *heavy sigh* I guess we’re not getting out needed A’s by tomorrow then.

    We keep working on the other stuff tho. I took the kids to the Recreation center again, where Vine had the chance to work out along his brother Aspen.

    Gaia developed a fame quirk after all of her books written. Thanks to the pregnancy it was the emotion bomb lol I guess it could be worse.

    The main reasonfor our trip here was for Geranium to play in the jungle gym because he got the Rambunbctious Scamp aspiration, but I totally forgot to have him take a bubble bath before leaving the house lol. He had to make a bunch of funny interactions with Vine until he got playful, but we got it done lol.

    Vine also got a bunch of progress for the Sociability and Good Deeds badges in the process.

    Also, look at that! Gaia met Brent Hecking!

    We had a baby with Brant, so I feel like we need to have one with Brent too lol high priority donor!

    Back in the house, and looks like it’s the first time the infant appears inside the crib instead of next to it lol she’s dressed in the wrong outfit, but hey, baby steps lol.

    Ah, cheap bathroom furniture in a big family, the bane of my existence lol.

    Vine woke up Winterfest morning with a moodswing, so running time for him it is lol.

    Meanwhile, the kids were having breakfast and doing homework, because with no classes today and tomorrow being friday, we have no time to lose!

    And then we celebrated~ Vince keeps being the best and helping us cook the grand fest for the family while the younger kids decorate the tree, that was put outside because we had no space inside lol.

    They opened presents, and I got kinda frustrated because this was basically the only family ever where I needed expensive gifts, and of course, nobody got nothing worth more than $100 lol thanks sims!

    But anyways, we will deal with my frustrations later, because right now it’s birthdday time! Vine completed his last badge, so that means he’s ready to turn into an adult. But first, Gaia is ready to give birth to our next baby!

    So as usual, we took Jay with us for the preparental panic shot lol then went into the machine, and Gaia gave birth to a new baby boy!

    I was kinda sad it wasn’t a girl, because the name Pointsettia was perfect for a chrismas baby girl lol But in the end, I chose another holiday name: Mistletoe!

    II didn’t take anymore pictures of him because you know, babies lol so we’ll meet him next chater when he turns into an infant.

    For now, we’re finishing the chapter with Vine growing up and leaving the nest! Happy birthday Vine! Surprisingly, he grew up with the High-mantinence trait lol I think he got tired of me using him as a nanny for all of his teenhood lol. It’s a shame he got that trait as his final, it really is one of my favorite ones lol!

    But anyways, as said before, here’s where we’re stopping for today, this and some news: I think we finally should have enough money to get a house in a bigger lot and not go completely bankrupt! So next update we should be starting in a brand new house! Unless I get lazy and don’t build it lol that can happen too.

    I’ll try not to take long with next update! We’ll see how it goes!

    See you soon, and happy simming!

  • Chapter 8: Dramatic Sims

    Hey there guys! Look, I brought a quick update for once lol! It’s not been even a week!

    I really don’t have much to say today, so let’s just jump and see what the family is doing, alright? I think you guys get the deal by now lol Let’s hope we have some fun now:

    We star with a quick look at the while family. The house is feeling a little empty now that the twins are gone, I guess it was kind of a good thing we had twins again.

    Gaia: “Told you so! We should have more of them!”

    I said kinda! I’m still not ready to give her the fertile trait lol we need a proper house first.

    Anyways, Gaia is busy taking care of the girls and teaching them their final milestones, we’re very close to them growing up! And the older kids are also taking care of needs and skilling, except for Vine who was made to clean up that mess he made lol.

    Vine: “Booooo!”

    Cute moodlet of the day lol I think we were trying sweet potato puree, Rose is not a fan lol. I get you girl, I’m not a sweet potato person either.

    Ah, glad to know that the magical children bikes are still working lol. Honestly I would’ve thought they would have patched them up at some point, but I mean, it’s the sims lol.

    Oh this is funny lol I love when townies get all dramatic about my sims being disliked. I gotta say I don’t even remember what Gaia did to be disliked by someone tho… That makes it funnier lol.

    Shhh nobody make a noise now! It’s so strange when both girls are sleep at the same time lol.

    They look so freaking cute too~

    Seriously way too cute<3 I can just spend my whole day taking pictures of Infants being adorable.

    Buuut saddly I can’t do that because we have lots of work to do. It’s the weekend now and Vine needs to go play in a splash pad, and we’re poor so we’re using the Inés in San Sequoia lol.

    This is what the girls were doing when I came back home. I find it curious that Rose, who is our intense infant, is happily playing with a hopefully clean sponge. And Orchid meanwhile is having a crying meltdown.

    Orchid is cautious tho, so I guess it makes sense she didn’t like being sent to daycare.

    Cuteness overload!!!

    No, seriously. This is the first time I have seen two Infants playing together and is way too cute for me ❤ I love them.

    Oh, that’s a new milestone! I haven’t had an infant learn to clap so far. How cute<3

    Vine and Fern spent sometime joking and playing together while Fern worked in the sociability badge. They end up making some mischievous interactions and Fern decides he loves them. I think it suits him, so I said yes.

    At this point both girls are just missing the crawl milestone, so we work as hard as posible.

    With a small break so our heavily pregnant Gaia can take care of her needs, and also give a key to Hyacinth in case she wants to come and help us with the kids.

    Hyacinth: “Thanks, I’ll remember not to come over then.”

    Awwwwn c’mon! Your siblings are not that bad!

    Hyacinth: *leaves*

    Well… I guess I scared her off? Damn!

    I couldn’t be sad about it for long, tho, because we still had work to do with the twins, who are finally ready to grow up!

    Happy birthday to Rose and Orchid!

    And here we have them as toddlers now! That’s Rose on the left with the cute glasses, and Orchid on the right, sporting the cute paranormal stuff haircut.

    As you may guess from these pictures, Rose is Inquisitive and Orchid is Independent. Thanks to both of them for getting great traits!

    Getting both girls ready to grow up took a little too much from Gaia tho, I think it’s time to give her a break.

    Thankfully toddlers can easily entertain themselves in comparision to infants lol and I still can’t believe that I am actually appreciating how independent toddlers are.

    Cute picture of Vine and Fern hanging out again ❤ Just because I love when they do it.

    Aaaah, the life of a single mother with twin toddlers lol yes, they can entertain themselves now, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to cling to their mom while she does other stuff around.

    This is also when we discover that both girls have a quirk I hadn’t seen before: Little singer, so they spend a lot of time following eachother to sing little songs.. It is precious and it’s now one of my favorite ones ❤

    And then the boys were back home bringing raised grades!

    Oak still needs to complete a couple more badges before he can leave the nest, but Fern is ready to blow his candles!

    So that’s what he did! Fern grew up into a handsome young man who doesn’t like to spend money lol he’s a Freegan and I’m still wondering why the EL traits are so prominent lol. I also gave him a little bit of a beard shade, because his facial structure looked a little weird without it lol I blame Brant’s genes. We’ll see if he grows into his face once he reaches YA.

    Hey, look! All of the siblings in a single picture! This little room looks way too cramped lol I’m sorry kids, I’m trying to earn money as fast as I can.

    Aaaand looks like the room is about to be a little more cramped lol time to go meet our next baby!

    Gaia: “Or babies!”

    Nope! Don’t have more twins Gaia! We need money first!

    We travel to the hospital, where Darsh does the typical preparental panic lol but because he’s actually our doctor, he doesn’t disapear! That’s a first lol.

    Gaia goes through the motions, and welcomes home a little boy, who we call Geranium.

    Back home, I bought the family a bascketball hoop because the kids keep having their fun need ridiculosuly low everyday. This was actually one of my favorite objects back in my first try at this challenge, but this time it started to quickly make me go mad because my sims would cancel all their queue actions to go back to play for some reason lol soooo, it doesn’t stay with us for too long.

    All of the child-toddler aged children we have at this moment got angry about Geranium’s arrival lol. I’m sorry kids, you better get used to it.

    Team effort to get the toddlers back to bed~ thankfully neither of these two are bedtime-haters lol so it’s an easy job, even if Fern is apparently sick.

    The mornings are the time to work on skills for the toddlers, specially since we currently don’t have an infant. these two are doing great with their skills, I think they’ll be children in no time!

    …Sorry Darsh, but we really don’t want or need to go on a date with you. Please move on. I’m kinda surprised that he’s calling us lol he’s the Mean, Evil and Non-commital sim we met.

    More raised grades! Just one more for Vine!

    …Fern…you have no job… you’re a boyscout… you’re not getting paid for any of this! Believe me, sometimes I wish I had chosen the part-time job route instead of having you guys be scouts!!

    Fern: “But the scouts are a part of The Man!! I won’t be controled!!”

    …You do you, boy… but let it be known that I think you’re weird.

    Hey, the game asking the real questions here lol!

    I chose to say Yes, just because it reminded me of a scene in another of my favorite games, Monster Roadtrip lol That game deserves so much more love lol it’s so awesome.

    Nooooo I’m not ready to have another infant!

    Me @ Me: You’re playing the wrong game then!!!

    Fern and Oak keep working on their badges, and Fern is not enjoying it lol I kinda love how unbothered Oak is looking at his brother lol.

    This is also the last time you’ll see the hoop lol after this, I had enough. And yep, that was fast.

    But anyways, after that bascketball session, Oak became a Llamacorn scout and was ready to grow up! I’m gonna miss him ❤ he keeps being a favorite of mine so far.

    But anyways, it was time for a double birthday again! Happy birthday to both Oak and Geranium!

    And here we have them after! Geranium grew up super adorable, tho I’m a little dissapointed that he’s not a brunet lol I think I’m destined to only have blackhaired and redhaired kids.

    Oak Didn’t change a lot of course, but I think he looks very handsome. He’s already on the gallery in case you wanna download him!

    With Oak out of the house, we keep going with skills and milestones for all of the kids. Well, mostly skills for the older kids lol Gaia is about to take a sleep break, so Geranium will have to entertain himself for a couple hours.

    yaaaaay Vine! This aspiration was pretty easy to complete, which I love lol He now just needs to bring us his A, hopefully tomorrow, and will be ready to join Fern as a teen!

    More strict family dynamics~ I think this challenge is gonna be full of these one lol.

    It will also be full of bathtime pictures, and I am not complaining about any of that ❤

    another moment of cuteness overload~ the girls are taking a nap before finishing their skills ❤ I really love this playtent.

    Darsh!! Go! Away! We’re not gonna date you anymore!!

    Darsh: “But Gaia’s my soulmate!”

    No, she’s not! You don’t even like her that much! Why are you being so insistent?

    Darsh: “Maybe I’m just annoying you because I’m evil.”

    …That actually makes sense. Still, go away!

    Fern and Vine came home, and saddly none of them brough us As today. We’ll see about tomorrow. I did go ahead and signed Vine to Scouts so he can get a headstart on that for now.

    Immediatly after he gets this call from Jade Rosa?? Jade, he’s a child! He’s like… 8! I’m not letting my child son go to parties with adult strangers! lol.

    Oh, cool! It’s still kinda rare when I get my sims liking certain social interactions, and I think it’s the first time for Interest too!

    Aaaaand finally, the moment I was waiting for! Orchid was the first from the twins to reach level 3s all around, but Rose followed her just a couple hours later. Now it’s time for yet more birthdays!

    Rose goes first, because I messed up order lol! Honestly took me long enough.

    But anyways, happy birthday girls!

    And here we have then all grown up! Orchid grew up with glasses, and is now Neat. Rose is sporting a kinda new look for myself, as I don’t usually use the child skirts for some reason lol and is now an Animal enthusiast. At first I had called them the opposite names by accident lol so now that’s fixed, sorry girls!

    And this is where the update stops for today! It was a fairly short playsession and not a lot happened, but it helped me go back into rhythm with the challenge, so we should do a lot more progress next time!

    I hope you had fun with us for today, and I’ll see you guys soon! For now, happy simming!

  • Chapter 7: Here we go again!

    Helloe there! I’ve come to bring a new update after a little hiatus lol I’m sorry, I got into one of those periods where I don’t feel like simming/writting, and left these pictures taken and uploaded for all this time lol.

    It’s a good thing this challenge is as straightfoward as it is, so I don’t think I should have any trouble remembering what happened… I guess lol Let’s see how wrong I’m about that, and just jump in to see what the family is doing:

    We star today with Daisy being a doll and helping Vine with his milestones. Her somehow-still-alive twin cheers them on for some reason lol.

    Dandelion: “I’m just happy my sister is in charge of parenting so I don’t have to!”

    Ok, makes sense lol and where was the mom during all of this you ask?

    She was keeping the challenge going of course lol that first guy is Ellis, he would totally be husband material in any other challenge. And then Jay Robles also happened to pass by while Gaia was exchanging numbers with Ellis, si that’s two more donors in line!

    Mmmm..  I seriously doubt that Gaia has a ring in the first place and I don’t think the game could marry them off anyways since she’s my played sim… But we told Leslie to say no anyways lol I’m sorry Leslie! You’re in the wrong universe for that lol.

    Clover came to visit, and her brothers roped her into helping them skill lol sorry girl, but you’re a lifesaver! This gave Gaia time to work on a other book. Money is coming slooooowly and we really need more of it lol.

    Sadly Clover couldn’t stay forever </3 so in the end it comes to Gaia to teach littoe Fern his last skillpoint~ I won’t get tired of saying this: Toddlers are a walk in the park compared to Infants lol.

    Hey, looks like Ellis is really excited to be part of this challenge lol that’s good to see. Sadly he chose the wrong moment to try yo take Gaia out lol so we had to say no. Don’t worry Ellis! We’ll call you back!

    For now, happy birthday to my little Fern! He’s looking more and more like his dad, just with some very intense eyes lol and why is that about his eyes?

