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SoulGal
Sims Forum & Origin ID: SoulGal7
A Canadian living in the southern US
Today is Winterfest and it’s a blizzard! Brr…and it’s also Cameron’s birthday. Yeah! Similar to Harvestfest, there are certain activities that you have to do to complete the Winterfest goals. They are: Decorate, Festive Spirit, Open Presents, Grand Meal, and Father Winter. Melody already decorated, so she’s partway there. Let’s hope she gets them all done.
And the mail comes again. Ah, come on! Melody just got the bills. How can they come again? The mail carrier has other problems, I guess, and heads back out into the blizzard. Can someone please purchase a coat for this poor guy?
To start the day, I looked at Melody’s aspiration points and she has 7,585 aspiration points. The first thing I buy for her is the Frugal Trait (2,000 points) to get her bills reduced, and the second is the Money Tree (5,000 points). The money tree takes 7 days to grow and she has to plant it in a separate pot indoors. I kept getting the pop-up that the plant failed to germinate and realized that the house walls had to be on tall. So, I just changed them and it worked. In the spring, Melody will move it outside as it will produce in all seasons. Grow little money tree! Grow!
I check the plants to see if there is anything for Melody to harvest. And, yes, there are lemons on the trees. So, I send Melody out into the blizzard (I know, I am heartless), to harvest them. She gets this funny moodlet like “What am I doing out here in a blizzard?” and runs really fast back inside. It is quite funny to watch.
Melody heads to the bedroom and gives Fiona and Felicity some attention. Sometime today they are supposed to age up, too. And see behind her, I had to place one of the children’s beds in Melody’s bedroom. The house was getting crowded and needed an expansion.
Brittani and Ana are up first. Ana was complaining about the cold, so I changed her into her winter outfit. Here is Ana doing the pee-pee walk to the bathroom.
Melody has enough simoleons to make a Grand Meal (Breakfast) for the kids, a meal she has to prepare for Winterfest. She has to pay the full price of $60 simoleons, as she sold the lemons. And yes, they’re all wearing their winter clothing because Melody still has the thermostat turned off. In fact, can someone throw me a blanket? I’m getting cold just thinking about it.
I have Brittani work on a badge but am not sure how the entertain a toddler works, but I have Brittani tell Cameron a goofy story. He doesn’t look too entertained to me, so she plays dolls with him instead.
Deja seems sad and is trying to get Ana’s attention, but Ana is absorbed in her book, My Pizzi-Cat-o-Polka. Look at Deja’s face!
Melody decides to have Cameron’s birthday party early before they open the presents. She bakes a chocolate cake and invites Cameron’s Dad over, Marcus Flex. Make a wish! Time to blow out the candles!
It was now time to open all those presents under the tree. It was a small pile, but there was a gift for everyone. Here is what everyone got from the present pile: Brittani: Romance Festival Bubble Bottle; Cameron: Lump of Clay; Deja: A set of Nesting Blocks; Elise: Amateur Hour child-sized violin; and Melody: A pro-quality knife Block Set. Such great gifts. But what about Ana?
Well, Ana, the toddler who destroyed dollhouses, got the best gift of all. A lump of coal. And she was so excited about getting it and said she would treasure it always! I had a good laugh over that gift.
With the birthday party over and the presents opened, everyone knew that Father Winter would arrive soon. To say that they were overcome with excitement was an understatement. Brittani even braved the blizzard to see if she could see Father Winter anywhere outside. She didn’t and ran back inside quickly.
As if by magic, Father Winter suddenly appeared by the fireplace just after 8 pm. The children were excited! Melody told everyone to talk to Father Winter first and then they could ask him for a present.
Ana had no problem at all talking with Father Winter and asking him all kinds of questions, like how was his day, what his interests were and on she went. She was a real chatterbox around him. Cameron is quietly opening the gift that Father Winter gave him.
On the other hand, Deja came over to have a look at Father Winter and was getting the “stranger danger” moodlet. She was a bit shy. But Father Winter brought a gift to her and she was much happier.
Elise, though, was a bit braver (and dirtier) and went right up to Father Winter to get her gift.
Oh, look what’s in this box! A special gift for Brittani from Father Winter. It’s magical!
After all of the children finished opening their gifts, everyone relaxed with Father Winter and ate some sugar cookies that Melody had made. Father Winter gave some good gifts! Here’s the loot round-up: Ana: Wafflekone the Llamacorn talking toy; Brittani: Hilariously Tiny T-rex Arms fossil; Cameron: PenguinVision Children’s television; Deja: a turquoise stone (said to bring protection and good fortune); and Elise: hopper statue
Ummm…yah….not something you see every day! Where did that extra baby come from? 
