Chapter 7.1

Unfortunately, due to a corrupt hard drive last year and EA’s inability to retain photos on their website, the pictures for the first half of this chapter are permanently gone. I left the text as-is, so the story line isn’t completely off. Sorry!

 

Welcome back to the Haight Legacy! When we last left off, Luke had thrown a birthday party for the triplets. He invited pretty much everyone we knew.

 

 

Quite a bit of drama went down at said party, but unfortunately most of the pictures were corrupted.  Long story short, Matthew tried flirting with Jereme Keaton. Jereme was less than pleased by this, and kept pretending he was squishing Matthew’s head between his palms.

 

 

Mark tried flirting with Kenyatta (John’s wife), and was heartily rejected. John threw a fit and left, which left the rest of the party-goers standing around feeling awkward.

 

 

Lora, trying to ease the tension, whipped out her special snow leopard guitar.

 

 

When all the guests finally settled down, Luke began to bring the babies to the cake. Estelle grew up first.

 

 

I selected Excitable as Estelle’s third trait, since that’s now the family trait.  I have to admit, I thought Estelle would be cuter as a kid. Maybe it’s just the hair.

 

 

Naomi grew up next, and Luke tooted his hardest trying to ease Naomi’s growing process.

 

 

Naomi also received Excitable as her third trait. I have to say, she can pull of that hairdo better than Estelle did.

 

 

Sky was the last to grow up; she received the Excitable trait as well.

 

 

Since I absolutely hate that straight, stringy hairstyle, Estelle received a makeover. I think she looks absolutely adorable. She definitely has her father’s eyes and hair color. Still too early to tell the nose and mouth, though.

 

 

Sky also received a makeover. There aren’t too many hair options, so she got a nice pink prissy haircut. Naomi’s hair remained the same.

 

 

The guests ran away as soon as possible, more than likely trying to keep their spouses away from the other spouses at the party. The family feasted on cake for the rest of the night.

 

 

The night of the party, the ghosts came out as usual. Estelle spent a few hours gossiping with Hank until he began to talk about Mark’s philandering. Estelle didn’t want to hear anything about it; after all, his infidelity almost ruined her birthday party.

 

 

The family had some extra funds, so they bought a dresser. I decided it was time to style the girls based on their personalities/favorite colors. Naomi’s favorite color is black, so she got a little-kid-skater type look. Estelle and Sky already had green and pink clothes, respectively, so they didn’t need any makeovers.

 

 

One day at school, Estelle ran into Zackery Bunch. Do you know whose son he is? That’s right, he’s Christopher Alvi’s son! From the looks of it, he’s pretty cute.

 

 

Estelle spent hours on the phone with him, and couldn’t stop thinking of him once they were done talking. She was pretty sure he’s the man of her dreams.

 

 

As soon as Estelle could get an alone minute with her father, she asked him how much money it would take to run away and get married. Luke gulped down his cake as fast as possible to avoid answering that question.

 

 

With the girls gone during the day, Luke and Traci found time to bond. Unfortunately, all Traci wanted to do was woohoo. Luke could never inspire himself to be in the mood, because of his fear of another set of triplets.

 

 

They settled for lots of hugging instead.

 

Traci and Luke weren’t the only lovebirds in the house. Hank’s and Elysia’s ghosts finally stopped and recognized each other, and took a minute to flirt before going back to the couch to nap. I thought this was pretty cute.

 

Unfortunately, their cute moments didn’t last very long and they went back to just scaring one another pretty quickly.

 

 

The girls didn’t spend too much time with their parents, instead preferring each others’ company. They liked to go out to the graveyard at night. It probably felt just like home, since they’re used to Hank’s and Elysia’s ghosts always floating around.

 

Traci wanted to spend some of Luke’s hard-earned cash on a play table, and it ended up being one of the best purchases ever. The girls played with their blocks almost non-stop.

 

On the rare occasions the girls weren’t together, each had their own hobby. Sky liked to work out, Estelle talked on the phone, and Naomi enjoyed gardening.

 

In the mean time, Luke was grinding out his novels and paintings. Only two more points in each, and he’d have achieved his life goal. Elysia often looked on approvingly.

 

Every once in a while, Luke would escape the constraints of his house and go to visit Paul.

 

Caleb had grown into a toddler and looks almost exactly like his father.

 

Estelle, like Luke, was a definitely a family Sim at heart. She called Paul whenever she had a free moment. During this phone call, she rolled the Lifetime Wish to be Super Popular (have 20 friends) so I accepted it for her since she’s almost half way there already.

 

Estelle wasn’t the only family Sim, though. The whole family is very close and hug at every possible moment. Traci tends to forget what she’s doing while she’s hugging the kids and makes a funny “Der…” sound.

 

More often than not, Naomi prefers to be alone. She thoroughly enjoys playing with Berjes, her father’s teddy bear. She rolled the want to be a Creature-Robot Crossbreeder, and it was accepted for her.

 

As the days passed, the girls began to bring friends home from school almost every day.  Sky also rolled the want to be Super Popular, and with that all three girls were designated their lifetime wants.

 

One day, the girls brought this little munchkin home: Estevan Steel. He lives in one of the houses down the street, and he definitely has some cute potential.

 

Estelle immediately took the opportunity to make a new friend, and introduced herself. They became friends almost instantly.

 

After that, I began to stalk Estevan a little bit. My excuse is that I was worried about his safety. Wouldn’t you be worried if you saw a kid getting into the car with this guy at 5 A.M.?