    Well, he grew up Erratic lol props to him for rolling my absolute favorite trait!

    Fern: “The voices are coming for me!!!!”

    Gaia: “That’s nice dear, tell them hi and don’t wake up your brother!”

    Lol we’re not even 10 kids in and Gaia is already so over it.

    It’s not gonna stop anytime soon tho, so Fern goes to bed because my toddlers live sleep deprived in this challenge 80% of the time lol while Vine wakes up and we keep working on his milestones. I’m hoping to get hin to grow up before the next baby becomes an infant.

    Kids keep coming home bored out of their minds, every single day. So first order of business is always playing videogames lol this takes me back to my school days, I also used to come home and play games. I miss my ps1.

    And them they go work on homework and projects. I wanna try to max Oak’s school gains because the twins will be leaving soon, and I need a teen in the house lol let’s see how we manage.

    Ellis was adamant about getting that date with Gaia, it’s kinda cute lol. The second time we said yes and took a trip to the ruins for some chatting, flirting and even some bush woohooing lol we have another donor lined up!

    He seems to be quite excited about it actually, I kinda feel bad about it lol Ellis deserves better. But also… I wanna work on the Serial romantic aspiration with Gaia for points, so she asked him to be her boyfriend and he said yes…

    Gaia: “If he ends up crying I’m blaming you.”

    Honestly, fair.

    Coming back to the house, Caleb was standing outside so Gaia introduced herself! He’s another classic for baby-having challenges lol but he’s also a vampire so he’s not super high priority for now. 

    Btw Caleb, tell Lilith to stop by sometime! I haven’t seen her in ages!

    Ah, yes, a mom finishing her kid’s project while they sleep lol work is never finished for poor Gaia. But also, I know she’s going into labor anytime now, so I’m not worried about her needs lol.

    Oh, look, now that Gaia has boyfriends, her flirting with other sims classifies as affairs lol she’s gonna be my sim with the biggest amount of adult milestones ever lol.

    And then we got interrupted by labor! So we took Victor to the hospital so he could do the classic pre-parental-panicked-poof, and then we went to the delivery room lol.

    As a side note, Victor looks so weird when he’s not wearing his suit lol That’s a weird cold weather outfit on him.

    Aaaand then this happened… WTH Victor?! I know you love kids but I didn’t need you to give me two!!

    Gaia: “Awwww we’re gonna have twins again now that Daisy and Dandy are moving out!”

    Gaia your Cheerful trait annoys me… Also exactly that! Couldn’t we had twins earlier so Daisy and Dandy would help us out?! Damn game trolling me as usual… I haven’t given Gaia the fertil trait for a reason game!

    Well… Anyways, we had twin girls this time. And honestly I have no idea which one is which at this stage, but one of them is named Orchid, and the other is Rose yes I blanked again on the second name, but I finally remembered to make that names list I had talked about so it shouldn’t happen again!

    Also when the house loaded I got the notification that Vine had just learnt to sit up (which I didn’t even knew they can do on their own lol) so I went to look for him and couldn’t find him. I clicked his portrait and it showed him back here…

    And I mean aaaaaaall the way back here! You can barely see our treehouse back there from here lol WTH? How did you get here Vine? You were supposed to be at daycare since your siblings are at school! Gaia! Come and rescue your kid!!

    Gaia: “already on it!”

    Glad I can count on her. But seriously, what’s wrong with the daycare? lol that was random.

    Kids came home and the twins have their As! They are still missing a couple final badges, so I get to keep them a little bit more!

    Also Oak got a B~ one step closer to him being a teen!

    Seriously guys, please don’t go!

    Also, look at Dandy being a sweetheart with his little sister ❤ He’s a softie in the inside.

    Outside of the twins, I think Oak and Fern are one of the closest siblings pair that I’ve had so far. They both have Creativity-oriented aspirations, so they spend lots of times playing together and being all adorable ❤ I love them both.

    I will never get tired of infants eating in the highchair ❤ they look just too adorable! Vine is a smart kid, he liked yogurt.

    Also, here’s the moment I checked his miletones and realized that he has all the important ones unlocked… but he still doesn’t know how to crawl? He just learnt to creep!

    Maybe they updated it or something? Maybe my game is being weird? Would it be cheating if I age him up already?

    mmm…

    Listen I’m gonna do it lol we’re gonna do this another what? 93 times? one kid being aged one milestone earlier is nothing! lol And I really don’t want to have 3 infants at the same time again, so Vine gets his birthday! Happy birthday Vine!

    …And as usual, Gaia gets one (1) interaction with her toddler son, and decides they have an strict dynamic lol I still don’t get it <- comes from a very relaxed family background.

    Besides, just look at this kid, he’s an angel! Like seriously with the cherub-like curls and everything, he really looks like an angel! He’s also Inquisitive, which is my favorite toddler trait, I’m honestly having such good luck with traits this playsession lol.

    Aaaand then I got sad because my twins completed their scout badges </3 I’m gonna miss them so much!

    As a funfact, they both had Arts and crafts as their last one lol I think I slacked of with that a little.

    Daisy sneaks one last trash bag cuddle before blowing the candles lol recycle disciple sims are su funny.

    Aaaaand birthday time for both of them! Happy birthday Dandy, happy birthday Daisy!

    They look basically the same, and I will keep loving them both lol I seriously have to use Dandelion in something, soon! lol. I am a llittle dissapointed that he got Vegetarian as his last trait tho, it’s onee of my least favorites lol Daise on the other hand, got Bookworm, so that’s another point in her favor lol.

    They moved out and now up in the gallery. safe from any other random meteors that try to unalive Dandy lol.

    Also I went out the household to move out the twins and upload them, and here’s where I found Vine when I was back lol. He decided that playing inside the toilet is the best part of his toddlerhood, good for them.

    Oh god, we’re about to get infant twins again… and Oak is still not a teen… man why did I move the other twins already? lol past Salem is so dumb.

    We take care of as many of Vine’s needs as we can before the moment of the birthday. I’m sorry Vine, you’re about to be mainly ignored for the next couple of days… Maybe Oak and Fern will play with you?

    Oh, hey. Aspen is introducing us to people! Are they a male? We’re always looking for more donors!

    Aspen: “Well, say yes so you can now!”

    …I mean is a 50/50 chance so let’s say yes.

    yaaaaaaaaaay Oak got his A! That means we can get a t-

    Oak: “I’m still missing stuff from y aspiration!”

    …My own rules kick my butt now… great.

    Sooo it’s back to skilling for both him and Fern. Again, I love Fern, erratic sims are the best lol.

    And since I can’t really postpone the double birthday anymore, time to meet our girls officially. Now that I can finally tell them appart lol. That’s Rose on the orange, and Orchid on the blue top. They are gonna get makeovers but I’m waiting for Oaks birthday before.

    Also, Rose got the Intense trait (oh joy!), while Orchid is Cautious. That’s two twins with the intense trait so far, proving my game keeps loving to troll me lol.

    On a happier note, have a cute little picture of Vine discovering his final toddler quirk: he loves books ❤ Seriously this boy is so adorable!

    Awwwwwww it wasn’t a guy Aspen introduced us too! It’s not only a woman, but one that looks scarily similar to Gaia o . o Aspen, did you find your mother’s long lost sister or something? wth!

    Yaaaaaaaaay Oak completed his aspiraton! *hugs* I love you so much!

    Oak: “I am not going to get a normal teenhood right?”

    I mean, you were born in a challenge household, and one of the craziest challenges out there, so you can bet you won’t lol. But I will love you even more if you help with your sisters.

    Oak: “Ok, deal.”

    He’s a good kid ❤ He also grew up pretty handsome actually! He gave me an excuse to use those big puffy curls too, is usually a hair that doesn’t favor my sims a lot lol.

    And the trip to CAS meant makeover for the little girls too! That’s Orchid on the left and Rose sleeoing on the right. I believe they are pretty much identical, but we’ll see as they grow up.

    Another picture of our angelic-looking little boy ❤

    And also some loving for little Orchid ❤ I love the bunny ears hat, looks so adorable~

    Oak and Fern keep hanging out a lot, and they even develop the Jokesters family dynamic. That surprises no one lol. And good for them too ❤

    It was harvestfest that day (which meant kids had no classes, #sad). They had a nice little family holiday with turkey and inviding gnomes. If I remember correctly I actually kept the gnomes lol the seed packages are a great way to make extra money that we keep needing.

    And it was also time to skill and take care of babies. Oak did his big brother duty teaching needs to Vine, and that freed Gaia up to give baths to both girls ❤ I love Rose’s little piggytails too.

    Fern painted this mouse, and complete his aspiration too! Saddly he’s still far from his A, and with just one schoolday before the weekend, I doubt we’re gonna get another teen before next week.

    Aaaaaand then Oak decided to go grilling and caused YET ANOTHER FIRE!

    Seriously have these things become more common since the GrT update? lol I’ve had at least 4 since the update game out, and that’s like as many as I had had in the years before the update lol.

    Thankfully, nobody got a fear of fire this time at least.

    Next morning while the boys are at school, I decide we need a little break from the babies, and since Gaia is not pregnant anymore, sounds like the perfect time to go on another date for aspiration purposes!

    We didn’t go with Ellis thought, I hope he doesn’t get too sad lol. Instead we invited Darsh, our Evil, Mean and Kleptomaniac doctor to a happy afternoon chat at the museum. Or well, outside the museum lol which maybe was for the best, I don’t think taking a klepto to the museum was one of my brightest ideas.

    The date ended with some lighthouse action for these two, let’s hope one time was enough to get us a baby!

    Also, whie they were doing their thing, I was lookinf around the island and say this pretty looking puppy, and I was just thinking about how sad it was that this is not a challenge where I can have pets because I need the house space, when she went all the way to the lighthouse and just laid in front of where Gaia and Darsh were having fun together… that was super random lol.

    Aaaand kids are back home and we have no As, just as I thought! I guess we’ll have the weekend to work on badges for these two and see what next monday says.

    For now, back to the house~

    Where Gaia gets her pregnancy test and it comes back positive~ yay for keeping the challenge moving!

    Orchid is clearly the twin who advances faster on her milestones lol The intense trait really makes it hard to work with them because Rose is aaaaaalways angry about something, just like Daisy before lol.

    Anyways, Orchid gets the creep milestone, and she actually also gets the Crawl one greyed out… so I’m still confused lol maybe Vine was a little bugged after all.

    Damn, Oak’s dad died on us thanks to story proggresion… Apparently, he got so angry that he exploded. Now Oak is gonna be sad and that will make it harder to work on his skill, thanks a lot Landon.

    And right after that, Vince earned his last point in imagination skill and was elegible to grow up! I think in the middle of the infants chaos I didn’t take a picture of him blowing his candles, so the next one we get is his after makeover one. He is still very cute, and is now Adventurous.

    We’re gonna stop the update right here, mainly because It’s where I stopped playing lol. Next time, we should hopefully have the twins aged up at least once! Probably have more babies, maybe we finally will have enough money to move to a bigger lot? Don’t count on it lol.

    Whatever it comes, I hope to see you here then!

    For now and as usual, take care and happy simming everyone!

  • Chapter 6: What the f***?!

    Hey there everyone! Welcome back to my 100 infants challenge!

    Last time in the challenge we finally hit the important milestone of having the first kids reach young adulthood and move out of the house. We managed to grow our first (and hopefully for a while, only) set of twins all the way to children, and kept making slow progress into being a little less broke lol but that’s a long, hard road to travel still.

    Today, we’re having a little bit of a weird situation in my game lol I don’t know how to explain it so…better get started so you can see for yourselves lol I hope you have fun with us today!

    Hyacinth welcomes us to the house with a very cool Evil laugh lol I love it when sims do this.

    Gaia keeps feeding the Infants from inside the fridge lol maybe that gives her faster access to the food? lol.

    Hyacinth takes Clover’s place and starts helping the twins with their homework so she can get the Good deeds badge.

    This does take a long time, so in the end I decided to get a normal trashcan so they can earn the badge that way too lol good thing about a family as big as this one is that there’s always more than enough trash for the money-making trashcan anyways.

    The cheap computer keeps breaking and I keep being annoyed at it lol I want to buy a  better one soooo bad, but I’m trying to save money so we can move to a bigger lot.

    Hyacinth may be evil, but she’s still our life saver with the infants lol I am getting better with them already, but having a teen around definitely helps.

    Oh yeah, I got a mod that makes it so kids wear uniforms to school in any neighborhood! I was missing the private school uniforms from Sims 2, and here where I live we actually all wear them, so why not? If I get tired I can always take the mod out lol.

    While the kids were out of the house and Fern was sleeping, Gaia managed to have Oak learn his final needed milestone! Time for a birthday!

    Happy birthday Oak!

    And he’s still so adorable as a toddler ❤ He grew up with that sweater so I only matched the other clothes and I’m in love with his outfit lol. He got the very on point trait: Charmer lol he’s sure is charming even while he’s angry because he’s too tired.

    We take him to bed immediatly so he can keep being a little charmer ❤ sweet dreams little Oak.

    And with that taken care of, Gaia takes the chance to invite Stephon over and get working on our next baby! Thanks for your donation Stephon!

    And back to mom duty. Gaia took care of Oak’s bath, and then Hyacinth gave one to Fern too once she came back fro school ❤ I love giving the babies baths.

    The rocking chair keeps being a favorite sit around the house, I think it actually rivals the toddler beds! Dandelion comes all on his own to keep Oak company, which is good because both needed some social.

    Gaia is having a very hard time with this pregnancy, so both our toilets are in desperate need of cleaning lol thankfully, cleaning gives badges! Specially because Gaia doesn’t have too much time to clean right now lol.

    She was actually getting a little tense because the kids don’t leave her much time to work out (my fault for choosing to use an Active sim lol) so she gets a quick workout before they come from school.