And here they are! Fiona Coffey-Fyres on the left with the blonde hair rolled Clingy. And on the right, Felicity Coffey-Fyres rolled Fussy.
Father Winter with the aged up twins. Fiona is sitting right next to Father Winter. She is not shy at all about asking for a present. But why is Father Winter giving Felicity this strange look? Is Felicity on his naughty list already? Nah….he must be wondering where Felicity got that red hair!
Look at the excitement on Fiona’s face! She gets a Humor and Hijinks Festival Bubble bottle.
And Felicity is babbling to Father Winter. I think she is trying to say that she’s not peeking. She gets a train set-cargo car.
Then, much to Melody’s surprise, Father Winter turns to Melody and tells her he had a special gift for her, too. She couldn’t believe she was getting a gift from Father Winter!
Melody didn’t understand, but before she could say another word or thank him for the gifts, he was gone in a poof of smoke. Winterfest was a success and all the children were thrilled with their gifts.
Melody looked at the clock. It was almost midnight. She called the children to her and said they had to leave the house together at midnight and walk down the road. She had no idea what would happen, but she somehow felt it would be a good thing.
And there they waited. The children didn’t know what was going on, but they all just stayed in place. Cameron thought this would be a good time to do his homework, and Ana came over and gave Melody a loving hug. Even though they were outside in the cold, Melody felt so warm surrounded by her family.
When the five minutes were up, Melody led them back to the house. Melody was the first to arrive. She looked around and everything looked the same. But, wait, no, it was different. It was bigger! She had a bigger house! She couldn’t believe it!
Just yesterday she had thought about a house renovation and had made a little wish. But alas, she had no simoleons and just had to make do. This truly was the best Christmas gift she had ever received. Melody looked as if she was about to cry.
What a fun day they all had yesterday at the Windenburg Tree Lighting Event. Melody wished she could spend more days like that. It’s still dark out as Melody peeks out the window to see the mail carrier delivering the mail. He is certainly not dressed for the weather!
Melody heads out to the mailbox to get the mail. There is a toy from Victor for Elise and there is an envelope with the bills in it. When she opens the bills, she (and I) nearly faint! Are you ready for the amount?
I devise a plan to try to have Melody make some simoleons starting with harvesting. She does have some holly in her inventory but she is unable to plant any outside as she gets a notice that it is too cold to plant.
Even though there is snow on the trees, there are lemons to harvest.
Back inside, Melody sends the bees to fetch a gift and she rummages for winter decorations and sells them. She also breeds frogs in her inventory. Still not enough. Well, she would worry about that tomorrow because today was Ana and Brittani’s birthdays and she had to have a great party for them. She was having the party at 1pm, so still plenty of time to get them working on their skills.
Melody decides to make a flower arrangement because she has bluebells in her inventory and it will cost her nothing to make. She is not paying attention and snips a flower to bits. Oops. She continues to make a few more arrangements since everyone is still asleep.
Or are they? Brittani is up early on her birthday and has decided to make a mess in the living room. Unfortunately, Melody has to discipline her and Brittani is not too happy with her.
Melody does a bit of last-minute clean-up of the house. That high chair is a mess! I have Ana and Brittani work on shapes to get their thinking skill up and also Brittani to go potty. These are two skills that they don’t have level 3 on yet (except Ana who leveled up in potty skill yesterday), and I don’t think they will get them before they age up.
And then it happens! I had saved up until here and when I went into my game, I am greeted with this. It’s a fire! The table that I moved near the fireplace has caught on fire!
I try to click on extinguish the fire and I don’t get that interaction. All it keeps giving me is Fire. Melody just stands there while the fire is spreading. If she doesn’t do something soon, the house will be in cinders and she will be on fire. Then, the toddlers start coming to the front to see what is happening.
Now, she has to grab the kids and get them outside. She can only carry one at a time.
And Elise is safely out. And what about the babies? I can’t go into build mode while a fire is on the lot to move them. And look at Melody’s face. She is not happy either.
I have Melody go back inside and now I get extinguish the fire. Melody blasts those flames with the fire extinguisher.
Meanwhile, outside, the toddlers are all crying and sad. I had the sound off but I could just imagine all the noise they were making. Ahh, poor little toddlers.
