I've had fires before, but this was crazy!
So, first of all, before the spooky party, Tianne came over and was cooking. I began hearing a fire, but I could not for the life of me find it. This is a one story house, so I didn't think to look upstairs for the longest time.
Finally, I see where it is and the sims keep going in and out of the house casually, because they don't know about it yet...but they can't travel and I can't get into build mode. Everything's hunky dory. Tianne bbq's on the back porch and everyone eats and sleeps on the benches around there, etc. But it's underwhelming. The firemen literally take a nap on the couch. And the fire dies out all by itself.
So, I take the opportunity to put my framed pictures and Chris's beloved stuffed toy in our house inventory. the upstairs is all ruined and I can't get to it anyway, so I decide I'm going to continue this fire and then they can move out. But I already missed Trick or Treat last year and it's the next day...so I wait until after the party. The story in my head goes, Chris left the spooky bear next to the fireplace and whoops. I put the rug real close too...but nothing.
You guys, the whole time I'm trying to create a fire to continue the accidental fire to its completion, I'm making sure everyone is fully rested, fully fed, etc. Their needs are maxed out when the fire finally catches.
For awhile, no problem...but it is sooo slow. The first start of a fire on purpose, the firemen put it out in seconds and the next time I lock all the doors so they can't get in. I lock the family outside because I don't want anyone dying on me. Not right now. Chris is still a toddler and I don't know what would happen if the caregiver dies. So, I lock all the sims out, including the firemen.
It takes forever freaking long. And even though the fire starts when all the needs are maxed out, by the time the house is ruined, Chris is about to be taken away. I try everything. Maybe his dad can order food from the stall that's right there. Nope, unclickable. Maybe I can drag the carrot into his inventory and he'll eat it. Nope, still unclickable. Maybe I can grill in the backyard since Tianne did that last time. Nope, unclickable.
So, I finally let the firemen in to do their job before Chris is taken away. They finish up and I spend some time fixing all their needs. Now we've moved to another house for a little while, while I decide where we want to live for the rest of his toddler time. That was an adventure. I guess that met with the 24 in 24 fire challenge, lol.
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Fairs and Festivals to experience while Chris is still a toddler. Just visiting and soaking it in, for now.
Chicken Fair
Cow Fair
Garden Fair
Oversized Crop Fair
Llama Fair
Festival of Light
Festival of Snow
Festival of Youth
Vacation worlds I want to camp in:
Granite Falls
Sulani
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The Garden Fair was so boring that we left for the Festival of Snow, instead. Chris just loves Yamuchan!
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This cat cracks me up! After going to the Festival of Youth and getting a blessing, Chris was really ready to go to bed...but, the cat had other plans.
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My supersim's daddy. I just wanted to make sure I could look back and remember what all his traits and stuff were. His role, beyond helping Chris to learn skills and stay healthy, is finding all the foods and learning to cook them. There's a ton of meals I think Chris should try before aging up, and most of them can only happen through Timothy.
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Creatures I want to interact with, and possibly befriend while Chris is a toddler:
Grubs
Crickets
Beetles
Cat- max friendship in process
Rabbit
Chicken
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Our journey to find and taste all toddler friendly foods has begun. One of Chris's infant traits was "picky eater", so I thought it would be fun to go for trying all of the foods over his lifetime. I've printed a list from a simmer here on Tumblr @book2sims of all the foods to try in all the packs, and I've made a mark beside each one I would like my toddler to try. We've already completed the infant foods, and now we're moving on to the high chair. Then we're moving on to the others. It's a long list and I'm excited to find all of them.
High Chair Foods for Chris to try:
Water
Apple Juice
Milk
Chips
Cereal
Apple sauce
Animal Crackers
Ham and Cheese Sandwich
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Peas
Yogurt
Chicken Nuggets
Cheese Crackers
Outpost Popcorn Mix
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Just some little accomplishments that I've never had before. You'd think with over 4000 hours of sims 4 game play, I'd have accomplished this at some point...but nope. I'm really great at starting over, lol and not sticking with stuff. Here's to sticking with the same save for 100 hours (or is it the same family?? I'm actually not sure). Also, gold on toddler play date. Way harder than I thought and easier to get gold with just a couple of toddlers.
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My little Supersim's Infant stats. The only one I checked off that didn't go through in game was the visit a relative one. We visited them like over and over and I had him interact with every possible relative in every way I could think. I've got it before, so I know it just wasn't registering the milestone. I'm really proud of these little accomplishments.
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Timothy cuddled Chris close, just soaking in the last few days before he could toddle. He was growing so fast. He had already learned to crawl and pull to standing, and any day now he would take his first steps. The flower bunny stopped by on Bunny Hunt Day to meet little Chris for the first time.
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