Welcome back to where Sweetmeaton began!
We start off the 3rd year with this Summer update!
*applause**cheers**applause*
Ah thank you, I personally didn’t think this challenge would still be played no less published this far!
(No less having severe game issues haven’t happened either yet).
*knocking on wood*
Now let’s continue and see how Candy had survived her 3rd summer along with her large family!
The Summer started off with the oldest son and heir with a trip to the store in their
pajamas.
(Reasoning? No idea, just that no one in Sweetmeaton didn't deny someone service yet for not wearing shoes!)
Stopping at Basic Furnishings to get their own cell phone and/or gaming device!
(Since teens are always wanting the latest technology... Especially when they are in the middle of nowhere.)
While also giving these two a needed amount of Independence away from their full home!
In the process of a bit of free will, allowed a good game of catch!
(Anytime in free will the kids will ask anyone if they want to play catch! Even if
they are rejected a few times. Even though they live in an household of Livin’
Large they love their sports when not ruled around.)
Coming back to the main house, we find the twins are working on their fishing skills with the nice warm weather!
Laffy Taffy taking after her father, Benjamin, by loving every second of it!
By two out of three of the teens in the household make sure there is always Grilled Cheese for breakfast, while making sure their younger sibling have a nice balanced meal of both bread and cheese.
While Rocky was working on a few important things on his brand new cell phone.
Before the grilled cheese breakfast was finished, Rocky announced that Mr. Chocolate Galleons accepted him into Galleons College. Not only because he was a child of the first founding family of Sweetmeaton, but also because of his well made footwork that he learned at Step by Dreams.
Candy was overjoyed, her son that she knew had a rough time growing up. But now he walked to the taxi to go jump start his dreams was amazing to her.
After Rocky left, Lolli got to work on skilling on the things she needed to live up to her potential by adulthood: Charisma and Cooking!
While young Gobstoper’s fascination of gaming, like his older brother Skittles, was able to enjoy the seasonal updates on the large gaming world he was intrigued by.
Laffy Taffy didn't understand how her siblings could stay inside when there was so much to do in the sunny outdoors!
(This family and their pajamas...)
Let’s say Gobstoper tried his twin's advice by watching a few movies with the sun passing over him.
By night fall, the warm summer air quickly cooled down with a feeling of eeriness.
Benjamin had stopped to see his family, quickly noticing the new man in the master bedroom.
It was questionable by how the ghost responded to the new changes in the household.
Feeling the change in the household, Candy decided to have the evening out with Komei to get some extra time.
Komei had enjoyed their outing with his wife and getting the little extra fortune boost!
However, some clientele seemed to have grudges of forgotten early promises.
Or remembered way to well of recent fights over long grudges.
(Oh Ivy, Chocolate can at least be in the same room with Candy unlike you. Ignore the missing roof, only issue I have with "middle of nowhere" can't finish a ceiling.)
Coming home Komei was reminded of the family he married to when he vowed to Candy.
He never realized he would be so happy when young Gobstoper would greet him with a hug when he came home.
Especially when the family always attempted a meal together from the many leftovers that had been made by Candy and , keeping up with
Skittles new ventures of dating and what the twins have been up to on their own.
The next day, the talent and skill of Laffy Taffy’s personal quests of nature where being
happily rewarded. Along with the new decorations, fresh fish in the fridge, and extra pennies in the family bank.
Later in the day, Candy and Lolli worked together on getting the next batch of
goodies. Lolli sticking to the simplier treats, and Candy working on her expertise of pies!
(Candy still not quite up to a max cooking skill yet!)
While Skittles worked on hitting his goals of getting good scholarships for his future
Medical schooling.
(Personally for me, the boys just know they have to work on getting out of the legacy house to live a life they would prefer.)
After enough baked goods got to be made, Lolli did find a guy, Orlando. Who
was interested to hear the admiration of her all time favorite topic!
“Got to love the golden, and memorable texture of two pieces of bread full of
butter and the best cheese you can get out here in the boonies!”
After Loli left, Candy had found even with most of her life in Sweetmeaton of practicing cooking she still messed up her famous tomato berry pie too many times then she preferred.