But Melody gets the fire out and brings everyone back inside. She reassures everyone that they are ok. What a disaster!
Elise needs an extra hug, and then Melody gets this “glow” around her. It’s the Super Parent Glow. For sure, she was a super parent getting those kids to safety.
Outside, Deja is telling the whole story to the snowpal.
Melody quickly goes in to check on Fiona and Felicity, and they are fine. Not bothered at all, like nothing happened.
Well, Melody made it! She baked a hamburger cake for the birthdays and invited Gunther Munch, Mila Munch, and Gavin Richards to the party.
Elise is excited to see Gavin and gives him a hug. She is filthy and in need of a bath, but no time now.
Gunther gives Ana a loving hug. Ana’s face looks so sad here.
What a great family portrait. Totally by accident that Mila happened to be standing there. You can almost hear the conversation in this photo:
It looks like Gavin is helping to blow out the candles, too! Make a wish!
What pretty girls! Ana snaps a pic of the two of them.
Ana and Brittani enjoying some birthday cake. Melody got a bronze for the event and a charisma book reward.
Everyone has left except but Mila. Ana and Brittani are doing their homework.
Elise eating a piece of cake on the couch and Deja asleep on the floor. Dirty plates line the counter.
Elise and Cameron are filthy and both need a bath, but Melody is pretty tired from the events of the day.
So, I have Melody give Cameron a bath before bed to get him all clean for his birthday tomorrow. Then, Mila finally heads home and all the kids are now in bed.
Just as Melody was going to head to bed, she gets a notice that she has 24 hours to pay the bills. Ugh! What more can go wrong today? I have to have Melody sell more stuff. Before she sells her bar, I have her complete the Milestone in Mixology to make 10 drinks and get those aspiration points. She makes water, which costs nothing. Then, bye bye bar and bar stools. I tell you, trying to get the funds to pay this HUGE bill is rather stressful. But luckily, before the next day, Melody manages to get all the funds to pay the bills. She then has $23 simoleons left.
As you can see, she is in desperate need of simoleons and it’s Winterfest tomorrow. Well, more harvesting, frog breeding, selling decorations and sending those bees to fetch a gift. She will make it (crossing my fingers).
Today’s Lot Traits: Bracing Breezes, Homey, Penny Pixies. Summer, Day 4. Happy Hollow Social Club in progress.
Louis really had to hone up on his gourmet cooking skills. He had just today to figure out what culinary delight he would be serving tomorrow for his dinner party. Here he made garlic noodles. He really wanted to make an impression on Viviana to make it up to her for Veta nearly burning their asylum down. He wondered how many sims could attend the party. He had read some rules posted in the kitchen that only 15 sims could come to a house party. Of course, everyone here at Happy Hollow Asylum, so that’s 8, then Viviana, 9….so who else to invite? Well, he would come up with a solution to that, but right now, more reading and experimenting with gourmet dishes. And drinks…oh right, he had to practice making drinks, too.
To have Louis complete a milestone in the Mixology aspiration, I sold one of the living room chairs and replaced it with another bar stool. Louis now has 2,175 aspiration points. I also upgraded the stove to a Cooking U-Pro. Food quality is 4 and reliability is 5. Unfortunately, couldn’t upgrade the fridge as well, but that is next. I also purchased the water balloon bucket for the backyard. They are now down to $269 simoleons.
Rocky and Sonny are zonked out upstairs. I guess all the hijinks of yesterday was too much for them. Sleeping is good, though, because they have to work later on.
Deirdre is making some dire prediction and Veta seems non-pulsed by the drama. Is the prediction for today? For tomorrow? Who really knows what Deirdre is talking about half the time.
Midge is swimming by herself in the pool. She seems to be smiling while swimming. Is she happy? Is she thinking about a new tactic for Don’t Wake the Llama? Splish-splash…well, we really don’t know what she is up to.
Well, Midge isn’t alone for long, because then Randall and Krysta join her. See that water balloon bucket in the corner…dum da dum dum…
Since Louis is inspired I have him start a painting, but he tells himself a story instead.
And then Louis heads off to work. And now they are left alone in the house.
Midge seems to be training some new Don’t Wake the Llama recruits. Is this her new strategy? What is she really up to here? Midge did not play Don’t Wake the Llama during the entire day, but just stood and watched others play. I thought this was rather weird because she is obsessed with that game. I decided I had better check to make sure she was ok, and she still had the “recovering from a cold” moodlet. So, maybe that is why she didn’t play.