    And today it’s an important day because the twins finally got their As! With their aspirations already completed, we’re having three teenagers in the house! That’s a first~

    Happy birthday to Dandy and Daisy!!

    And we interrupt the birthday to get this super cute shot of Hyacinth playing with Oak ❤ I love my Evil girl so much.

    Anyways, birthdays and makeovers dealt with, here we have our problem twins! Dandelion got the Kleotomaniac trait, so I guess he took over being the problem twin from his sister lol He also has the Soulmate aspiration, which is cute in contrast lol.

    Daisy keeps being a very good girl, so I officially take the title of trouble girl from her lol she rolled Recycle disciple (and I’m wondering why the Ecoliving traits are so prominent so far lol), and her aspiration is Superparent, which is also adorable.

    They are so both super good looking, I already wanna use Dandy on something lol.

    Gaia gets a cuple hours on the pc again, so she tries to get her third book done. This time it’s a short stories compilation.

    Aaaaaand then this happened…

    Dandelion was out using the telescope when I got the notification about the meteor again. I had him go inside the house like last time and didn’t worry about it, but then the meteor striked him right after he came down from the treehouse!

    Gaia and Hyacinth rushed outside to watch and yeah, Grim appeared and everthing! I tried pleading for Dandy’s life, but Grim said now and my heart broke a little </3 I really was so excited about saving Dandy for another challenge…

    But I guess he’s gone…

    …Or not? WHat?!

    You can see it yourselves right there; Gaia pleaded and Grim said no! But out of the blue Dandelion came back to the household and was up like nothing?????

    Hello??? Sims?!

    I sent Dandy to train to check if I could really command him again… And yeah, he seems alright…

    What the hell?

    It’s been two weeks since I played this and I still don’t understand what happened… what…??

    Hey Grim… just between you and me, are you drunk on the job or something?

    Grim: “You insult me! I would never!”

    … I.. I’m sorry, you’re right… *goes away to keep being confused*

    Hey Daisy, I think your brother may be a zombie.

    Daisy, not looking at me: “Don’t be ridiculous, zombies aren’t even part of the game!”

    But…

    See? Even Oak got the mourning moodlet and everything!

    Dandelion, from another room:

    Lol

    Since the kids still need the Science badge, and we only have one computer they have to share with Gaia, Daisy gets her turn with the telescope.

    Everything goes alright this time *shifty eyes*

    Hey Dandy! Still… feeling alive and all that?

    Dandelion: “Yeah, the only weird thing around here is that you’re making everyone nervous. Stop it.”

    …ok, ok, I’ll stop… *backs away slowly, not breaking eye contact.*

    Mmm… Daisy and Hyacinth became best friends, while our Evil girl was insulting her sister… again, I declare the game drunk lol.

    Daisy: “Well, being insulted by being compared to a dragon is kinda cool I guess?”

    …I mean yeah, she has a point.

    Hyacinth still has a B at school and the weekend is coming. We can always work on the badges then, so looks like it’s time to double down on school stuff! You can do it Hyacinth! *cheers*

    Little Fern has the messy eater quirk ❤ He looks so adorable all covered in food!

    This is also his last infant meal, because he already has all of his milestones ready to grow up!

    Oak, meanwhile, reveals that he has the Loves books one, which is actually more problematic that I initially thought lol Everytime I sent him to do something, he would stop halfway to go ask somebody for a story lol he actually maxed his Imagination skill by the time we got him to Happy toddler lol.

    Brant randomly came to visit, and while we’re not supposed to get help from the donors, Having the father blow candles with his kid isn’t really that bad, or is it? lol.

    Well, anyways, Brant helped Fern grow up~

    And here’s the little cutie ❤ He grew up Clingy, so that’s gonna be extra work for us lol.

    Hey, Clover is the first kid to get married after leaving! I’m probably not gonna keep track of the marriages and stuff, but it’s the first one so it’s a historic moment for the Gardens!

    Also, I like to keep a list of people the kids marry to make sure I’m not using one their husbands as a donor lol that would be a little too weird for me.

    There’s nothing on the rules about having previous kids helping with the current ones, so Aspen entertains Oak, with a story of course lol seriously this kid only cares about story time. Maybe he’ll want to be an author when he grows up.

    yaaaaaaay we managed Hyacinth’s A right before the weekend! Now we just need to finish her last badges and she’ll be ready to grow up!

    But later lol for now, the kids are in desperate need of fun, and for some reason the tv wasn’t helping as much as I hoped, so I had to splurge some money on a console to see if videogames did a better job. They really don’t… but we’ll work on that once we have more money lol. I really want to move.

    Also, right now we were a little busy because we got the news that Gaia is in labor~ she’s also in dire need of a bath, because looks like labor hit her a little too hard and she didn’t make it to the bathroom.

    I let her take a quick shower before going to the hospital, and we took Stephon with us for the traditional preparental panic.

    We also discovered that our next donor was at the hospital at the same time lol are you getting a little too excited Victor? I know he’s a family sim, so it kinda makes sence lol.

    Ayways, Gaia was finally admited, and in no time we had another cute little boy in our arms! I totally blanked on names, and I called him Vine lol I better start making a names list so this doesn’t become an everyday thing.

    We’re back at the house and again thanking the sims gods for teenagers lol Gaia can focus on getting Vine all settled at home and be confident that her other babies are being taken care of.

    And once the littlest ones are all ok and out for the night, or at least entertained, the teens go back to working on badges and fun. As you can see, the stereo is, as usual, the favorite object around the house lol.

    Yessss!! This is one of the only challenges where this is actually useful!! Congrats Gaia! This is great! Specially because I checked and the super efficient baby care also works on infants!

    I feel like Oak was a toddler for a really shorts time lol but here we have him getting his last needed skill point! Aspen was still hanging around the house, so he made us a favor and helped him blow his candiles for the second time in this update! 

    Happy birthday again little guy!

    And hello to his not-so-little version! He’s still very cute, and I gave him back his super puffy curls lol I never use these hair but I love it on him!

    Oak rolled Goofball for his trait, and the Creative Genius aspiration… Which is the same that Clover completed lol this makes it 6 kids sharing the same two aspirations, and I don’t know what to think lol. But hey, at least this time we already have the treehouse.

    Speaking of the treehouse. I totally forgot that there’s a sleeping spot over there, and ended up buying Oak a bed lol this is why I never have money.

    Gaia is closer to getting another milestone of the painting aspiration done (and also we need moneys), so we try to squeeze some painting during the night. Her needs aren’t the best usually Tho, so She’s having some trouble with the excelent paintings lol

    So we make a quick stop to get working on the next baby! I ended up deciding I want to go with the immortal matriarch version of the challenge, so having 100 kids with Gaia alone, and that means I have to check that she doesn’t age up on me lol and since I’m trying to save her points for useful traits, having her pregnant is the better way to prevent aging lol.

    Victor was eager to help us, so this went without a hitch! Thanks for your help Victor!

    And with a new bun in the oven and better needs in general, we’re back to painting! This is one of those pictures I haven’t seen before, cute little birdy<3

    Oak works on his aspiration by pretending he’s a forest prince. Maybe an elf or a fae? I adore seeing the pictures that pop up when the kids play like this ❤

    Next morning while waiting for the Scouts meeting, Daisy helps little Fern with his skills while Dandy has breakfast. This shot makes me realize that Gaia has A LOT of black-haired kids lol I was expecting mostly redheads from her genes, but the game loves to troll me lol I’m gonna start looking for more blond and brunet donors.

    Since it’s the weekend, it’s time for the family to make a trip to the park so the kids can have some air and work on their goals! I like having something like this to break a little the monotony of the challenge.

    Oak needs Mental skill, so he joined Bjorn for his chess game.

    Loooool I knew Squeamish sims didn’t like catching frogs, but I had no idea they also didn’t like fishing lol it makes sense, but I had no idea.

    So we send him to keep Fern out of trouble instead lol he was too uncomfortable to do much else. Sorry Dandy!

    We came back home since we’ve just gotten Vine’s birthday notification, and here we have our newest infant! I gotta admit I was a little dissapointed because I was hoping he would get his dad’s bright red hair, but he’s still adorable, which surprises no one lol. He’s also Sunny, so I dressed him on very bright colors.

    Hyacinth didn’t really show her Evil trait while she was a child, but now she’s getting the difficult dynamic with everybody lol I think Daisy was the only one who didn’t get it, because kid has some very strange opinions about being insulted.

    the eternal grind of this challenge is definitely the Infant milestones lol all the other things go with no major trouble, but infants are always the challenge.

    You guys know how much I love my toddler bathtime pictures ❤ I just can’t resist them.

    I mean, at least she’s still a sweetheart with the baby lol I think that’s a win when it comes to Evil sims. Also, she’s still very pretty so I’m weak for her lol.

    The playtent is one of my favoriote objects honestly ❤ kids look so cute when they play in it, no matter what age they are!

    After getting done with taking care of Vine, Hyacinth was finally able to get her last painting done, and with that she completed all the scout badges!

    So time to haver blow her candles into adulthood! We’re gonna miss you so much Hyacinth!

    Her last trait is Freegan, I’m still sad that she didn’t continue with the evil witch theme lol but hey, it can never be perfect.

    For now, she’s out of the house and into the gallery! I’m really gonna miss her.

    And I think this is the perfect place to leave today’s update! initially I was gonna play until the birth of the next baby, but I’m a little tired and still processing what the hell happened to Dandelion lol. So better take a break.

    I hope you had fun with my drunk game and me! Next time, lots of birthdays as usual lol probably more of my game being weird and trolling me, and lots more fun! See ya then!

    Happy simming~

  • Kids 1-10

    #1 Aspen

    #2 Clover

    #3 Hyacinth

    #4 Dandelion

    #5 Daisy

    #6 Oak

    #7 Fern

    #8 Vine

  • Chapter 5: Kick them out!

    Hey guys! Ready for another chapter full of baby crazyness and money struggles with the Gardens? lol.

    Last time, we slowly worked our way around the infant twins. Thankfully they, and us, survived and made it to the toddler stage lol that was awful~ We also were saved by Aspen finally hitting teenager and jumping in to help his mom. Seriosuly, teens are literal lifesavers in this challenge lol and finally, we welcomed a new baby boy into the family, Oak, and watched Clover join her brother as a teen! It was quite eventful around the house!

    This time, my hopes and dreams are all into getting some kids out of the house, so we’re gonna be working on Aspen and Clover’s scout badges a lot! We also may fit another pregnancy for Gaia in between there, but we’ll see! For now, let’s jump  in and see what the Gardens are getting up to~

    Hyacinth is happily playing on the monkey bars I bought the family when we enter the household. This girl is still very cute ❤

    As I said before, our main focus for today is to get Aspen (and hopefully Clover, but mainly Aspen) ready to leave the house. Which involves a lot of skilling and earining badges for him. My boy is gonna be busy this update!

    Aspen: “Oh, joy. I can’t wait.”

    I’m choosing to ignore your lack of enthusiasm lol time to work!

    Hahahahahaha! You guys remember how Agnes got angry seeing Gaia flirting with Brant last chapter? Well, apparently you get a memory for that hahahahaha this is my new favorite thing ever lol!

    I want all of my sims to have that memory!

    The trouble twins are unhappy because I’m having them potty train again and again because it’s the only skill they are missing.

    Well, Daisy is unhappy, Dandelion is just along for the ride as usual lol I love how different these two are.

    Speaking of Gaia and Brant. I randomly decided to go ahead and have them try for baby right away. This maaay go terrible if Gaia ends up having twins again since Oak is still a newborn at this point… but naaaaah everything will be fine!

    As a side note, I love Brant’s heart boxer shorts and bunny slippers lol a guy after my own heart!

    Aspen has his high school A already, so I had him take a vacation day so we can keep working on his badges in peace. He’s still missing most of them lol but is halfway through getting them at least.

    And meahwhile, Gaia finds out that she is indeed, pregnant with our next baby! Thanks for your contribution Brant! I know this baby is gonna be so cute ❤

    Man, I had thought they had already fixed the shower bug that didn’t let my sims use them, but nope, still nothing! Funnily enough, I end up changing the shower for the cheapest version we have, the one that doesn’t even have walls/curtains, and that one they can use with no problem lol I’m not gonna complain, more money for us and all that lol.

    This was basically the only time so far that Hyacinth showed her Evil trait lol She sat for breakfast next to the twins and started being mean to Daisy for no reason. (Dandy is, again, just happily along for the ride lol if there was an absent minded trait in this game, I would asume that he has it lol).

    Now that Aspen is a teen, and specially since we currently have no infants around, Gaia goes back to working on her writting. She needs to finish one more book to complete the first tier of Betselling author, and I’m trying to get her more satisfaction points so I can buy her some of the helpful traits.

    What? Aspen, call your dad! Tell him we want to welcome him and his fortune into the family!

    Gaia: “Isn’t that against the rules?”

    I won’t say anything if you don’t do either!

    Gaia: “Also, isn’t he already married?”

    …Partypopper.

    Anyways, going to happier things: the trouble twins finally maxed their last skill! yay!

    Aspen keeps proving that he’s the best and help us grow up the kids since Gaia was trying to finish her book.

    Happy birthday kids! And yay for no toddlers for a couple days!

    …Remember what I said about Gaia? Well, she didn’t complete her book, she broke the pc instead lol I had Aspen go fix it because I wanted to see if it helped with the Young scientist badge, but nope, it actually counts towards the Civic responsability one, incase you were curious lol.

    Anyways, back to the birthdays~

    Here we have our little troublemakers all grown up! I think they look very cute!

    Daisy got the Recycle disciple trait (same as Clover’s actually lol) while Dandelion became Squeamish. Also, somehow both of them got the Mind and Body aspiration… that’s four out of five kids getting the same aspiration lol what the hell?