Nothing like the smell of burnt crust to ruin someone's day.
Skittles usually did stick to his gaming when he wasn’t busy studying, Sophie however seemed to luckily distract him from his stationary lifestyle.
Either of them couldn’t help but enjoy the Two Bolt attraction.
Skittles figured by how well they got along, to enjoy a nice date.
(Ah look at Candy seeming to enjoy how her little ones are becoming adults. Along with Sophie hopefully become part of the family.)
(Ahh what noisy adorable love, wonder how long it shall last?)
(Of course these two are even sweeter by only 1 bolt).
(This picture shows the first college kid to enter Sweetmeaton, couldn’t help but
laugh at the change of customers variety that will start happening just by unlocking areas).
(Now back to the main cast...)
Laffy Taffy was the happiest sim around the house, small things would make her mood soar just by living in nature. Not knowing she was expanding what her father has started for their natural surroundings.
With nothing much to do around the house, Komei though tried to start a friendship with Lolli, when she wasn't running around working on her own duties as heir.
By tucking in Laffy Taffy, Komei realized he couldn't remember what his life was like before he entered into the Sweetmeats home. Replacing a friend, however also becoming apart of his friend's surviving family.
The next day, Komei ended up being reminded of the tiring responsibilities of helping to teach the next generation of the Sweetmeats.
However, Komei realized soon afterwards he was also given the most blessing of a job by watching the children learn as they helped the house like they always have.
(Komei is the most Serious this house has ever seen from the 6+ playfulness of all
the other sims.)
While Komei was realizing his love finally with his family. Candy herself had finally felt all the years of her age upon her seem to shine in pleasure and fade any worries when she finally realized what all she had achieved happiness with her life quite successfully.
Her goal she knew for the rest of her life, was to help her children become successful and leave a safe place for her daughters to take over when they grew into adults.
The children didn't seem to notice their parents new realizations. As Lolli fought with her brother, on his misunderstanding on how nice the beloved Grilled Cheese really is.
Candy start to take advantage of her ultimate happiness, by taking time from her usual daily chores to help young Laffy Taffy with the family garden.
(Composting, I’m not sure if I wrote this before but I believe that is the first pic,
after years of playing just Sweetmeaton I’ve learned about composting in game....
You don’t know how stupid I've felt by not knowing this... So much would have helped in the beginning.)
A sign of how well off Candy has come to, Jessica had stopped by while the kids where off at school.
Candy thanked Jessica for allowing Rocky to go off to college at the beginning of the season.
Jessica made sure to tell Candy, that she had plans to make sure all her children who wish to go to school would all have a chance!
Their greeting soon ended though, when the heat quickly made Candy feel ill.
Luckily knowing all she had to do was chill out indoors with a few glasses of water. She had to ask Jessica to go home early, knowing there wasn't enough room to keep everyone indoors.
Even though she had to cut the visit short, knowing that no one was stuck outside in these extreme temperatures was a blessing in itself.
Thank goodness to the Candy Land Gods...
Candy ended up working on cooling down in the bathroom, where sadly the plumbing was having a difficult time keeping up with house members with its heavy use.
Candy was able to deal with it, actually thankful that Komei sleeping off the heat itself.
(Other words ew... and thank you to boolprop.net, because like the compost, I had no idea water could cool down a sim... It really is amazing how Candy was able to survive in the end).
SimsCity school was smart at keeping kids in school with strong air conditioning.
While a couple other friends decided to join in the fun of a mini van instead of the bus.
(Which was for the better of these hard working teens!)
When school was out for all the kids, a must needed water balloon fight was called for to keep everyone cool!
(Next to we don't need any overheated/fire ghosts on this lot...)
(The pool I deleted last summer is soon to be installed once more, just because of this overheating issue).
With all the fuss of balloons, by the end of the day it felt almost like a real birthday party.
As it ticked 6 o'clock, the twins lined themselves up to enjoy a grand get
together of aging finally into Teens!
(Its quite a bummer Rocky wasn't able to be there since he did help raise these two quite a bit after Benjamin died).