Rocky and Sonny decide to come down and join in the fun. Rocky doesn’t even change and sits down in his heart underwear. He really wanted to play.
Sonny thinks he hears strange voices and wonders what is going on with Midge training these two? He is not sticking around to find out and decides to head for a swim instead.
I had changed the Happy Hollow Social Club activities to include summer activities and was hoping that someone would autonomously use the water bucket to have a water fight. But, I don’t think that will happen…so…with a little nudge *wink*…
I have Randall and Krysta have a water balloon fight. Look out, Randall! Once this starts, all the actions during the water fight are autonomous. Oh Krysta, what a shot!
Oh no! Krysta’s shot is heading right towards Sonny’s head! Oops!
Krysta totally missed Randall, and Randall gives an expression like “Nah, nah, you missed me!”
And this is Krysta’s response. Not sure who it was meant for, though, Randall or Sonny! Krysta, don’t get on Sonny’s bad side. There is no winner or loser in a water balloon fight, they just get the playful moodlet which lasts 3 hours.
Inside, Midge is still at it with Veta and Deirdre at the Don’t Wake the Llama Table. Look at her giving Veta some helpful hints. In this game, Veta got The llama almost fell tonight moodlet, so whatever Midge told her, worked. At least Veta didn’t lose that game.
With the water balloon fight over, Krysta jives to some tunes on the stereo.
Deirdre, who actually won the game of Don’t Wake the Llama, decides to show off some dance moves to Krysta. “This is how it’s done, girl. Swing those hips!”
Randall decides the bonsai plant needs shaping. He gets the Flower Arranging skill for doing this.
Krysta and Deirdre decide to watch Simder together. Oh boo hoo…such a sad scene. And during this, Louis comes home and got a promotion. Woot! Rocky and Sonny are still at work until 4am.
And so we leave The Happy Hollow Asylum for today as Louis stargazes and thinks about the dinner party tomorrow.
The next morning, Melody was woken up bright and early by Elise, who had been woken up by a nightmare. The sun wasn’t even up yet! But Melody might as well get up and make breakfast.
Here she is making breakfast. Look at her flipping those pancakes! Today is Winter Day 2 and they are going to head out to the Windenburg Tree Lighting Event which is being held in a park just down the road from where they live. They are also going to purchase their Christmas tree.
Melody calls everyone to breakfast, and the stampede begins. I did have a chance to change Deja and Elise’s hairstyles because Ana, Deja, and Elise all had the same one. Deja is in the green and Elise is in the orange. So they all have different hairstyles now. I also made an extra cold weather outfit for them, as this was the one they had by default.
Melody heads outside with the toddlers and they play in the snow. Melody decides to make a snow angel.
I then have Melody finish the snowpal she started yesterday. Ana wants to help.
In fact, she makes two. They turned out great!
Melody waiting for everyone on the snowy road.
And they head off down the road to the Christmas park.
Melody can see it as they get closer.
And soon they are there! The park has been decorated for the holidays and there is a huge tree at the center of the park. At the back of the park is a Christmas tree lot and Melody wants to head there first.
But before she can, she has to change Ana’s stinky diaper. Luckily she brought her super duper diaper bag with her.
Cameron had already run to the back of the lot and looked up and sees the biggest tree he has ever seen.
Cameron actually runs around the entire lot. I was exhausted just watching him! He now has movement level 4, so he is pretty fast. He then settles beside this tree. I think the Coffey family has found their Christmas tree! (I actually just purchased one from buy mode for their house, but when Cameron stopped beside this one, it looked like he was picking it out.)
Brittani and Elise are playing Simshape on the Wabbit Tablet. Lucas Munch is playing beside them.
And, surprise, Deja autonomously went potty all by herself!
Melody makes some cupcakes at the cupcake machine.
And heads into the little kitchen hut. Now, this is a kitchen!
One day Melody will have a kitchen like this, too. She calls everyone in to have a cupcake, but they all seem too busy playing in the park.
Melody sees they are being well taken care of. One of her Baby Daddy Club members is keeping watch over them. Ana is playing with blocks while Elise is playing dolls in the castle dollhouse.
Melody makes herself a cup of coffee and Jacques Villareal comes in and helps himself to a cupcake. He doesn’t look like he’s dressed for the weather. Melody hopes he doesn’t freeze out there.
Soon, it’s time for the tree lighting. It was spectacular! What a beautiful sight!
One more group shot before they head home. Well, trying to take a group shot. It’s not easy getting these toddlers to pose.