    Good thing about that is that we don’t have to spend more money since we already have bikes lol.

    Owwwwn ❤ Look at Daisy being autonomously cute with her mom~ Maybe her days to be a little terror are over? lol.

    I think the teens of the house wanted some time to themselves lol they randomly went to the treehouse to talk lol I don’t blame them, having so many little siblings runnin around must be exhausting.

    And there’s about to be one more! The newborn stage is whatever, but now they actually will have to help with little Oak lol.

    OMG… Guys, I think I’m in love! Look at how cute he is!!! I love that big head of curls he has ❤

    Apparently all the paintings he has been doing got Aspen a fame star lol good for him, good for him indeed.

    Anyways. Now that we have an infant again, it’s time to go back to milestones~ lots of tummy time in the future for the little guy lol.

    I love you Oak ❤

    I used basicaly all of our hard earned money to build the family a second bathroom lol basic necesities, but it will get the job done. I also got the kids a punching bag so they don’t have to be jogging all the time for the Get fit badge lol eventually I wanna get them a basketball hoop, but we’re gonna need a bigger lot for that lol.

    For now, at least it looks like Aspen enjoys the punching bag! This is actually the last badge he’s missing to be able to move out so…

    There! Llamacorn scout! We have our first YA in the challenge!

    Happy birthday Aspen! He definitely grew into his features, I really like him! His final trait is Outgoing, so I keep thinking of him as some college bro part of the baskeball team lol!

    Aaand he was immediatly kicked out of the house with no money because we’re poor~ sorry Aspen!

    Aspen and all of his siblings will be uploaded to the gallery under Ginnynena por the hashtag #GaiasGarden! In case you wanna snatch any of them for your games!

    Oak is probably one of the best behaved infants I’ve had so far. His only trully negative quirk is that he hates wake up time, but he still doesn’t get as angry as Daisy used to do because he’s calm lol.

    Oh, I really think that Daisy is leaving behind her troublemaker days now lol look at her, becoming jokesters with her older sister! How cute ❤

    Oh my god, I totally forgot that sims can die from a meteor now! lol! Thankfully, Dandelion was able to find shelter quickly and left for school little after, so we were safe lol.

    As you can see, it was a very slow morning for the family with only Gaia and Oak in the house, so the next picture shows our two oldest girls coming home with their As! Now just time for badges/aspiration progress for both of them~

    Remember how i said I was happy I didn’t had to spend money for the twins aspirations because we already had bikes? Well, I totally forgot to have Aspen leave his when he moved out lol so I had to buy another one so the twins could learn to ride since Hyacinth wasn’t done with hers still either lol! Dumb Salem.

    Gaia is still working on her second book, and she finally made it to the leven where she can sell her books to publisher! That should helps us out with the money problem lol a little!

    Aaaaand then we had a fire… AGAIN!

    Seriously, is it just me or are fires more common since the growing together update? This is the third one just with this family lol! At least I think Gaia is becoming quite the pro on putting them out… but seriously, wth game?

    I ended up swaping the chemistry set for a chess table lol two people can skill on it at once and you can’t set it on fire! So we’re keeping this until one of the kids rolls whiz kid and we need the set again. I wanna be safe.

    Also, funfact: Firefighters coming to the house count for the First visitors milestone for infants lol. They weren’t actually in the house tho, I only got a notification that “the fire had been already put out” and then this popped up lol. You know, sims being drunk as usual.

    Cute bathtime picture for Oak~

    And then this handsome man randomly came knocking out door lol. I love it when this happens in these kinds of challenges.

    This is Stephon Cliffton, and I’m guessing he’s interested on being our next donnor~?

    Gaia: “Do you wanna feel my baby? We could have one of these together later if you want to!”

    Stephon: “Oh, can I? That sounds amazing!”

    They got to know eachother a little bit before he went home, but no worries, Gaia is already able to send love emails from the pc, so we’ll have him locked down in no time!

    child Daisy is really the best version of Daisy so far lol she’s being so sweet since she grew up! I love her ❤

    Hyacinth stayed up late riding her bike until she finally mastered! congrats Hyacinth!

    And then I sent her to play some chess to earn the last Mental points she was missing to be able to grow up!

    Also Gaia finally manages to finish her second book soon after this picture and completes the first milestone to the Bestselling author aspiration! We’re starting to get on track to better stuff~

    Hyacinth got a loose tooth and I had her pull it out lol it looked painful, but honestly, I feel like it’s the best option. They get uncomfortable moodlets no matter what you do, and pulling it out makes it so the moodlet disapears sooner lol at least, that’s my logic.

    Damn! This was literally her second published book! She must be really good lol.

    I’ll go ahead and say it: I totally forget to go to the ceremony as usual lol but it’s nice to know she was nominated.

    Now that Hyacinth was done with the bike, Daisy and Dandelion can practice together ❤ there’s something special about twins having the same aspiration honestly.

    Ah! Hyacinth showing her evil trait again lol. At least it makes it for a new family dynamic for us I guess?

    Clover needs to earn the Get fit badge, but she’s lazy lol so as you can guess, she’s not having a good time at all with it.

    So I decided to buy the family a speaker so she can dance instead of actually working out lol It ends up working great for her actually, and the speaker is one of the favorite objects around the house in no time lol.

    Hyacinth completed her aspiration! Time for another birthday in the house!

    Aaaand since I got distracted and totally mised the birthday shot… here’s a “growing up screen” shot lol. Hyacinth is now an Evil cat lover… I’m kinda wishing she rolled a spellcaster aspiration because that combo is such a wicked witch one lol but alas, she didn’t want to go with the whole stereotype I guess.

    And here we have her after her makeover! She got a lot of facial features from Marcus for sure, and she’s very pretty! I randomly gave her a butterfly tattoo because I feel like I don’t give tattoos to my sims enough lol I’m gonna have 100, so better get a little creative with the makeovers! lol.

    I also had her keep the puffy buns for her athletic wear because they’re so cute!

    She gets to work straight away in her badges, ad quickly decides that Fitness it’s her thing~

    Since we had a little bit of extra money, I expanded the living room a little to get a play tent for the toddlers. I also bought the family a better tv since the kids come home everyday with their fun tanked lol and hung the birth certificates around the wall. That’s gonna run out of space very quickly lol.

    Oh! Time to meet our next baby!

    Brant did a totally normal pre-parental panic. Add something extra to it Brant! Last father danced! lol.

    There was no receptionist today for some reason lol so we just had to hang around the place until Gaia got tired of waiting and checked herself in lol.

    Our ghost doctor delivers the new babt with no problem, and it’s another boy lol! We named him Fern. Welcome little Fern!

    Oh… oh honey no… this union can’t result in anything good lol!

    Gotta remember to go meet their kids lol I’m so curious.

    Hey, Daisy already learnt to ride her bike! congrats Daisy! She’s getting ahead of Dandelion this time!

    It was saturday so I decided to take the family out to the park so Clover and Hyacinth can try fishing for the Outdoor adventurer badge.

    there we go~ girls fishing, Daisy playing chess to complete her aspiration, and Dandelion is out of the picture because he was sent to practice with the bike.

    And he learnt to ride it almost immediatly lol great progress for the day!

    So now the twins can work together on their Mental skill. I think they didn’t want to be apart.

    And meanwhile, Gaia tries to meet some more men to get a backlog of donnors in line lol. Contrary to what it looks like here, she actually managed to introduce herself to Naoki! That’s a first for me, I usually do so bad with celebrities lol.

    She also met this complete prize of a man lol look at those traits! That’s a winning combination if I’ve ever seen one lol!

    I’m totally gonna have a kid with him btw. He’s handsome.

    Back home, Aspen decided to come visit already ❤ I had Hyacinth give him a key so he can keep coming as much as he wants.

    Completed aspiration for Daisy! yay!

    Saddly, since the weekend got in the way she still doesn’t have her A, so she has to wait to age up. I did go ahead and sign her to the scouts tho, that way she can get a head start on that to compensate the delay.

    For now, time to get one more infant into the household! Happy birthday Fern!

    Here we have him! So far he looks a lot like Brant, got his eyes, haircolor and skin tone too, let’s see how he continues to grow!

    Gaia wanted to listen to some music for a want, and this is how she decided to do it lol totally ignoring the comfy rocking chair and also the bed that she could’ve sat on instead.

    Oak keeps being one of my best infants to date lol he has had no problem getting through milestones even being Calm, and even unlocked the Sleep through the night already.

    I know I’m like a broken record but… how can he be so freaking cute?! I think I have a favorite… Don’t tell the kids!

    Gaia has developed all of that relationship with Stephon by writting him love emails lol seriously this is one of the best 100 babies challenge cheats that I know! You only need 3-4 emails per sim and can easily send them every 6 hours, so it’s super easy to get a line of donnors ready just in the time it takes you to go through a pregnancy.

    Dandy and Daisy got their grades up! Saddly, just to a B lol thankfully they have the whole week in front of them, so we’re growing them up for sure this week.

    Clover was having trouble with the Good deeds badge as always, but I read that helping with homework works for that, so she’s now helping Daisy with hers and her extra credit! We couldn’t do this before because the twins had already done their homework by the time I found out this lol!

    Oak got his first blow up, so he gets a cute little bath ❤

    Dandy completed his aspiration too! Now he can join his sisters earning badges!

    Speaking or earning badges, guess who just finished helping her sis with her homework and finally got her last one!

    With that, Clover can finally blow her candles into adulthood! Happy birthday Clover!

    She gets Loner for her final trait, making her more or less the outcast little sister to Aspen’s college champ lol I love it.

    And we´re finishing for today with Clover leaving the house! This was quite a productive day for us! Also I need to paint those ugly drywalls lol I need not to be broke anymore!

    Next time we should be having the twins turning into teens and Hyacinth leaving the house if the weekend doesn’t get in the way again! Also, hopefully Oak and Fern getting to childhood and of course, more babies!

    Hope to see you soon for next update! For now, happy simming!

  • Chapter 4: God bless teenagers

    Hi there guys! Say yay for quick updates!

    Sooo I’m currently unnemployed lol it’s a good thing, I was sooo annoyed of my job and I’m already on interviews for a new one! So, I had extra time to play more this week, and so I have more updates! I hope you’re having a lot of fun with the Gardens, because they are going strong!

    Last time…we struggled lol between the birth of the first set of twins in the challenge and TWO whole fires in a week, it was rough lol but we managed, and we survived! Today, we should finally be having some teenagers, and that’s gonna be game changing for us lol I’m super excited about that, so let’s not wait and just jump into the game! Shall we?

    We start right around where we left last time: with Gaia taking care of the infant twins. Thankfully they both had their needs adressed, and are now down for a nap. Shhhh nobody make a noise!

    Also thanks past Salem for taking care of them last time lol this really made a world of difference for us.

    Gaia thanks the #1 rule of having babies, and sleeps while the babies do~ I was gonna have her give a bath to Hyacinth first, but as you can see, the little girl also decided to have a nap in that moment, so better join her while we can.

    While the family was sleeping, I went into buy mod to get this… Remember how I said I really hoped children wouldn’t get the aspiration that needed a treehouse? Well, I should’ve said nothing, because immediatly after Clover rolled that aspiration lol!

    It’s a good thing the object is not thaaat expensive but we’re still worse than broke but it’s big and I had to move the house around to fit it in the lot lol! We’ll see how hard to built it is then.

    We discovered that Hyacinth’s first quirk as a toddler is the exact opposite to her infant one lol she now loves being carried. Damn, I tend to carry my toddlers even less than my infants, so I gotta say good luck with that lol!

    For now she’s a happy baby at least ❤ She finally got that bath that she desperately needed.

    But then it was back to infant duty for Gaia. In the future I’m gonna have to make sure I have separate bedrooms for infants, because these two keep waking eachother up everytime they need something lol.

    But that’s a plan for when we actually have money, of course.

    Poor Hyacinth ended up passing on her way to bed. I think that pee puddle is from one of the twins blowing their diaper lol We haven’t had time to clean that up, so the struggle is still going.

    Thankfully after she woke up Gaia was free to take her to bed and read her to sleep. Not sure if I’ve mentioned but I love reading toddlers to sleep so they don’t have nightmares~ I hate when they wake up upset because of nightmares.

    With the older kids at school and the younger finally sleeping, Gaia goes out to see how dificult can building this treehouse be. Let’s hope it’s easy!

    Yaaaay Aspen came from school with an A!

    In normal 100 babies rules this would mean that he’s ready to age up, but because of my own rules he still has to complete his aspiration first. Because I love to make things harder to myself lol.

    So he’s back on his bike! You’re not getting off of that bike until you finally learn how to ride it mister!

    Aspen: “K-k!”

    … Wow, that was fast lol seriously, it may have taken him two hours. He just needs some more Mental skill to complete his aspiration now!

    Since we’re building the treehouse for her, Clover comes out to help her mom with it. It should go faster with two sims working on it, right?

    Hyacinth came out to ask for something and Gaia decided that she wants to be permissive with her. i approve, we’re a couple kids in and I still have a soft spot for Hyacinth lol.

    We finished the treehouse!! I love it, it’s so cool! We’re gonna have to decorate it later, for now I just wanted Clover to play in it for her aspiration.

    Another quite morning for Hyacinth and mom. I love having kids on school age! It’s so nice to only take care of her and the infants for a couple hours ❤

    Specially because Hyacinth can entertain herself for a little while so Gaia spends time with the youngests. We’re still struggling, but honestly doing a lot better than last chapter.

    Both kids need Mental skill for aspiration purposes, so we bite the bullet and get back the science table so the can skill at the same time. Not much later I decide to buy a telescope thought, I really don’t trust that table anymore lol.

    Lol Aspen got a loose tooth and I had fun having him wiggle it. I’m sorry honey, I remember how annoying those things are!

    Also look he’s so close to completing his aspiration!