 

They arrived at the park safely… if you can call this safe.

 

Late  one night, Luke finished his final book. The last of the last. That’s right, Luke had finally maxed out both the artistic skill and the writing skill, and his lifetime wish is now complete! The moment passed without notice as the rest of the family continued with their lives.

 

While Luke had been working on his Lifetime Wish, Traci had also been working on hers. After many hours of practice, she maxed out the logic skill and began inviting over as many ranked chess opponents a day as possible. More often than not, the opponents were creepy. After Traci beat this scary many, she reached rank 5 and officially completed her lifetime wish of Chess Legend.

 

Luke and Traci received awards for their accomplishments and I hung them up on the walls to show off.

 

A few nights after Luke completed his lifetime wish, when I wasn’t quite paying attention, Estelle decided to spontaneously age up while holding a plate of… indistinguishable pasta-stuff.  I love that Excitable face.

 

Estelle grew up into what could possibly be a pretty teen, if she weren’t making that face. She rolled Charismatic as her fourth trait.

 

Naomi celebrated her birthday immediately after Estelle. Estelle followed in her father’s footsteps and tooted her birthday blower as enthusiastically as possible.

 

Naomi’s face shape seems a lot like her mom’s. She rolled Insane as her fourth trait.

 

Last but not least, Sky grew up.

 

She rolled Over-Emotional as her fourth trait.

 

I did my best to get the family lined up to compare facial features, but it just wasn’t happening. Obviously Sky has her mother’s hair, Estelle has her father’s, and Naomi has Elysia’s. All three seem to have Luke’s eyes. Naomi seems to have her mother’s features, while Estelle has Hank’s nose and mouth. Sky has a mixture of Elysia’s and Traci’s features.

 

The girls all got makeovers, beginning with sky. I can already tell she is going to be a snob.

 

She pretty much constantly has an angry sneer on her face. And yes, she has eyebrows, it’s just that they’re almost the same color as her skin.

 

Estelle got a cute little green outfit and the same haircut she had as a child. I was thoroughly shocked; she looks EXACTLY like my mom. It was more than a little creepy.

 

Naomi got a bit of a darker makeover. She’s neurotic and insane, so I figured this was appropriate.

 

The girls celebrated their birthday quietly, with a nice bowl of food.

 

Estelle just couldn’t resist making faces for the camera.

Estelle: “…and so I spilled the seeds. It was horrible. Can you see my speech bubble? Isn’t the sight of spilled seeds sooooooo scary? Wait, lemme check to make sure that’s a picture of the spilled seeds. Oh yeah, it is. Isn’t it awful?”
Estelle is constantly chatting to someone about something, it’s slightly amusing.

 

Naomi, on the other hand, is quieter and has her fun by checking the stove/sink.

 

She also likes to freak out.

 

Sky just gets excited about things. Excitable and Over-Emotional make very…. Enthusiastic… Sims.Sky: “OMG, look at Naomi! Yay!”

 

Sky spends all her free time working out. It keeps her busy and out of the way, so I don’t mind.

 

The girls are very popular at school. They almost always come home with an entourage; Margie seems to join them every day. She’s the one with the braids.

 

The guests tend to gravitate towards Estelle, and she’s already made 20 friends only a few days after she grew to a teen. The kids pretty much ignore Sky, which upsets her greatly.

 

But who could resist that sweet face? I obviously adore her, since she’s the most photographed. August Bennet, her current conquest, can’t resist her either.

 

Sky runs to Luke for consolation. He does an autonomous “Praise” interaction, and she runs off all happy again.

 

Naomi stays away from the guests for the most part. She prefers to clean/check/tinker with the sink.

 

Luke appreciates her behavior, because he doesn’t have to worry as much about keeping the boys away from her.
Luke: “Your first kiss had better not be until  your wedding day. I swear, if I ever catch a boy even looking you at the wrong way I’ll… I’ll.. well, it will be bad.”

 

Homework unites all the teens every night, though, and their relationships are reinforced as they chat over their assignments.

August: “Your father came to me earlier and told me I’d better not try anything with you girls. He showed me a shotgun and a Bible and told me to pick one. I totally picked the Bible.”

 

Now that the girls are teens and constantly have boys over, Luke gets pretty stressed out. Fortunately, Traci is there to ease his mind and watch the girls when he’s not looking.

 

Watching the girls is a lot more difficult than you’d think, though, because they love to run around in their underwear.

 

Occasionally, when the girls are at school, Traci and Luke venture out to the park to relax.

 

They ran into Christopher Bunch, nee Alvi, who seems to have aged a LOT.

 

One night, Sky discovered the gym. She worked out as hard as she could, until…

 

… she followed in her father’s and Uncle Paul’s footsteps, and was arrested for being out after curfew.

 

After that, Sky spent every free moment (at least before curfew hours) either jogging or working out at the gym.

 

Unless, of course, she was trying to pick up boys. Strangely, Sky always seemed to fail at this.

 

Estelle, on the other hand, had no problems with the boys.

Estelle: “ Wow, you look like a golden jelly fish. I saw a jelly fish once, it was so pretty! And then…”

Javier: “Aw thanks so much Estelle, you’re so sweet.”

 

When Naomi feels the need to communicate with boys, she does so through the stuffed bear Berjes. That’s always been her comfort-toy.

 

One night, Luke’s birthday snuck up on him…

This chapter is turning out to be sooooo long, I’m going to split it in half. Find out if Luke’s still cute as an elder in Chapter 7.2!