And the tired bunch trudge back home.
They all come in at once and Melody gets everyone ready for bed.
But first, they need a potty run. Here is Deja wobbling her way to the potty.
Come on Elise, you can make it. 
Melody tucks everyone into bed. Then goes over to help Ana go potty.
And yes! Ana achieved Level 3 in potty training. No more diapers for her!
With all the children tucked in for the night, Melody has a chance to put the tree up.
She wanted to surprise everyone and stays up until 1:43 am to finish decorating the house for the party tomorrow.
And finally, with everything done, Melody has a chance to sit down and enjoy one of the cupcakes she made at the park. Yummm! Only sweet dreams tonight.
It was Winter Day 1 and with it came the snow. Look at it falling gently to the ground. The first snow! Oops. That leaf pile is still sitting there as Melody never did get a chance to finish raking it. Oh well, it will soon be covered so we won’t see it anymore.
Melody was up early making some breakfast. Watch out! She is wild with those knives! Melody is playing the waiting game today waiting for the baby to be born. Any time…any time.
Poor Deja woke up crying and cold. It’s freezing out, and cold in the house, so Melody uses the thermostat for the first time.
Then everyone is happy and gets a happy Central Heating moodlet.
Since it was Winterfest in just two days, Melody decided to rummage in the decoration box and see what she could find. She also decorated the house with lights. They still needed a tree, though, and Melody was planning to take everyone out tomorrow to purchase a tree at the market (an undecorated Christmas tree costs $190 simoleons from buy mode), and then attend the Windenburg Tree Lighting Ceremony. Melody was pretty excited about this and hoped the toddlers would be, too.
Melody looked out the window again and snow had covered the ground. It was a winter wonderland.
In anticipation of the birthday parties and Winterfest coming up, I decided Melody needed a bit of a house renovation. I knocked down some kitchen walls and built a little expansion. This was all she could afford. I put out some items that had been in the house inventory, and it looked nice and cozy.
I also knocked down the hallway wall and moved the couches against the wall to give a bit more room. Eventually, I hope to do a reno so she can have a dining room, another bathroom, and a room for every child. But not today, as she is broke, as usual.
At the sight of the first snow, Elise runs out the door and plays in the snow.
Ana is warm and comfy inside and Gunther is teaching her flashcards.
Baako comes for a visit. Look at how frosted the window is and you can see Baako’s breath in the picture. So realistic. Burrr….. Just close that door please to keep the heat in!
Stinky diaper time. Melody helps Elise with potty training. Melody is feeling pretty tired today and calls the Baby Daddy Club over.
Brittani and Gunther having some “babble” time.
What the heck is happening here? Ok, well one of the toddlers with green feet is tearing up a book from the bookshelf. Hmmm…I wonder…looks like green boots or green foot pajamas. And there is only one toddler who has both! Elise! I guess she decided to play in the bookcase.
Deja seems to be telling a story or joke. Look at that expressive face!
And she has quite the audience listening to her. It must be a good story!
It was almost the end of the day, and I send Melody outside to make a snowpal. She doesn’t finish it and passes out beside it. When she wakes up, she was in labor. I figure that she has some time before she needs to go to the hospital, so I try to have her plant some holly berries beside the house, but she is just too uncomfortable and passes out again. But, when she wakes up again, I get the following notice.
What baby on the way? Oh nooo…..
Oh my gosh! It is too late to go to the hospital! And she’s outside in the freezing cold! Do you see her looking at me, like, “I told you I was in labor, but you said no problem. Melody has time….NOT!”
And as soon as I get that pop-up notice, Melody starts those deep breathing exercises ready to give birth.
Of course, Dominic Fyres comes running outside in a pre-parental panic. Can you just hear him shouting, “Melody, what are you doing? You can’t give birth in the snow!”
Well, too late Dominic, she did. Welcome, Felicity Coffey-Fyres, but wait….Oops, she does it again! Welcome, Fiona Coffey-Fyres. TWINS! Melody gave birth to her first set of twins!
And here come the toddlers to see their new twin sisters. I wonder if they will like them? (
Well, it seems like they are all happy about having new siblings. Ummm…wait! No, it seems that Ana is very unhappy about it. Look at her face!
And with her job done giving birth to twins, Melody once again passes out in the living room. The good news is that Melody does not have to get pregnant again until Ana is ready to move out. The Coffey household now has 8 sims and is a full house.
It’s the last day of fall today and Elise is supposed to age up to toddler. Didn’t Melody just have her? And, Melody is expecting to give birth anytime. Time is just flying.