As tradition, Candy was always blown away by the fast transformation and familiar appearances of her baby twins changing into much older sims.
Gobstoper is another Fortune sim with a Secondary of Popularity. He is attracted
to Brown Hair and Creativity (his highest skill already), but dislikes Bathing Suits.
He aspires to “Become the Law”.
(Which luckily is very possible for him!)
Laffy Taffy is a Popularity Sim with a Secondary of Knowledge (keeping up her
Father’s aspirations in a way). She is attracted to Hard Workers and Creativity
(who is also the richest boy in town at the moment...), but dislikes Charismatic (other words her older sister).
She aspires to “Become Mayor”. (Really don’t know if this will happen, would be nice if the founding family’s daughter became Mayor of Sweetmeatont though!).
(So glad for no Grilled Cheese this round!)
(So yeah all of Sweetmeats are teens... Who cut all these onions? So many tears.
Love the different traits each of the twins have. Especially how they each have their parent’s
noses. Okay let’s get back to how they all become their own characters *cries*).
The last birthdays in the Sweetmeats household ends up being memorable by the large amount of conversation.
(Love how Candy was doing all the PDA last time, now Skittles can’t seem to keep to
himself even with all the heat in the air still).
(Sometimes a dish is best served over easy.)
(Song "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King just turned on when writing this, xD Thanks Pandora.)
Even after all the fun, Candy and Komei made an evening together stopping at all
the main destinations of the town.
(Casual Dining is still not open yet... Still working on getting it truly NonPlayer
Household playable. Though sitting down at the tables drinking ice cold glasses of water does give them the want for dining!)
(Fun note!: Freewill, Komei argues with the very first Professor he meets and dislikes the idea
of nuclear bombing... Hopefully it won't be Rocky's first Professor...)
(Yup really hope... He's acting so tough when Candy isn’t looking, while she spends all her money at
Basic Furnishings.)
(Yup all the money!)
(Love how Chocolate enjoys Candy’s company when she’s handing over the cash
and carrying a golden bag).
(In case you’re curious she mainly bought fridges to stock up on for baking (not
the most money productive but has been working as I work on getting the bakery
up on stars). Also will be less needed when the garden becomes fully productive
and when the green house is finished for the Winter. So one day, the bakery will earn a whole lot of money for this legacy house as they still work on building a house.)
Even with all the errands finished, Candy and Komei had taken some time on Main
Street enjoying the comfort of the van as the Summer rain cooled down the hot
town.
Discussing future building plans, seeing how Chocolate had quickly renovated his
own businesses along what is now known as Mainstreet. Discussing if they should focus on building up Sweetmeats Sweets. Though sticking to the plan of dividing between the business and house since it worked out better with the SimCity Construction company.
In the end they were dreaming, on what they would do if they had resources like
Mr. Galleons.
Coming back to the house, the future heirs where back on track of their true
sisterhood, by finally able to discuss their futures.
Usually discussing the subject of how to get their Mother’s pie crust just right, or the important questions about boys (where sadly neither of them knew what the answers could possibly be).
While Gobstoper was trying to figure out the stars, to see where the non-named
ones where so he could get extra money. Along with other unknown flying objects
in the sky.
(Gobstoper was the cutest kid, until he started to want to earn money and buy expensive
things. Now I realize he could have gone to art or busking at the hoppy Art center,
however I chose to push his Logic since of his aspiration.)
(Also realized I spelt his name wrong, or I keep switching it. Sorry about that...)
While everyone was enjoying a good time, Skittles had finally cooled down enough from
his date...
(I think he wins at falling for a girl too quickly, Rocky at least bounced off of each sim
rarely overdid himself).
With all the events happening, it was decided that Candy would show her daughters how a true Candy Land Descendant wore their makeup and hair.
Candy finally bringing out the face makeup, that she had lost her first Summer in these lands. Finally knowing both of her daughters will survive and blossom in Sweetmeaton, especially after one of the hottest summer days she thought it was a right for them to be able to honor it.
