Burnt Letters

The calm pace the house had before Serith and Tirith's birth is pretty much gone. I'm running all over the place trying to keep things in order. A bit unfortunately, now a lot of the quality time I spend with Elwen, Meldiron, and Lomaraniel happens mostly at meal times. The only thing that stops me from feeling too horrible about it is that they're also very busy with their own school activities. It's not entirely my fault that we can't all be in the same place at the same time.

Meldiron and Mara love to tell me what they learn and do in school. Mara is already at the top of her class though she's just started school. She's definitely going to be a force to reckon with. Her teachers, and even the principal, have suggested to me that I spend her to a specialized, higher-style school. While they tell me this with Mara's best interest in heart, I know the best thing is for her to stay at home with the rest of us. Mara hates the idea of going to some place like a boarding school anyway.

PGC Round 2 Update #4

While I was extremely glad to finally have our first heir, having four toddlers in the house was no easy task. Things only managed to work out well because Rigel had most of the week ever since he reached the top of his career. It didn't matter how badly he complained- he and Arasa were teaching Alshain, Hamal, and Ara from nearly dusk to dawn. They left the maid to take care of cleaning the potties. However, sometimes a mess just couldn't be avoided. As you can see above, two of the three potties were overflowing nastiness onto the floor. Rigel and Arasa went to bed exhausted after cleaning up as best they could.

Snowflake Day

We finally have a bit of variation in this household now that my new daughter, Lomaraniel, has been born. I feel as if I can safely say that we won't be having another fair-haired, green-eyed child to add to the count. When I told him that, Derrek actually bet me that the universe would give Lomaraniel fair hair and green eyes just to mess with me. I took the bet, but now I'm secretly worried that what Derrek said will come true and the universe will mess with me.

PGC Round 2 Update #3

For some reason, Rigel and Arasa had trouble conceiving their next child. They had to Try for Baby around seven times I believe before I got the melody confirming the pregnancy. They were finally able to go to bed, and as I zoomed around the hose waiting for the next day to arrive I stumbled across this (creepy) little guy. It seems Rigel and Arasa'a woohooing has some magical gnome summoning powers. I sold him for the 1000 Simoleons.

Forever Separated

It really is interesting how things work out sometimes- like how a person you meet for the first time whom you think you want to avoid at all costs becomes a dear friend. Naturally, I am referring to Lar. I gave him a chance to impress me after his not so wonderful first impression, and now I can't believe that I ever wanted him to go away.

Unfortunately, he is only in Aurora Skies for a few more weeks. He is a photographer who is always on the move. While he does have an apartment back in his hometown, it's only a couple days out of the year that he is actually there. The rest of the time Lar is off seeing the world taking pictures for some big magazine the children have heard of but that I knew nothing of. Lar gave me a couple copies to look at, and I was amazed to find out that almost a third of all the pictures in each were taken by him. He explained that he usually is in one place for only a couple days in order to be able to take so many pictures of so many places, but that he requested more time here since he felt he hadn't captured the perfect photograph of this place yet.

Lar Smith

There are so many things to love about this town- the peaceful atmosphere, the beautiful landscape, the gorgeous night sky, and so many that I can't mention them all. However, one of my most absolute favorite features has to be the community garden. I'm able to get all the fresh fruits and vegetables that I love to cook with, and it's not quite as much work as having a garden in our own yard. Right now almost everything is in full bloom, and with the end of summer approaching there's only more goodies to anticipate.

Speaking of the end of summer approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to do something special.

PGC Round 2 Update #2

The Starr family is settling into their new house pretty well. I love that the master bedroom is right across the hall from the big nursery, as well as the fact that there are plenty of bathrooms. A good number of bathrooms is always a must for me when I play as a big family. I have a strict schedule for who uses them when- such as children taking Submarine Adventures in the morning to max their hygiene and fun levels before school starts, and then teens taking showers at night.  If there's not enough baths and showers to fit that schedule then I get pretty antsy.

There are only two main downsides the house has. First is that it's so far away from everything else. It's a real effort to get my Sims anywhere. The second is that it's hard to see my Sims from certain angles because there's so many objects (staircases, bookshelves, etc.) blocking my way. I have to continually rotate the camera or have it tilted much more than I like to see what's going on.

Anyway, Andromeda has been doing well. Since the household isn't so crowded yet I haven't send her away to boarding school right off the bat. She has made quite a lot of friends. Here she is trying to get her homework done with Debbie Coker.