I have Melody get up early to start cooking food for the toddlers. As she does this, she reaches Level 10 on her cooking skill! Yes! Melody also has a chance to clean up all the plates in the house.
So I have her start indoors, umm….vacuuming the weeds, collecting honey and harvesting. I get this pop-up that she found a frog in her flowerbeds while weeding. Bonus!
She gets attacked by her bees on the way to the restroom. Why are these bees attacking her in the house? Oh she got stung! Ouch!
After having a bite to eat, Melody heads outdoors to harvest everything and get the outdoors in order. It is cold and cloudy, so she bundles up.
While weeding outdoors she finds another frog! Yes! She harvests everything and I re-arrange the trees in the yard so they are at the back of the lot.
Melody is very tired from all her yard work and falls asleep in a leaf pile. I guess the leaves won’t be raked today, so I have her head indoors again.
Ana is awake and leaving green stink trails all over the house, so Melody decides it’s time to give her a bubble bath. I then have Melody change into another outfit.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Cameron is playing in the cupboards autonomously.
As soon as Ana was out of the bath, she destroyed the dollhouse again. Ana is the only toddler who destroys the dollhouse. I really don’t know why. And here is Deja making a mess. I was so fed up with Ana destroying the dollhouse, that I temporarily put it into the house inventory and re-arranged all the toys. It gives all the toddlers a sad moodlet when the dollhouse is destroyed. Melody disciplines Deja and Ana calmly. 
Melody teaches Cameron to stack blocks while Deja does some dance moves. I also placed some toddler books on the floor so they can look at a book. This also helps with the Thinking Skill. I figured that it might be safe to take the dollhouse out of inventory again and repair it, so I re-arrange things again and have Melody repair the dollhouse.
Melody and Elise – they grow up so fast.
Yes, they do! And just like that Elise Coffey-Feng is now a toddler and she rolled the ANGELIC trait.
Ana, who wasn’t happy with Elise’s arrival, ran over and gave Elise an autonomous hug. They look like twins here! I will probably change Elise’s hairstyle later.
Ana and Elise playing dolls together. Ahhh…..maybe Ana just wanted to have someone to play dolls with and nobody would and that’s why she smashed the dollhouse all the time. She seems happier now.
When Melody arrived home from the hospital, she repaired the dollhouse and it seemed all the toddlers were awake. Here they are in line, (well, almost, Brittanni is making her escape), to see the new baby. And, both Ana and Deja have the moodlet that they are sad about having a new sibling, while Cameron and Brittani are happy about it. Melody then puts everyone to bed.
The next morning was Harvestfest, which is a set fall holiday on the calendar. Harvestfest goals are decorating, Holiday Gnomes, Grand Meal, and Thankful Spirit. The day before she had decorated the outside of the house. What a beautiful day.
Well, it was beautiful until the arrival of the gnomes! They woke up the kids!
There were three of them, one inside and two outside. Apparently, Melody had to appease them by giving them something. When you clicked on the gnome, you had a variety of items to choose from to give them, like coffee, toy, pie, etc. It didn’t seem so bad.
Melody decided to tackle the one in the house first and gave him some apple pie. Oh yeah! He liked it and got this angelic circle around his head.
Melody then went to the one near the front door and gave them some salad. Oops! Wrong choice! A red fire comes out of the gnome’s head and her stereo cracks and needs to be repaired. Oh no! These gnomes can break things.
The third one, Melody gave a toy and they were happy. Hmmm…maybe she could go back to gnome #2 and get a second chance.
Melody decided to plead for forgiveness. That might have been a mistake.
This was the gnome’s response. Well, fine then. I won’t have Melody go near these things again today. I went into build mode and moved them out to the lawn, but they move around to different places and eventually end up in the house again. Aside from the stereo, the gnome also broke the bathroom sink. I have watched Let’s Plays and it could have been worse. The good gnomes leave seed packets.
So forgetting about the gnomes, Melody carries on with the day. Now that the toddlers were up, Melody needed to make some food for them, but she needed to get inspired. I decided that I would change one of her outfits and have her wear the chicken hat with that outfit. I could then simply change into that outfit when I wanted her to get inspired. It was way faster to do it like this, rather than cloud gazing or star gazing.
I was going to have the feast out-of-doors, but then it started to rain, so had to move everything indoors. I temporarily put the couches in the house inventory so she would have some room.