    I love how older kids also go to check on infants on their own ❤ Clover is a great sister, she always help by playing and entertaining the twins after school.

    I checked how we were doing with their skills at this point, and as you can see, Dandelion is a couple milestones ahead of her sister. Since Daisy is Intense she gets fussy and angry way more easily so she has less time to actually work on them lol.

    Dandelion is also wiggly, so he gets the fine motor and gross motor a little more easy as far as I’ve noticed.

    The I checked on Aspen and turns out he gets a milestone for losing his first tooth! That’s so cute! I love all these little adhitions!

    Like this ❤ I wasn’t expecting the “fairy tooth certificate” but it’s a nice little extra.

    This little troublemaker likes is my top priority tight now *sighs* I don’t like growing up twins separated so we need to get her up to speed with her brother, so Gaia spent most of the day taking care of her and doing tummy time lol.

    But then the kids were back from school, and I decide to take them out to the Recreation center again. We really needed a break from Infants lol. I gotta say I probably should’ve left Hyacinth home too lol poor girl was death tired so she basically spent the whole outing sleeping.

    Clover and Aspen tired one of the new games that came with the pack, I think it’s something like Simbles? lol It gave them mental skill, so I was happy with it.

    And meanwhile Gaia tried to look for some future baby daddies. This guy looked promising, but we tried a flirt and he turned out to be not interested lol I love that the game has that as a possibility now.

    She then tried her luck at the gym, and met Lou Howell… but I’m not sure I’m ready to have werewolf kids right now lol maybe a little down the line Lou!

    I kept trying to have her meet more people, but as it usually happens to me, there were no males lol. I could technically use females adjusting my MCCC settings so Gaia is the one getting pregnant, but I’m so used to that setting and I know I would mess something on another save if I change it lol. Let’s just take it like a little extra challenge.

    I was waiting for somebody to come a grill something so the kids could have free food we’re still broke okey? lol but nobody would!! This is the only time sims don’t gravitate towards the grills like moths to a flame, and of cour it is when I’m counting on it lol!

    So I had to had Gaia come out make some food before Hyacinth was taken away lol Thanks for nothing townies!

    Seriously poor Hyacinth wasn’t having the best day today. Poor thing woke up starving after a nightmare!

    I gotta admit First nightmare being a thing is kind of cool tho lol.

    Apparently the kids finished their game and decided to have a random dance party lol pretty cute, but Aspen still needed some Mental skill, so I had them start another.

    And that was enough! Aspen is officially ready to age up into a teen!

    But we need a cake for that, so while mom is baking him one, Aspen and Clover enjoy some time playing dolls ❤ I love how close these two are. Sometimes it’s kind of hard to have close siblings in these kinds of challenges.

    Clover was sent to keep working on her mental skill, and I thought it was cute that her dad stopped to chat with her! Sometimes I forget that Clover is a Landgraab honestly lol.

    Gaia finished the cake, and also finally met some men! Saddly the cool looking bald guy was not interested, but the blond was! I’m not opposed to some blond babies, so we saved Landon’s number to call soon!

    For now, time to get our first teen in the challenge! Happy birthday Aspen!

    We left pretty much immediatly after this lol so I’ll get you his makeover pic once we’re in the house.

    I just got a little distracted wondering why my infants always appear on the floor when I come back home lol I left those two inside their cribs game! Don’t do me dirty like that!

    At least they were happy lol.

    Here we have our boy Aspen! He got both Knox’s nose and chin, which makes for a very interesting profile lol I actually love how unique Knox’s genes are! He’s also looking kinda scrawny and too lean because of my smaller teens mod lol I believe he will grow into his features as an adult.

    Aspen rolled the Leader of the pack aspiration and now he’s a Bookworm on top of Active, so basically he’s shaping up to be a total college superstar lol.

    For now, he’s saving our lives by stepping up to help out with the kiddos. This challenge would be impossible if not for teenagers! I love you so much Aspen ❤

    And then I left him some time on his own so he could go practice some fitness. I gave him this athletic outfit so it kinda looks like he’s a basketball player. I think that fits him.

    Also, as part of my extra rules for the challenge teens have to earn all Scout badges before they can age up, so this also counts for his Get fit badge lol.

    Aaaaand then he was back to helping with the kids while mom got her moves on lol I ended up deciding to go for a baby with Landon right away. The twins are gonna be growing soon, so better keep the train moving!

    There’s some kind of annoying glitch that makes it so the showers doesn’t always work. And i’m soooo done with it lol I gotta admitI cheated needs a couple times because of this. Basically filling their other needs and them cheating to get the higyene up because this was awful! Not matter how many times I would change the showers, they wouldn’t work!

    Case on point: i just changed the shower here lol it worked well for trying for baby, but then it went back to not letting my sims use it.

    Whoops, I think I went a little too hard on Gaia lol look at those needs, that’s attrocious!

    Buuuut at least we got our baby? Bun in the oven! The challenge carries on~

    Gaia: “I will carry on to bed, thanks.”

    lol good one! Good night Gaia!

    I bought the family a telescope so Aspen can work on the Young scientist badge without taking over his mom’s computer, and Clover also uses it to get her final mental skillpoints~ Again, I’m so happy we have telescopes in game ❤ there were one of my favorite objects back in Sims 2.

    More badge earning~ this time the Arts & crafts one!

    Hyacinth loves hanging around with the twins, specially with Dandelion for some reason lol. She’s super cutie ❤

    She’s also ready for her birthday now! that’s her last missing skill point!

    Again, Aspen proves that he’s the best by helping her blow out her candles!

    Hyacinth grows up adorable, and I decide to have her keep those puffy buns on her hair because they’re just too her by now lol. Also, she decided to roll the trait Evil somehow… Her? really game? I would’ve believed that from Daisy! Sorry but that girl is a menace lol.

    She’s adorable, but seriously… lol. Also, she’s finally getting done with her skill too! We can age up the twins early somehow! I’m proud of myself!

    We actually get the notification for their birthdays a little after this. But shhhh I still consider it a win!

    Gaia gives the little troublemaker a bath before aging up, enjoy the last adorable infant Daisy picture everyone!

    And birthdays! Happy birthday for both Dandelion and Daisy! Ans hooray for two less infants!

    And here we have our newest toddlers! I gotta say Daisy is a little terror, but my god look at that pout and tell me she doesn’t have your heart lol! She also, by the way, continous to be a little terror by rolling the Fussy trait. Oh, joy lol.

    Her brother Dandelion on the other hand, rolls Angelic lol so thanks for that kiddo, at least we have one easy to care for! And again, I love his pink eyes so much!!!

    Random pic of Hyacinth to show her everyday outfit ❤ She’s soooo cute~

    Also, this makes me realize that, since I played ahead a little bit, I totally forgot to give Hyacinth and Daisy their glasses when they grew up again lol Dumb Salem! Let’s see if I remember to fix that, or maybe they went with contacts lol.

    Some skywatching for my boy~ Can you get space prints with this telescope by the way? I haven’t gotten anything with it so far, so maybe it’s a feature exclusive for the observatory?

    I really need to get the family another bathroom lol we have 4 sims that need it + two toddlers that need training, and it’s only gonna get worse from here lol.

    My families from this challenge always end up living on grilled food because of Scouts lol grilling is the most convenient way to get the Outdoor adventurer badge, so Aspen is gonna be in charge of meals for a while.

    Clover has been alittle absent from this update because I have her skilling a lot lol but hey, it finally paid off! She completed her aspiration!

    Saddly, she’s still missing her A because the weekend got in the way lol. So we can’t age her up.

    Aaah the life of a single mother, pregnant and with twin toddlers lol I honestly couldn’t do it. Gaia is so much stronger than me lol.

    Damn, I really thought this was the notification for her A lol she was a little more behind that I thought with studies.

    And Aspen is enjoying the good things about being a teen: having constant moodswings lol. Good thing he enjoys jogging.

    Since Clover’s only priority right now is to get her A, she’s gonna work on her project~ Gotta maximize those chances for tomorrow!

    Hyacinth is obsessed with the rocking chair lol I’m not sure if you remember but she was napping on it at the start of the chapter, and she just keeps going for it all on her own. I love that, she’s a bad girl who likes awesome rocking chairs!

    She finished her homework and was sent out to work on her aspiration. She got the Mind and Body one too lol! I guess she really admires her brother?

    Also Clover finished her project! it’s not excellent, but I think it will get the job done!

    Helping with homework is one of the things that gives the Good deeds badge, and that’s aaaaalways the one that gives me trouble when I’m using the money making trashcan, so Aspen mentors Clover to get it done!

    Also yes, that’s a random spot on the wall with the kitchen tile lol! I guess I hit something wrong when I built the house.

    Again, I have no idea how Gaia keeps being so happy while taking care of all these kids lol but definitely good for her! She’s the right sim for the job lol.

    I love these kids ❤ I get attatched to my sims a little too fast lol.

    This picture commemorates the moment Gaia FINALLY finished writting her first book lol yup, it took her until the end of the fourth chapter, that says a lot about the state of this challenge lol.

    I usually wait until I can sell to publisher to start sending them out, but I panicked because we never have money lol and now we’re making around $5 a day for it… seriously. Self-publishing sucks!

    But anyways, for now Gaia keeps working on her kids, bringing you now one, but two bathtime toddler pictures! Still one of my favorite interactions lol.

    Kids come home aaaand no A for Clover, but both of our other kids did get their grades up! Agai, both of them are still working on aspiration/scouts things, but that’s one thing moving in the right direction!

    More trying for the Good deeds badge, bane of my existence lol Maybe I should change my rule to having them just get to the top of a teen career just to avoid that lol. I say, but nope, I keep doing the scouts so far lol.

    Hyacinth here trying to get the bike in between the wall and the mailbox lol My girl is nothing if not stubborn!

    Wait, since when are beds so far from the wall like this? Have they always been like this? I don’t remember it, I know it would’ve bugged me out of my mind lol!

    I just took this picture to point out that Cassandra Goth married Wolfgang Munch in this savefile lol I feel like they would get along great honestly, they both have that kind of gloomy and unusual style lol.

    I ship it.

    Clover lost a tooth! I didn’t have her do anything this time just to see how it would go, I think it doesn’t make much difference lol I’ll have the next kid pull out the tooth just to see lol.

    Another morning. The older kids are at school, so Gaia can concentrate on the twins. I really enjoy this a-little-more-quiet moments for the household lol.

    In case you thought I was exaggerating about the self-publishing lol we’re liteally getting $4 for our book. That’s what happens when you don’t pay attention.

    Yay! Today was finally the day that Clover got her A! And right in time, this was getting long! As usual with me lol.

    Anyways, happy birthday Clover! We have another teenager!

    Her makeover is gonna have to wait though, because Gaia chose that exact moment to go into labor with her new baby lol! To the hospital!

    Landon decided to dance his stress away when we arrived lol I hope that helps you my dude!

    Also, notice our doctor with the cool pink hair died somehow! That’s rude, I wanted some pink haired kids with him!

    …I gotta admit we got a nice replacement with this handsome recepcionist tho, so I can’t be too mad lol.

    Anyways. The birth was quick and easy, and we welcomed a single baby boy into the family! This is Oak Garden! He definitely got the super pale skin from his dad lol but I’m very curious how he’s gonna look growing up!

    That’s gonna have to wait for the next chapter tho, this is already a little too long!

    So I’ll just leave you with this picture of our super cute Clover as a teen! I wasn’t sure what to expect from Geoffrey’s genetics, but look at how cute this girl turned out! I love her ❤

    She is now Lazy, and she got the Curator aspiration, so that’s an interesting mix of traits lol We’ll see how she rounds up as a grown up.

    And this is everything for today! Next time, we’ll work into finally getting some kids out of the house! Also, lots of skilling, badges, and birthdays! I hope to see you then!

    Until then, Happy simming!

  • Chapter 3: There’s a fire~

    I am not excited for this chapter lol I think you can guess why

    Hey there everyone! I hope you’re ready to join me in more infant-caring adventures lol. I’ve really been enjoying infants and the challenge they bring to the game, but let me tell you: this update was an uphill struggle lol but I mean, the more I struggle, the more fun you can have I guess? lol Let’s just jump into the game and see how the family is doing, shall we?

    We start the day (or better said night) with a look at the new house we’re gonna be living on! Last one wasn’t really working for me, decided to transform it into a one story so I stop having to get infants and toddlers up and down the stairs lol.

    It’s extremelly bare bones right now since we have barely any money lol but we have a toddler/kids room since they usually don’t bother eachother too much, an infant room and nursery anexed to the main bedroom, and a kiitchen/living room area with enough space for kids to move around. I also added a PC because my god was I dumb by not starting writting sooner lol and the money making trashcan because seriously, with infants around I think we’re gonna be living on trash money for a while!

    Anyways, let’s see how the new house works out for us now lol.

    First order of bussiness was seeing how close Aspen was to age up since I forgot about that all of last chapter lol and look at that! he’s only missing a last potty train session before having 3s all around!

    Buuut he’s also about to pass out on me lol I’ve never been good at being that kind of simmer who pushes their sims to the extremes because I don’t like it when they’re unhappy, so we can wait to age him up later, sleep time for my boy now!

    And it’s not like we have nothing to do around the Garden house lol Clover had a little more energy, so we can focus on her for now, my goal for today is to have her turn into a child too!

    And hopefully Hyacinth will be a toddler by the end of this update too lol I’m slowly learning how milestones work, so I think I’ll be able to get a good pace in no time.

    Hyacinth was very tired and she accidentally sleeped all the way to her First blowout milestone, on her first day as an infant lol At least it gave us a very cute bathtime picture ❤

    We also discovered that she has the Hates being held quirk, which honestly works great for us since mom is always so busy lol.