(Figured I make it a bit important, since I personally love the Celebration Stuff Hairdos. This will be how I mainly do the next generation heir(s) when they reach their teens. )
Laffy Taffy was overjoyed with the transformation her mother had given her.
(Laffy Taffy is wearing the lower hair bun without flowers, to show she is a spare not the heir. If Lolli ever dies prematurely before she has the next generation, Laffy Taffy will be given with founder/heir style.)
(This also could all change, since after all over time and generations traditions change).
The next morning over Grilled Cheese breakfast, Gobstoper wasn’t so sure about
the dramatic change in his sisters' looks.
Though they were pretty, he could just see their mother in them all too well.
Later on, after all the teens got home, the youthfulness of the house was seen by how much gossip and jokes where shared by hanging in the driveway.
(Having the girls also see if they find anyone interesting... which they kind of are).
Since now they were all too old to be riding the boring School bus. Perhaps they will always have a small get together before they all hit the books.
(I believe Gobstopper had a want to go to college right away, while Laffy Taffy not so much. Both Skittles and Lolli have had the want for a good while).
The heat wave still going, the family reinvested in a starting of a pool. Only one or two at a
time could go in, but it sure helped do a quick cool down when needed.
(Gives the sinks a break at least).
Sadly Laffy Taffy had found on her first day of teen hood why no one else in her family ever went on hikes.
Bees where far too attracted to sweets...
Even with a household of teens, calmness did always come at time in the
night. Lolli working on her independent studies.
This night though, Lolli could see the age in her mother, and she often hoped with each flip of a page and baked good taken out of the oven, that her mother would be around after she successfully became heir. Something that she never really thought of, but had a fear that her Mother wouldn't be at her wedding...
(Yeah thinking ahead.. but Candy's age bar is filling up to quickly for my liking.)
Candy knew of her daughter’s worries, but she herself knew even as her joints ached and her tiredness had become worse on a daily basis. Even with the wave of worry happening in the study, Candy knew her daughters' where going to do find for the next generation since after all these seasons Candy finally could say she mastered true fully the art of Cooking.
(Candy finally maxing her cooking skill!!!!)
She knew her daughter's had a better start here in Sweetmeaton, along with such a better starting point when they became heirs.
Along with not only the better plan for her daughters, having Komei around assured all her children would be able to live out their lives fully still if at the worst of times Candy wouldn't be there for them.
(Along with Komei being around, no worries about the legacy lot being lot if all the Sweetmeat teens
choose to go to college.)
Komei had other ideas at the moment knowing how hard Candy has been working on her cooking skill over all these years.
With all the extra happenings with the woman, the boys with their extra
time decided to help out the family by heading over to the family bakery for a few hours.
(Next to I was so bored seeing them do nothing, and Gobstoper’s low Aspiration
Bar because of his dumb Fortune wants I would hope be cured soon.)
Skittles was easily able to show Gobstoper the ropes that Komei had
taught him. Along with the present benefits for the family, working at the family business in itself would be more then enough to help them with their own goals as they got older.
(Komei initiation complete with a belly and all!)
(Skittles followed right after a good serving of Grilled Cheese that next morning).
(Personally I’m shocked all of these haven’t happened sooner, Laffy Taffy is really
the only one that had a belly before she became a teen).
Chocolate seemed to now come by at least once a season, the boys following their
father and stepfather being able to somewhat have an easy relationship with him.
(While the girls aren’t very interested in him, Laffy Taffy never met any of the
Galleons while Lolli just doesn’t have any interest. I find it too funny how
there seems to be a gender pattern to go along with the "story".)
By the end of the summer, Komei’s high mechanical came in handy to repair the Evil Bunny Computer. While Lolli enjoyed the newer and better computer.
(Got the nice computer before actually getting a full house over their heads... oh the humor. Tells yah a little about how challenging the Middle of Nowhere handicap can be at times.)
Also as I finished up the Sweetmeaton household, the last night of the Summer they finally got 25 bottles of Elixar of Life! Many more to come after this!
Now to move on to the Galleons, as they will enjoy the hot Summer season with all their missions and accomplishments!