I love that table, which is called “The One” for a mere $50 simoleons. You can change the tablecloth to reflect the different holidays. My thought here was that Melody would place all the toddlers in the highchairs and give them their grand meal that way and then get a family pic.
Come and get it! See how those gnomes snuck in the house again! Sheesh!
As I said, that was the plan. I think Melody got one in the highchair. Once Dominic came over, she called everyone to the meal, and they ran to get the food, left full plates all over the place. I was getting pop-up messages that they were all “hangry” and one was “ravenous” and Melody needed to feed them before they were taken away. Ana broke the dollhouse again, and they all needed baths. I thought any minute that the social worker would walk through the door and snatch the kids away.
Needless to say, I called my Baby Daddy Club to help out. But just so you know they don’t help with the toddlers, just the baby. Melody’s needs were all in the red and she kept passing out, so she couldn’t make more food. It was crazy!
While the Baby Daddy club members cleaned the house, Melody gathered the toddlers and read them a riveting story. They were enthralled. Melody then put them all to bed.
With the house clean, and kids in bed, Melody ended the club meeting. They all went home except Dominic, who Melody invited to stay the night.
Pretty soon, Melody and Dominic are discussing baby plans, and….
Yes, Melody is preggers with Dominic’s baby! Doesn’t it look like she’s winking here, like she’s saying, “Told ya so!” Now Melody needs to get some rest.
Melody having some fruit salad with Britanni. Doesn’t it look like Melody is balancing that fruit bowl on her head?
Changing Cameron’s diaper! It’s stinky.
Melody decides to start Cameron on potty training right away.
An autonomous hug between Cameron and Britanni. So cute!
And suddenly Deja Coffey-Yoshida ages up and rolled Clingy.
So while Melody waits for the birth of the next baby, she decides to take the toddlers outside. It is almost the end of autumn, and I wanted to find some leaves for her to rake, and maybe for the toddlers to play in. Then I see them. All these piles of leaves everywhere.
I have Melody rake up a pile of leaves. I also made a new club to enjoy the seasons. I was only going to add the family, but then Melody got a call from Gunther Munch applying to the club, and so he is part of it now, too.
Deja is the first one to discover a leaf pile and starts to play in it.
They don’t have a fenced backyard, but I figured they would be alright if Melody stayed outside.
I thought this was a nice fall picture of Melody walking down the roadway with the fallen leaves all around.
Leaf piles give you some choices. Woohoo, play in, rake leaves or burn leaves. I have Melody burn the leaves, and she nearly sets herself on fire.
Melody has had enough fun with the burning leaves. Time to head inside and see what the toddlers are up to.
Ok, well, inside Ana has decided to destroy the dollhouse. Not sure why, but here she is with Deja watching.
And then Ana starts crying. After calmly disciplining Ana, Melody gives Deja and Ana a snack. They now all have the sad moodlet from the destroyed dollhouse.
Meanwhile, outside, Brittani is having a terrific time being on her own because of the Independent trait. Stinky but happy.
With all the excitement of the day, Melody goes into labor.
She barely makes it to the hospital in time, with only 30 minutes to spare. There is Victor on the sidewalk doing the pre-parental panic dance. Melody has no time to even say hi as she rushes past him into the hospital.
Melody stops in the hallway of the hospital and I think she is going to give birth there. But, she makes it to the delivery room…with minutes to spare.
Baby # 5 It’s a GIRL! Elise Coffey-Feng.
Almost as soon as she gives birth, Melody gets the notice that the Lottery was over. 
I didn’t get any pop-up that she won, but she received a terrific gift anyway. Little Elise.
And where the heck did Summer go? It’s Day 3 of fall already. I did get a nice shot of Windenburg, though, with the fall colors. It almost looks like there are sheep grazing on the hill. If I did this again, I would make the seasons longer, perhaps 14 days.
Ok, back to the reality of babies aging up. I did a bit of a room reno so the toddlers would have some beds. At the time I did this, there were only 3 birthdays on the calendar, and then when I logged back in, there were four. Making up for lost time, I guess.
So right now just three beds in the room. 
I also bought a dollhouse, 3 potty toilets, and some blocks.
I upgraded the bathroom and bought a combo bathtub/shower. Will you look at that dirty sink!
And I up-graded her bed again.
Because I thought I would need help with all these babies, I created a club. I named it the Baby Daddy Club. Originally, I thought of having all male sims in it, sort of have all the potential donor dads in a club, so I can summon them whenever and then replace them with new donor dads. However, I had some female sims who were just too helpful to ignore, like Mila Munch. Mila Munch has grandmother status to Ana Coffey-Munch, plus she is so good with those babies.