    Awwwwn it’s so cute that toddlers get this moodlet from earning the top notch infant trait! I’m really loving the whole update ❤

    Also, Aspen was feeling a lot better, so he finally got that last potty skill point dealt with! We’re having our first child!

    Happy birthday Aspen! He turned out pretty good looking I think! I still have no idea where the blond hair came out from lol but it really suits him. Also, I think he got Knox’s nose! I’m excited to see how he grows into it as a teen!

    Aspen got the trait Active, which is cute because Gaia has the same one, and he also got one of the new aspirations, the Mind and Body one! This is important because as part of my personal challenge rules, children have to complete their childhood aspiration on top of earning an A before they can be aged up.

    Now time to pray kids don’t get the aspiration that needs the treehouse anytime soon lol we have no money, and I believe no space, for a threehouse right now!

    Here we have one of our first tries to write something lol Spoiler: it really doesn’t go great and we barely make any progress. Poor Gaia has her hands full lol!

    I’ve noticed Hyacinth has been taking a little longer to unlock the fine motor and social milestones than her older siblings, and I think it has to do with her Calm trait. I’m very happy about it because I really like it when traits affect how sims interact with the world ❤

    Yikes, I was hoping we could evade the sadness moodlets a little bit longer lol that’s what I get from going for one of the premades with existing elder parents for my first kid…

    Also apparently Knox’s moms aren’t married? because looks like my game married one of them off to a Nishidake lol.

    Random pic of Hyacinth sleeping because she’s soooo cute ❤ Honestly if Marcus wasn’t an Adult I probably would have married him in some of my saves already lol maybe someday I will.

    I was having Aspen play the math videogame since he needs mental skill for his aspiration, but Gaia also needed the PC so she could keep trying to make us money…

    So I ended up deciding to buy the kids a chemistry table. We’re gonna be needing it in the end, so why not?

    Also, Aspen is just the best big brother ❤ Clover totally adores him and is always following him around. Which is great now that the stuffed animals aren’t OP for working on Comunication anymore lol.

    Have I mentioned I adore Clover btw? ❤ God all this kids are so cute!

    Tina Tinker decided to randomly come to the house, and Clover randomly decided to start talking to her. I approve, go on and make friends Clover!

    Aaaaand then I regretted the decision of buying this thing forever… This is probably the third time I’ve had a fire with the chemistry set… THE THIRD TIME! Why did it had to happen in this save?! Why now?!

    Thankfully Gaia was able to put the fire out before it spread to the computer *heavy sigh* specially because Tina only panicked instead of helping!

    Seriously. At least I expected her to help take the girls away from the danger, but nope! Clover had to save herself and little Hyacinth was totally helpless. Again, thankfully the fire was put out so quickly.

    But now the chemistry set is out of comision, so Aspen is back to playing videogames lol I shouldn’t have spend that money!

    Also, Gaia developed a fear of fire thanks to the whole ordeal, and apparently fear of fire actually makes it easier to start fires??! whay? why?! If I was scared of fires wouldn’t that make me more careful to not start one? lol.

    Good thing is that actually getting rid of a fire is what cures the fear, but hey, she already got rid of this fire, why doesn’t that count? lol.

    Anyways, for now, Gaia goes back to painting since Aspen has the computer covered, and because we’re still struggling with money lol gotta love that early family struggle.

    Aspen is having a lot of trouble skilling thanks to that death sadness moodlet, so I bought him a diary so he could get his feelings out and feel better… and then I had to buy a table so he could write on his diary lol. As you can see I’m doing amazing at taking care of money so far.

    Going to happier news, these are Clover’s skills so far, she’s not doing half bad! I’ve been getting so used to getting top-notch toddlers than happy toddlers are child’s play now lol.

    I think this neighborhood needs a public restroom lol I saw at least three diferent sims doing the pee-waddle today while leaving the place, so I had to take a picture lol.

    lol! Gaia has a moodlet from recalling her bladder failure! I love this! I remember sims used to get these things in the sims 2 and it was a lot of fun! We finally have memories~

    Despite being still sad Aspen managed to complete the first part of his aspiration, and now he needed to learn to ride a bike, so we got one! I really like the children bikes, they’re so cute ❤

    As much as I think the infant bathtime is cute, I think toddlers still win the prize on adorableness in that deparntment for me ❤ I just love seeing them splash around.

    We got this week’s bills, and we barely have enough, but that’s more than fine to me lol the money-making trashcan is really making a diference for the family so far.

    Aspen had this drawing in his inventory, apparently it’s a “First day of school drawing” ❤ that’s so sweeeet! I love these little keepsakes the game added.

    No matter how many updates the game has, the toddler beds are still the favorite sitting place in the house lol. I love the game being consistent in some things.

    One of the posible criteria to age up infants I saw around was getting the Sleep through the night milestone. I decided against this criteria because it seemed a little too arbitrary to me, and of course, immediatly after I took that decision Hyacinth manages to earn the milestone, around her second day as an infant lol. The game loves to troll me.

    Since I decided to go with the “earn all core milestones” thing instead, we keep workin on her gross motor ones, and we get this adorable pic of her learning to roll ❤ I honestly have a soft spot for Hyacinth, just look at her being all adorable.

    I’ve been having a lot of fun watching Aspen ride his bike around. For some reason I couldn’t have Gaia try to teach him tho, I’m guessing the game doesn’t think he have enough space for that for some reason lol so Aspen will have to be a big boy and learn by himself.

    Specially because Gaia went into labor a little later! We took Leslie with us to the hospital, took his picture and then he dissapeared, as usual lol.

    Aaaaand then this happen… I wasn’t getting Gaia the fertile trait until I had gotten the hang of one infant at a time… but of course the game had other plans, as usual! Why do you hate me game?! Why?!

    *heavy sigh* well, we have twins now. Boy and girl twins actually lol. The boy was born first and I named him Dandelion, I really like that as a name for some reason. Then the girl popped up and after pulling my hair out while I was thinking on naming our next girl Orquidea, I decided to go with Daisy since it matches better lol.

    So, Daisy and Dandelion~ loving the cute names for a pair that’s bound to drive me nuts lol.

    Gaia finally was able to teach Aspen to ride the bike! This was literally the only time she was able to, not only because of the route fails, but because she’s always busy lol.

    I honestly don’t remember why I have this picture, but no complaining lol just another cute pic of Clover working on her skills ❤

    Shhhhh nobody make a sound, we got all the little ones sleeping!! This is a rare sight around here lol.

    To top everything else: Gaia got sick *facepalms* this woman just can’t catch a break lol.

    And she can’t even really rest it out, because she’s always working on something with one of the kids lol. I think Clover must really like this little one-on-one time with mom for a change. Just some breakfast for two.

    Hyacinth learnt to sit! This is definitely my favorite milestone just because it means we can start feeding them on the high chair lol I really like the high chair.

    …Even when I apparently put it in the wrong place lol! Or maybe it’s just to hot so Gaia is trying to cool down? It was definitely too hot here where I live a couple days ago, I know more than one person who would’ve loved to get into the fridge lol.

    Anyways, we tried to give Hyacinth some sweet potato, and she didn’t like it lol sorry kid!

    Aspen came home with a B today! We’re one step closer to a birthday!

    I’m really gonna miss him once he leaves tho, he really is the best big brother we could ask for.

    He’s also a future superhero apparently lol I love it when pathways are messed up with new objects, it always makes me laugh!

    Clover wanted to show Aspen her toy ❤ it’s so cute when toddlers do that.

    Sooo this is when the relative peace left my game lol it’s the twins birthday~ And we still have Hyacinth as an infant omg…

    Also for some reason Gaia insisted on bringing Hyacinth along to age up the babies lol I actually told her to leave her on the playmat but what do I know right?

    Happy birthday kids! And now we have three infants~ time to suffer for me lol.

    To make things even better, Daisy got the Intense trait, so she was always fussing about something lol Dandelion got a little better with Wiggly, but these were just about to caouse chaos. You know, as twins do.

    I checked Hyacinth to see what she was missing so we could age her up, and looks like she oonly needs to learn how to crawl! Quick Gaia, teach your child to crawl!!

    Gaia: “shhhhh sleep tight baby.”

    That’s not teaching her to crawl!… But I can’t get mad because look at how cute she looks ❤

    She awoke from her nap and we got to work! I kinda love how unbothered Aspen looks here about his little sister crying on the background lol this kid is used to the chaos of his family.

    While I was distracted working with Hyacinth, Clover actually maxed the potty skill, and is now ready to age up! I wanted to do it right away, but turns out that our cake got bugged somehow, and expired even while being inside the fridge *sighs* that cake was new!

    And Gaia was taking a little break to take care of her needs, so we needed to wait a little longer to bake a new one. I ended up deciding to finish with Hyacith’s milestones so we could age both girls together.

    I gotta say Hyacinth has the weirdest taste I’ve had in an infant so far lol she disliked both papaya and apple, but loved rice pudding and liked hummus lol!

    Again, I have a little too much fun trying baby foods lol.

    … Knox is being a drama king over here. He called Aspen to ask if he would like to visit since Knox knows he’s having a hard time. We said no because at this point I was pretty much trying to survive the rest of the update lol and he didn’t take it well at all.

    I do feel kind of bad because well… Knox’s mom died… but we really couldn’t just leave it all in the middle of the infant caretaking!

    Look: this is what we were dealing with at this point! both twins were dirty, always tired because they kept waking eachother up, Clover wanted attention and Gaia was very much about to pass out 99% of the time lol I really wanted to just run away from this savefile, but I knew if I did, I would be too scared to go back lol. So I kept pushing.

    Aaaaand we finally did it!! I know Hyacinth doesn’t look super excited about it, but I certainly am lol! We’re having our first early toddler!

    Also I’m not having three infants anymore, that was so awful *cries* Quick! to the stove! And let’s hope this time the cake does’t go bad on us for a long while lol.

    aaaaaaand then this happened and I basically pulled all of my hair out *bangs head against table* My sims barely ever start any fires but of couuuuurse Gaia had to start two just in this chapter!

    At this point I was basically:

    But I mean…I had to take care of it anyways *sighs* at least Gaia isn’t afraid of fire anymore… so I’m expecting a total of 0 fires for next update! You guys have been warned!

    Also apparently the fire went through the wall and instead of ruining the counters it burned the dollhouse… that’s just rude, what do you have against the kids?

    Also it’s a shame because I have no more money after replacing the stove, so we’re not replacing the dollhouse until Gaia gets some time to finally work lol. But that will be a problem for future Salem! For now,, we’re growing some kids up!

    Happy birthday to both Hyacinth and Clover! Aaaand I officially completed my goal for today!

    Here we have our girls all grown up! Hyacinth looks super adorable with her puffy buns and glasses, and I think Clover is starting to show more of Geoffrey’s genes so far! We’ll see if those mix well with Gaia’s!

    At first I was about to end the update after the birthdays, but again, I knew I needed just a little more peace around here before leaving lol so this is just a shot of Gaia taking care of Daisy’s needs and discovering she likes to pee while getting changed lol this is funny, because we actually learnt earlier that she also likes to pee while eating. Just a funny coincidence.

    And after Daisy was sleeping finally, Gaia also took care of Dandelion to end the day! I had to show this to point at Dandy’s cute pink eyes he got from his father! I love the pink eyes ❤

    And with this, I was finally sure enough that I could safely come back to the savefile later and don’t go crazy lol we still need to take care of some stuff with Hyacinth, but honestly, toddlers are a stroll on the park now lol so we’ll save that for next update, and go take a little rest for now lol.

    I hope you had fun watching me deal with all this crazyness! Next time, we should be having Aspen finally turn into a teen lol it feels like he has been a child for forever already! Also, probably toddler twins, and hopefully, another single please! baby!

    For now, thanks for reading, and take care everyone! See you soon!

  • Chapter 2: Learning the ropes

    Hey guys! It’s been quite a while since the first chapter lol I want to apologize, I had this update practically ready for a week now, but I was to tired to complete it so… better a little late than never? lol.

    Anyways, I’m very happy to be back with more of this challenge, I’ve honestly been having a lot of fun playing it, I already have another update played and just needing writing! But let’s focus on this one first.

    Last time we met our matriarch, Gaia, and had the first two babies of the challenge, Aspen and Clover! I have not been paying attention to early birthdays so far because I’m still learning how infants work, but we’ll probably start working on that next time! For now, my priorities are just having more babies, and making some money lol we really, reaaaaaally need money.

    Let’s jump in and see how the family is doing now~

    This was the sight that greeted me when I started the game lol apparently now that Aspen can sit, he’s able to scoot around the floor and get into trouble when I’m not looking.

    But my goodness he looks so cute! How did they looked at toddlers and went “I know how to make them even more adorable!”? How did they do that? Lol.

    But anyways, Aspen had free reign downstairs because Gaia was working on Clover’s skills up in the ro. Infants really, really don’t like Tummy time lol I wish some of them enjoyed it sometimes.

    And then it was time for bed for both little ones. I’ve been trying to see if one of them gets the ‘sleep through the night’Milestone since that was one of the possible criteria to age up, but it seems to be a little too random for my liking. We’ll do something else.

    Awwwwn this is an adorable quirk. And one of the best ones I think! I’ve been lucky enough to not get the Hates wakeup time or Snuggly sleeper with the infants I’ve played so far, I think those seem to be the hardest ones, specially for a single mom with no teenagers lol.

    As a funfact Clover’s other two quirks turn out to be peeing ones lol. Both the one that makes her pee while eating and while having a diaper change lol.

    Now that Aspen can move a little bit more on his own, he gets a little extra freedom to play around ❤ I’ve been enjoying so much seeing Infants interact with all the toys.

    I’ve been loving trying the baby foods in the high chair lol if bathtime is my favorite toddler thing, this may be my favorite infant thing so far.

