Sorry it's been a bit. I've been playing quite a lot. Today is my birthday and I got Open for Business and Pets yesterday (and will probably be getting Free Time in the near future) and even though I had this update all ready to go, I've been putting it off. I have 4.3 done too, so that will probably be tomorrow or Sunday. What I'm playing now, 4.4, is pretty exciting, so keep a look out. I'm going to try to get caught up!

First off, some of you have requested a family tree, so here is one through Gen 4 (Lola)! I'll try to remember to keep it updated.

Ruth gets off to a good start after becoming a child and starts stuff with her sister.


Of course, any Sim with only 1 nice point can tell you, they won't take sass.


lololololol demented


Well, who didn't see that one coming? Every legacy needs sibling fights from time to time.


Claire 1 Ruth 0


To add insult to injury, Delia stops by to scare the crap out of Ruth.


Ruth: "AND THEN, AND THEN S-SHE HIIIIIT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Lola: "Shut up and get another piece of cake, kid."


Komei gets tired easily as an elder. :/


Ruth: "Grandpa, your cake-face is sooooo funny! We're BFF!"
Komei: zzzZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzz *BBFs*


Komei: "So then, the aliens took your mom to the same planet they took me!"


Komei: "Did you take a ride on their rocket?"


Lola: "Dad, that is not an appropriate discussion for the children."


I think Lola is on drugs.


Yeah.


Good job, grandparents.


Claire 2 Ruth 0


Lola: "GOOD MORNING, SWEETIE!"
RuthL "GTFO OF MY WAY WOMAN."


Jack walks by an awful lot now, but Lola is not impressed with him.


Despite this, it's been a while since she got any, so she tries to persuade him into some woo hoo. Jack says no.


Lola tries to apologize again for cheating on him, but it doesn't get her any woo hoo either.


Claire: "Hey, Ruth. Ruth. Ruth. Ruth, lookit my A+. You didn't get an A+. Lookit mine. Hey, Ruth. Hey."


Jack steals our newspaper a lot :( Guess that apology didn't help.


Claire: "Hey, Ruth. Ruth. Ruth. Ruth, I hope you die. When you're dying I'll be still alive. And when you're dead I will be still alive. Hey, Ruth. Hey."


Slide fail.


Lola invites Nathen over, the guy she cheated with, and they discuss.. uh...rockets.


Lola was so anxious to discuss rockets, in fact, that she left food on the stove.


And Komei tries to burn himself alive for the 3498230943645287365436th time.


Arie loves Ruth the best.


Before I know it, it's time for Claire to become a teen.


lololololol at your hair. no.


Brady comes to haunt!! (Please disregard Komei peeing.)


FOUNDING GENERATION HAUNT!


Here is Claire post-makeover. She's pretty, y/y?


She's a family Sim, so she wants her first kiss and all that. We call over the matchmaker.


Who gives us this, which at first isn't so bad, but his face has weird angles.


Claire: "How big?"


Well, that's one way to find out. THANKS ACR.


Post sex noogies are not the best way to make sure he comes around again, Claire.


Claire: "OK WELL THAT WAS GREAT PLEASE LEAVE."


Haha, Claire cheats.


I am super surprised Komei hasn't died of fright since all the ghosts like to pick on him.


Yes, let's scare the children. Delia is scaring Claire in the living room, and Brady is scaring Ruth in the kitchen.


/>I hate you, Komei.


Komei: "Really?"
Me: "Yes."


New clothes for the girls.


Lola is not enjoying the celibate life, so she calls the Matchmaker for a date.


I thought the firemen were supposed to be hotties?


That date ends quickly, and she calls her sure thing-- Nathen.


Delia is confused-- please note that she both wants and fears getting married to Nathen.


Well, get over it.


So Nathen says yes, moves in and gets a very successful makeover.

Aspiration: Romance
LTW: 20 Lovers (NO.)

Neat: 5
Outgoing: 5
Lazy: 3
Playful: 8
Grouchy: 4

Turn ons: fitness, glasses
Turn off: black hair (lol, Lola)


Claire: "I want to be an artist!"
Nathen: "YOURE NOT MY KID SO I DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND TO LIKE YOU LA LA LA"


Nathen is also a medical person and I am sick of it, so I have him quit. He brought in $11,000, anyway.


Dear Livejournal,
Recently, we got a new family member-- my mom got engaged to some guy.


His name is Nathen.


He can't cook for shit.


And he has never seen great-great-great grandfather's movie. What a loser.


Nathen wanted a bar, so I bought one and immediately, Komei starts boozing it up.


And Arie too. Oh dear.


O RLY?!?!?!?!?!


Nathen: "So I totally got engaged to your daughter, but I don't even know why I said yes."


CLAIRE YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO DRINK.


Claire: "BUT IT TASTES LIKE A MAGICAL MILKSHAKE!"


Heee, loooove playful Sims.


I do not love, however, when fiances hit on their future mother-in-laws.


Lola puts a stop to that and they get married in the kitchen.


O hai Ruth i c u dancin


Delia. Seriously. Stop scaring pregnant ladies. Maybe that's why the babies come out so g'damn mean.


O: LOLA NO.


Time for Ruth to join teenhood.


Um... she looks like a tall 8 year old.


Muuuuuuch better.


These two never quit it.


lololololololol
I will use this space to admit that while I think Claire has the more interesting genes, I love Ruth as a teen to bits.


Even if she is also an alcoholic.


And macks on her sisters' crush (though Claire doesn't seem to care).


They bond over Claire's crazy dancing.


Claire: "Hey you, let me into private school."
Headmaster: "Hey you. You're a bitch" minusminus


They did well on the tour and dinner but kept losing points because no one schmoozes well. But then he had a drink at the bar and I got 10 hidden points and they got into prissypants school. YAY DRUNKENNESS.


Evil snowmen are cute :)


But do not last long, as they are made by angry, aggressive people.


Poor snowman. :(


Pen: "WHOEVER DID THIS TO YOU WILL PAY!"


And we will end this update with Lola giving birth to a quite unplanned child (and the last of hers).


A boy(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)! David, with Lola's hair, Nathen's eyes, and Arie's skin.