Anyway, the living room got another couch for all those club members congregating at the house. With her club points, she bought a social skill boost and had enough club points to add another member. Well, with all that splurging done, Melody only has $141 simoleons left, and wouldn’t you know that the bills were delivered right after. So, she also has no funds for the $482 simoleon bill.
Harvesting and selling honey netted her some more simoleons. She now has $621 simoleons, enough to pay the bills. Yes!
So I thought it would be nice to invite the four Dads over on the day the kids aged up to toddlers. Well, that didn’t work. As soon as they got to the lot, they all went jogging in the rain and never came back. I tried again later on, but they all left after a few minutes. In fact, Nobuya showered first and then left.
Well, I have my club members who help look after the babies. They are like built-in babysitters. I also put cleaning as one of the things the club members do, so free maids, too.
One of my Baby Daddy Club members is Victor Feng. Victor is an adult sim who lives in San Myshuno and works as a politician. His traits are materialistic, perfectionist and genius. Yes, new traits! He is married to Lily Feng, who has the “hates children” trait, but he loves them, it seems. He also cleaned that dirty bathroom sink (from a few pics ago). A keeper for sure. 
So, in no time at all, Melody used her charming ways on him, and she’s pregnant again. Here she is making a beeline for a piece of hamburger cake. Ahhh….cravings.
Waiting for these babies to age up….Ana on the left, Britanni on the right.
Deja on the left, Cameron on the right. 
Wait, wait, wait. Gee, it takes a long time waiting for these babies to age up. Might as well get some beauty rest.
But, surprise! They do age up in the evening. Well, 3 of them do. On the left with the blonde hair is Ana Coffey-Munch who rolled Wild. On the right is Britanni Coffey-Richards who rolled Independent.
Cameron Coffey-Flex on the right rolled Inquisitive. And in the crib complaining and stinky is Deja Coffey-Yoshida.
And as Melody is making some food in the kitchen, Britanni is making a mess on the floor in the living room. 
Ana is splashing in the toilet.
And Cameron is thankfully passed out on the bed (he takes after his mother!)
Ahhh….such a lovely family! The Coffey Clan. I look at the calendar again, and it looks like Deja will age up tomorrow. So Melody changes Deja’s diaper and puts them all to bed.
I checked out her relationships and saw a townie in there with a little pink. Oh, right, she met him at The Shreiking Llama. Wasting no time at all, she invites him over. And soon….the first kiss. Meet Nobuya Yoshida, an unemployed adult townie. Traits are neat, cheerful and creative. What is with all these creative sims that Melody is meeting? The only one who doesn’t have the creative trait is Marcus Flex.
So after a quick invite into the bedroom….and, some romance time, Melody tells Nobuya that she is expecting. Nobuya didn’t stay long after that. I wonder if it was something she said? *chuckle*
No problem. Melody has places to go, things to do. Like using the bar-b-q in the park for the first time and making some fruit kebobs. Yum!
And more scavenging. Doesn’t it look like she’s going to sneeze here? But we know better. Nah, she’s going to pass out. AGAIN! But at least she’s not peeing herself because I bought her the steel bladder trait with aspiration points! Yes! Now, I have to save up her aspiration points to get the hardly weary trait.
I was trying to complete level 2 of the Master Chef aspiration and Melody needed to complete a dinner party at the silver level. So a nice pic of her preparing some dish for the dinner party. Whoa! Look at those knife-wielding skills.
Maybe this was a mistake, but I did it through the calendar as an event. She did achieve the silver level getting a nice hanging Master Chef Pot Rack. But, when I looked at the Master Chef Aspiration, the dinner party is not completed. Strange! Anyway, I guess she will have to try again.
Her guests were Mila Munch and Nobuya Yoshida. She also asked him to be her boyfriend. Why? For those aspiration points, of course.
Shortly after the event, she went into labor. Must have been from the excitement of getting that pot rack.
Melody doesn’t look too happy going down this hallway yet again. But her doctor looks absolutely thrilled.
Baby # 4. It’s a GIRL! Little Deja Coffey-Yoshida. These are randomly generated names and when Deja came up, that was the one. I was thinking dé·jà vu myself! (meaning: dé·jà vu: a feeling of having already experienced the present situation). Um, yah, Melody can relate to that! Here is a little tidbit about this name as well.
Stories from the Soul 