    In the end I decided things were looking good, so we could afford having another baby~ 

    Am I completely ignoring the fact that I should be making money instead of having babies and that basically all the money we had was from one of those calls that tell you you inherited something lol? Yes. But it’s a baby challenge, let’s have babies and struggle~

    Marcus came in and immediatly went yo take out the trash. Thanks Marcus! If this was another Challenge he would totally be a keeper!

    But anyways, we were able get romance on pretty quickly, and we had baby #3 on the way!

    Marcus was extremelly happy about the news lol good for him! Maybe his baby can move in with him once they grow up.

    Lol if you read my stuff, you know that this is not the first time and probably won’t be the last that I forget to pay the bills even if I have the money lol at least it’s easy to fix.

    Also, Knox calls us aaaall the time lol sorry Knox, we got what we needed, we can’t keep hanging out with you! We need to meet new people and make money for your kid! 

    And definitely need to take care of said kid. Gaia Is much stronger than me lol I couldn’t deal with being pregnant and taking care of two children under the age of 3. I would combust lol.

    Well, at least now it will be only one child under 3 for a couple days! I didn’t try to age up early the first two babies, but I think I will start on that for next update.

    But anyways. For now, Gaia prepared a cake and little Aspen blew his candles~ or spit on them actually lol It was cute.

    And we got our first toddler of the Challenge! Now that he’s a little older I think Aspen is slowly starting to show more of Knox’s features, we’ll see if that continues! Also he’s still, for some reason, blonde lol still no idea about that, I didn’t even change his hair as an infant to see it would change on it’s own, but no complaining I guess lol he’s a cute boy.

    Also, he’s Fussy lol what fun for the first toddler~ and they interacted literally once and got the popup for the strict family dynamic, I don’t know how to feel about that lol I said yes tho, I like following what the game tells me.

    We’ll see how it works for them. For now they both were way too tired, so a story before bed and time for a nap~

    And I really meant a nap lol Gaia just had like… 2 hours of sleep before Clover was up and needing some attention. I can’t believe I decided to have more kids already lol. I know I’m gonna regret this.

    In honor to his daddy Knox, I dressed Aspen on the cute little overalls from Eco Living ❤ I think he looks adorable. We also discovered that one his toddler quirks is light sleeper…that’s definitely not a favorite so far lol but as long as he doesn’t get the Hates bedtime one, I’m happy.

    I gotta say Im sooooo happy Aspen is a toddler now tho ❤ he can entertain himself much more easily. I really never thought how independent toddlers were until we were introduced to infants and they totally were not lol!

    Gaia keeps getting this sad moodlet everytime she talks to Aspen, and I just can’t help laughing lol I’m like “you’re literally just asking him if he wants to play or go potty, don’t be so dramatic woman”

    Gaia got her third self-discovery, and she got the Family-oriented trait! I’m very happy with the traits she got honestly ❤ they are all perfect for the challenge!

    Clover is sooooo cute ❤ she finally learnt to do tummy time on her own, and I just love watching her ❤

    Since I don’t usually play with high chairs is very rare to me to have high chair pictures, but it’s another very cute interaction ❤ this challenge is gonna end me with cuteness overload.

    This was my first toddler since the new pack, so I didn’t knew the slide was broken at this point, but I was heartbroken when I noticed lol at first I thought that maybe the whale one didn’t work like the other, so I exchanged them, but nope, neither of them were working.

    I’m so happy that’s fixed now ❤

    First time we get to paint something in this update lol It’s a volcano erupting, that’s what the household is gonna look by next update.

    Gaia: “Would it kill you to be a little more positive?”

    Maaaaaybe? You can’t never be too sure! Also I have more experience than you here! I know what to expect!
    Gaia; *heavy sigh*

    Look at these cuties ❤ I adore how Aspen is really a big brother to little Clover ❤ Infants are really the life stage we were missing here.

    Also, awwwwwwn ❤ I love this! It’s so realistic lol I remember how my niece would get when her little sister started doing things she could do!

    To make him feel a little better Gaia spends some one-on-one time with him eating dinner and watching tv after Clover is asleep ❤

    Saddly this leaves her a liiiiitle too tired and we end up with another energy failure later that night lol no the first and probably not the last either!

    Clover is trying some new foods now that she can sit, and this makes it clear that yeah, Aspen really was a picky eater lol I was wondering why infants didn’t get much hunger from this foods, but turns out that it was because he wasn’t eating a lot because he didn’t love them. Clover finishes everything Gaia gives her, even if she doesn’t like it.

    We really need a better toilet lol this is already the second time it breaks and it always does when Gaia needs it!

    Also, as you can see is Love day today! I think we should take advantage of it and look for our next donor sometime later!

    Later, because she should be having her current baby sometime today, and because she needs to take care of her needs first. We start making some waffles for breakfast for both Gaia and Aspen.

    And also a cute little bathtime for the little boy ❤ because you know how much I love them.

    This woman just can’t sleep lol I really need to get working on her aspiratons so I can buy her one of the reward traits that help her not get tired.

    Anyways, she was actually in labor in this picture! So the good thing about this is that she’s gonna get her needs fixed at the hospital! Let’s travel!

    We called Marcus so he could panic, as usual lol then he left, as usual.

    Also, I like the looks of our doctor, but he’s mean and evil lol not sure if I wanna deal with that just to have a pink haired baby.

    Geoffrey, that’s sweet of you, but we have moved on and so should you lol we can’t have any more children with you!

    Anyways, we moved to the baby we’re currently having lol and we welcome the second girl of the generation! This is Hyacinth!

    I love the name Hyacinth, I just think it’s so cute and unique when it comes to flower names ❤

    We barely got tho the house to drop Hyacinth and then went out again to take advantage of the filled needs to have that Love day date lol. I took Gaia to the local bar to see if we have some luck with the sexy mixologist my game loves giving me lol.

    And bingo! We have our next donor! His name is Leslie White.

    He’s a very handsome man honestly, loving the pink eyes! We took him to the Stargazer lounge in San Myshuno since it’s one of my favorite date spots, and they had a ggreat time!

    I tried to do my usual trick of putting a woohoo spot during the date so we could get the baby-making part done ASAP, but for some reason they just couldn’t woohoo in the closet lol they would go in and out without any action. So we decided to end the date early…

    And take Leslie home with us to get the important part of the deal done!

    While that gets dealt with, enjoy this cute pic of baby Clover playing with blocks ❤ Infants playing with the toddler toys are just sooooo cute ❤

    Aaaaaand we have another bun in the oven! We’re doing great on the challenge! quote me on this when I end up with multiples lol.

    Leslie went home and we went back to ttaking care of the kids, and I melted when I saw Clover getting this moodlet because Hyacinth was crying ❤

    And then I melted even harder because Aspen decided all on his own to go “entertain” his little sister so she stopped crying ❤ I love Aspen, he’s the best older brother we could have gotten!

    Later that night we had another vampire visitor! Maybe Lilith told her brother about Gaia and he wanted to introduce himself lol I know having kids with Caleb is such a cliche for this challenge, but hey, he is quite beautiful lol.

    But also he’s immortal so I think we can save him for later lol like Vlad, I really want Vlad kids.

    Oh, my bad…I got super used to the fact my newborns didn’t use to wake up sims while crying for some reason that apparently got solved with the update lol so I put Aspen’s bed in the same room aaaand he wasn’t a fan. Even worse since he’s already a light sleeper!

    I think I’m gonna need to build a new house soon lol a more child-oriented house if possible.

    But that will wait to another time, because for now we have birthdays to celebrate~ And Looking at Gaia’s face, I think she’s ready for a little rest lol regretting this already Gaia? lol

    Gaia: “having three kids under 5 and another one on the way kinda makes you reconsider your life choices. But we’ll be fine!”

    Lol I still think is good that she’s so positive about it, we’ll see once we start having kids leave the house ❤ I’m still very excited to see Aspen as a teen. But that’s probably gonna take a while lol.

    For now, we move to the current birthdays!

    First is Hyacinth! And yes she’s in the tiny corridor so she would stop waking Aspen up lol sorry Hyacinth!

    And little Clover gets to blow her first candles~ happy birthday girls!!

    And here are they after growing up ❤ I’m still totally in love with Clover’s looks, I’m not seeing too many Landgraab genes so far, but we’ll see as she grows up! Clover is a Charmer toddler~

    And Hyacinth on the other side got daddy’s black hair, so that’s a good start! She’s a very cute Calm infant, we’ll see how that plays out!

    Aaaand while we didn’t do that much this update, this is were we’re stopping because you guys know how alow I usually play lol. Next time we should start getting some kids tho, and hopefully, some money finally lol I really screwed myself by not starting with programmig or writting for Gaia.

    I hope you had fun with us today, and we’ll see eachother then!

    Happy simming!

  • Chapter 1: Infants are here!

    Yes, I know I’ve promised a million times not to start more challenges until I finish what I already have… And I am again breaking that promise lol at this point nobody’s surprised, I know!

    Listen, I wanted something to play around with while the first bugfixes for the new pack and updates for mods were done, and I really, really need to start learning how Infants work since they’re definitely making things difficult for me in my other saves and I thank them for it! I love having a new challenge! Soooo I decided to start a new save, at first it was just to test things and stuff. but then I realized I was really liking my MS and I had the screenshots anyways because I’ve gotten used to take them as I play lol so… 100 babies challenge anyone?

    Am I crazy for starting this challenge from everything I could be doing? 100% yes! Probably no more crazy than I am for starting a new blog in the first place lol but I think I’m just a sims masochist. My previous attempt at the 100 babies challenge saddly ended up not being completed because I lost the spark for it around baby…39 I think lol like, so much stuff was added to the game, and at that point I had gotten so good at the challenge it really didn’t feel like a challenge at all anymore, so I ended up deciding to leave it at that.

    This time tho, we have a whole new stage to get used to, plus a lot of packs I haven’t even tried before, and I also need to get used to the new family dynamics and lifespan lenghts, so I think I’m gonna be able to keep focus a liiiitle more! Don’t quote me on that tho lol.

    Anyways, enough ramblings and random stuff for now, I think, better let’s get started with the fun part!

    Meet our first Matriarch for the challenge: Gaia Garden! You know, ‘cuz the theme is gonna be plants and flowers and Gaia es the name usually given to Mother Earth lol.

    Gaia: “Hello there, dear readers! I hope you’re ready to have a good time watching me and Salem suffer trying to take care of a little army of babies!”

    As you may be able to guess by that very enthusiastic introduction, our little Gaia here is a Cheerful sim. I hope that helps her stay strong as we descend into madness with the kids lol. Her other traits are Active and Perfectionist. All of her traits, as well as her looks (except the red hair, I just really liked her as a redhead lol) were randomized in CAS, I think we got a very good lot.

    And this is Gaia’s starter home. At first I was gonna plop her in San Sequoia since the whole reason of doing this is the new pack, but I also had bought Eco Lifestyle last november and hadn’t had a chance to live in Evergreen Harbor. And since everyone is living in San Sequoia right now in gameplays and stuff, I wanted to try something else lol. Also I didn’t really felt like building at a time, so we took the starter home at Grim Quarry.

    I sold the second bedroom’s furniture since we’re not gonna need it for some time, and with it and the leftover money from the house I bought Gaia the best bed we could afford. Beds are always my priority when it comes to Sims needs lol I get extremely cranky when I don’t get good sleep, so I want to avoid that for them as much as possible.

    The only other thing we bought was an easel since Gaia has the painting aspiration (yeah, should’ve gone with gardening, but I know we’re gonna need money lol she can have a real garden later, once we’re not broke! At least not this broke).

    Gaia tries her hand at her first painting and, as you can see, she’s not super good at it, and she’s not happy lol. But hey, everyone has to start somewhere, and at least she hadn’t gotten the ‘dislikes painting’ pop up so far!

    Gaia: “That’s the spirit! And I’m supposed to be the Cheerful one!”

    Honestly I’m very surprised I’m being this optimistic lol I guess I really missed playing my Sims.

    Anyways, going back to the important part of the challenge: Mortimer and Knox pass by the house and become the first donor candidates for the day!

    While I adore Mortimer and the Goths… Knox gets a little edge on this decision because he’s a townie I’ve never had kids with, so I think he’ll be perfect to start the challenge!

    Aaaaand he immediatly rejected Gaia’s flirting… damn, this is not looking good lol.

    Gaia: “Maybe going for the kill five minutes after meeting him wasn’t a good idea. We should try to give him some time?”

    You’re way too optimistic to me lol but yeah, makes sence. Let’s ignore that quickness is very important in this challenge since we need as many babies as possible lol,

    So we left Knox go and instead took care of Gaia’s need, including her need to go excercise since she’s Active. A quick jog around her new neighborhood and she was happy as a clam.

    And then Knox came back while Gaia was having dinner, so we picked up wher we had left earlier. He was a lot more receptive this time around!

    For some reason they decided to move the fllirting outside, by the trashcan lol I guess nothing as romantic as kissing by the trascan while it’s too dark to take pictures?

    But anyways, I’m happy it worked.

    Also Gaia decided that she also likes to be a little bit flirty and romantic, the perfect trait to work on this challenge!

    Anyways, the pair finally made it to the bed, and it was baby time!

    Literally as soon as the finished, Knox fled the scene though lol this boy is veeeery hot and cold with us so far! I wonder what happened!

    Gaia: “Hey, at least we probably got that baby done. That’s the important part.”

    Yeah, yeah. Better go check if there really is a bun in the oven or we’re gonna have to call him back lol.

    Aaaand looks like Knox did her job well! We have a baby incoming!

    Now that we took care of the more pressing matters of the challenge, Gaia gets back to the easel to try and earn us some money. She actually lost money with the first picture she did, but now she’s slowly earning us some simoleons~

    A little later that night we got this notification lol maybe Knox left in such a hurry because apparently it was his wedding tonight? I hope we didn’t cause a rift between him and his wife!

    Gaia: “Well, they got married. So I guess they’ll be fine. And it’s not like I had plans to marry him, so it’s good that he found someone else.”

    I mean, yeah, that makes sence. Good for Knox!

    Gaia: “And I got what I wanted too! I have my baby!”

    True, true. A very good start for our challenge indeed.

    First milestone of the aspiration completed! I usually play this challenge changing aspirations as I go, but I was a little distracted during this playsession lol.

    Next morning I decided to take a little trip to the Recreational Center at San Sequoia to see how it is. And also so Gaia could use the gym. So far her Active trait isn’t getting too annoying to manage, but it’s probably gonna get harder once we have babies in the house.

    Also, hey! Adults get milestones too, that’s so cool! They really are a lot like Sims2 memories, that was one of my favorite things in the sims2 game!

    Also, I just fell in love with this little sheep stoll! I want one IRL, where can I get it?!

    Don’t you guys love when I say I wanna learn to not get too carried away with pictures for my updates, and then I get talking about stuff like a little chair I liked? lol

    Anyways. Gaia finally chose her next donor: Geoffrey Landgraab and her happened to hit it off great. According to the game they have great chemistry, so yay! Geoffrey left a little later with a promise of a call once Gaia’s first baby is born.

    and then Gaia moved downstairs and took advantage of the free food that someone kept leaving around lol seriously, look at all those forgotten dishes! and there were even more around the grill lol. Saddly the game didn’t let me take them home since “I don’t own this item”, but at least we could eat a serving to save a little money.

    the rest of Gaia’s pregnancy was spent like this: painting, and also knitting. I want her to be able to eventually make the baby onesies since at this point I didn’t knew they actually added more options on baby clothing with the update lol but hey, you guys know how much I love knitted clothing anyways.

    A couple hours before the baby’s arrival found Gaia at the museum for tier 3 of her aspiration. Yup. tier 3 already! She’s doing pretty great so far, but I know things will get harder once she has to take care of the kids too lol.

    She also did her best to meet some more future donors, but we didn’t have much luck honestly lol I think I need to rework my sims social abilities, I’ve been out of it for too long.

    Thankfully, the labor notification rescued us from the awkward encounters Gaia was having, so time to go to the hospital!

    I tried to do that thing were you take the dad with you to the hospital to see the preparental panic, but Knox didn’t panic… he just disapeared as soon as the hospital loaded… it was very cold of him lol.

    Gaia: “Now I’m very happy I wasn’t gonna marry him in the first place.”

    Yup, not the best thing to get in his resume for future legacies (? but who knows, maybe he’ll get better once the kid is older.

    Gaia: “Now who’s too optimistic? Also we can’t actually ask him for help!”

    True, true… I’m still scared about having infants with no other sims to help out lol.

    But I guess I’ll have to get over my fear, because this baby wasn’t gonna wait forever, and so Gaia gave birth to a little boy!

    As said before the naming theme for this challenge is gonna be plants, flowers and things that grow in gardens, and so, we decided to name him Aspen, after the especies of trees, I think it’s a pretty name. And also I was talking to a friend about the character called Aspen from the book saga The Selection…and how neither of us like himat all lol so I decided I wanted to redeem the name with this baby.

    I noticed Gaia had an immediate sentiment for Aspen and when I checked I saw this and died of cuteness at the name ❤ of course he is and has her whole heart ❤

    Also, they didn’t gave us the usual common bassinet this time! I don’t hate that bassinet as much as other people, but I gotta armit this one is much more pretty lol.

    Also, uncontrolables are definitely better at taking care of babies now. This gives me hope for my ISBI save lol I gotta get back into that one soon.

    After dealing with Aspen’s needs, Gaia decided to invite Geoffrey over right away so we can get working on baby #2 ASAP~

    Gaia: “We are sooo gonna regret this when they’re infants!”

    We totally are, but hey, we gotta learn! And by we I mean I gotta lol.

    Geoffrey continues to be very receptive to Gaia’s flirting, and they move to first kiss in no time~

    Also I move baby Aspen to the room next door because I’m not comfortable with them woohooing with the baby in the room lol. As you can see, I also went ahead and bought a couple infant stuff so we start getting ready for tomorrow.

    Oh, damn. Looks like we’re gonna need another round this time! Thankfully Geoffrey wasn’t like Knox, and stayed upstairs chilling on the bed while Gaia was taking the pregnancy test lol.

    Geoffrey looks way too happy to go for another round lol I think he’s excited about the idea of having another kid since Malcolm is already a teen and all that, Geoffrey always strikes me as a guy who would want a big family but Nancy is not a fan of the idea.

    Maybe his kid can move in with him once they grow up, we’ll see!

    This time he did leave after the deed was done, so let’s hope second time was the charm! Gaia had to make a stop at the baby’s room because Aspen was feeling lonely, so we couldn’t stop him from leaving.

    Looks like it wasn’t neccesary tho! Second baby incoming!

    I mean, it’s nice of you to congratulate us Geoffrey, but you were here literally an hour ago lol you could’ve said it then!

    Next morning, Gaia discovers yet another new trait that I think it’s gonna help her a lot with the challenge, so she’s now an Art Lover.

    Since babies only stay babies for a day now, time to meet our first little infant!! *is extremely excited*

    OMG they are so little and cute!!!!! Aspen rolled the trait Sunny! Not bad at all for my first Infant!

    I randomly bought Gaia a rocking chair because it felt perfect for the kids room, and looks like she likes it ! Also, look at how cute they are together!

    Somehow Aspen doesnt have either Gaia’s red hair, nor Knox’ brown hair. I wonder if it’s a “babies having a different haircolor than what will be their grown up tone” thing, or a bug like when mermaid kids wouldn’t get the correct genetics. I hope it’s the first one, Knox has such interesting genetics!

    Gaia fed Aspen and then soothed him to sleep ❤ Guys I’m already in love with infants!! I love them!!

    Next morning we take the baby downstairs to keep an eye on him while Gaia cooks. The playing mat is a great object honestly, they really can stay entertained there and even take naps when needed!

    I make a point to not leave him alone all the time tho, I like being an involved parent in my sims lives. We try tummy time because I want him to learn to sit and I think this is what it takes? and let me tell you; Aspen is not a fan of tummy time lol.

    I gotta say I looooove how they capture the tantrum/crying of the infants btw, its adorable and looks just like real babies a lot of the time!

    After all that crying Aspen revealed his first quirck as a self-soother, it sounds adorable ❤ Also it amuses me because, as usual, he’s probably the only baby who’s gonna get to enjoy Gaia all to himself and he turns out to be independent-ish lol. Brings me memories of my Baby Boom.

    He later revealed to be a happy spitter too, but his third quirck remained locked until much later for some reason.

    While Aspen is taking a nap Gaia goes back to painting and manages to earn a fame star! I usually have my sims step out of the fame because it’s more comfortable to me, but hey, if she gets famous enough she may even get to have a kid with Thorne or something, and I’m curious about that possibility lol.

    I definitely didn’t choose the right hair for Gaia btw lol poor Aspen is gonna be coughing hairballs into his teenage years if that’s how she carries him! I laughed a little too much when I noticed lol.

    Vampires was another of the packs I got last black friday, so this was my first visit from Lilith! I randomly decided that we’re gonna be befriending Lilith!

    I’m kind of playing with the idea of playing the version of the challenge were you make your matriarch immortal so she has to have the 100 kids herself so I thought if I do it, having an immortal friend could be fun and Lilith looks nice, so why not?

    We introduce her to Aspen and he gains the “first visitor” milestone from it. He also was definitely not a fan of Lilith lol but he left her carry him for a while.

    Aspen got his “first blowout” milestone lol that’s not something I’m very excited about, but hey, it gave us an excuse to give him a bath ❤ I’m seriously so in love with infants already ❤ they look so cute all the time!

    Gaia, I don’t think that’s the most sanitary thing to do with the baby after you bathed him lol.

    Gaia: “Nonsense! This way he can learn how to use the toilet early and make it easier once he’s a toddler.”

    I don’t think that’s how it works lol he’s too tiny to learn about it.

    Aspen: *again basically eating his mom’s hair*

    Lol seriously if I didn’t like Gaia’s appearece so much I would change her haircut because that’s been bothering me.

    But anyways, since Gaia is gonna need another donor once Geoffrey’s baby is born, we took another trip to the recreational center and took Aspen with us. Gaia only has one baby and one in the oven and already looks miserable btw lol.

    While waiting for people to show up we tried more tummy time with Aspen, it’s slow going but we’re making progress.

    It’s good to have progress in something, because for some reason we had absolutely no luck meting people this time around.

    She tried to flirt with this guy on the left but turns out the have awful compatibility and he didn’t take it nice lol And then back home she tried her luck with Marcus Flex who was hanging around, and while he accepted the flirts nicely, he left minutes later without much progress.

    Maybe the game is trying to tell me I should let a little more time between babies so I don’t end up with a thousand infants at the same time lol I gotta say that as much as toddlers are a handful, this update has made me realize how independent they trully are! Infants really need you to do everything for them, and it’s being a lot more challenging to be a single parent because of that!

    See? No “dragging out food from the fridge so they take it”, no “putting them to sleep and knowing they can entertain themselves if the wake up earlier than you”, literally having to be around them all day! it’s so realistic lol I love it!

    That night I ran into my first random bug lol Gaia was taking Aspen upstairs to his crib when she had an energy failure on the stairs, but since she was carrying him she just reseted and the baby got stuck on the stairs because she couldn’t take him again lol I had to teleport him upstairs so she could put him to bed.

    This night is really hard on Gaia. She still can’t go to sleep because she also needed to use the toilet because of pregnancy bladder, but the toilet had broken down earlier and she hadn’t come around to fix it since Aspen needed attention.

    She ends up wetting herself while fixing it, so we have to add a shower to her nighttime routine for today. Seriously not a good night for our matriarch.

    Aspen on thr other hand, is having the time of his life just hanging around upstairs lol I have no idea why he wasn’t in the crib in the end, but he was enjoying playing with the sheep plushie for a while and then got around to earning the “foot in mouth” milestone. Look at how cute he looks!!

    It was sunday next day and Geoffrey called to invite us to the Flea market. I always love this festival, and I needed Gaia to take some time to herself and to meet more men, so we went!

    While she did manage to meet some new people and bought a better couch for the house, still no look with lining up next donnor, and when she goes into labor in the middle of the festival I realize we’re definitely gonna be waiting a little in between baby 2 and 3 lol.

    Since Geoffrey was already with us at the festival. he offered to take Gaia to the hospital, and he actually got the pre-parental panic unlike Knox! That’s Geoffrey 2, Knox 0 lol

    He left inmediatly after panicking, but that was expected.

    Gaia was extremely calm about the whole ordeal too lol her priority was cleaning some dirty dishes she had in her inventory for some reason.

    Gaia: “I mean, if I may be doing this a hundred times, I think getting stressed about it would get counterproductive, very quickly.”

    Yeah, that’s right honestly. I still think it’s weird she’s so optimistic and calm lol but I like it. She’s definitely gonna need it.

    Anyways, birth goes without a hitch, and we know have a baby girl too!! Everyone, meet Clover! Again following the redeeming names trend, hers is after the character in volume 7 of RWBY who I really can’t stand lol Like..he’s cool but… no, I don’t like him.

    This was the point I realized I could change babies outfits! I know they don’t stay babies for a long time, but I love having a little more customization anyway!

    Aspen appeared here when we came back from the hospital for some reason, so I sent Gaia to help him practice sitting up thinking she would move him somewhere else: she didn’t lol.

    On the plus side, he looks so adorable sitting ❤

    I had to tell her to move him so they stopped clipping through the walls lol and our little infant finally learn to sit! Know we can get into trying some new baby foods at the high chair, something I really wanted to do!

    But it will have to wait because it was time to sleep for the little boy lol I took this picture to say that it’s adorable how they roll around the crib while sleeping once they reached that milestones! I wish older sims would move while sleeping like in sims two!

    This is the first time in a while that Gaia managed to paint something lol she’s at that point on her aspiration where she needs excellent paintings, but her needs are making it a little dificult, but we keep trying to keep money flowing. This makes me realize this is why I usually start my single parents on writting instead of painting, so even if I can’t produce for a while money keeps coming in lol oh, well, I guess this will teach me.

    Next morning we start having Aspen try new foods, and this is were his last quirck jumped up: apparently he’s a picky eater? I find it hard to believe because we gave him three foods: Banana slices, sweet potato puree and cinnamon cereal, and he only disliked one of them, he loved the other two lol still, he apparently is picky.

    I didn’t expected that infants get all dirty after eating btw, and I’m melting with how cute it is!!

    It also gave us an excuse to give him a bubble bath, and Gaia got this cute moodlet! She gets me, baby bathtime is the best!

    Wooow, we have pretty high bills even with the water thing the lot comes with helping us out, better get to work on making some extra money!

    Although I gotta say I think parrt of the power bills are because I forgot to set the lights to automatic for like… the whole week lol I really need to get back into playing to remember this stuff.

    And we finally reached the point I was waiting for to end this first update! It’s Clover’s birthday!

    Hahahahahaha I still laugh like a maniac everytime I see this picture Loooooool I just love it, poor girl looks traumatized lol!!! I actually took a better picture, but this one it’s so funny I had to use it!

    Anyways, after I stopped laughing lol Clover is a totally adorable girl ❤ I love her already. She got the Cautious trait, so next time we will see if that makes her harder to take care of than Aspen. We should also be seeing Aspen turn into a toddler and, depending on how luck goes for Gaia, we should be having more babies joining lol.

    For now I hope you’re having fun with us and this crazy baby idea~ I’m really loving infants and I hope you are too! Remember to have fun simming, and see ya soon!

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