Chapter 8.2 – Building Up

1. As a minimum, create a 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom home worth at least $50k
2. Achieve level 10 of the Author branch of the writer career.
3. Adopt 3 babies at the following promotions:
   • Advice Columnist (level 4) Complete
   • Regular Contributor (level 5) Complete
   • Short Story Writer (level 6)
4. All three adopted sims, as well as the heir, must each complete one of the following Child Aspirations (Each kid shall complete a different aspiration so that all four are completed between the four children)
   • Artistic Prodigy
   • Rambunctious Scamp
   • Social Butterfly
   • Whiz Kid
5. Produce and raise the heir to the young adult life stage

Hello! And welcome back! Little Darren here is super excited you came by to hang out with us today!

Starting off with a quick sibling update, Nora got married!

Yesenia is a terrible mother. Poor Brynn is hungry and has a dirty diaper. And Yesenia has ignored her all day or just cuddled her. I need actually parenting, Yesenia

She did manage to give Darren a bath though…

Kassidy got home and someone finally was able to take care of Brynn

Darren had a birthday that I completely forgot about.

Whoops.

He’s got the rambunctious scamp aspiration, so he’ll be working on that

After watching some funny videos, we headed over to the FREE JUNGLE GYM next to the house to accomplish that mission

Yesenia spent the evening building some snow pals.

So useful

She will literally do anything to get out of being a parent.

See? anything

Kassidy got another promotion! So it’s time to adopt another kiddo!

And so we welcomed Kiara into the family!

Brynn aged up! She’s a cutie! I love her big green eyes!

Big(ish) kitchen update! A full size fridge and lots of counter space!

Also, we bought lights for the whole house! And we have toilets and sinks in all the bathrooms! As well as showers and baths in the ones that need it

Current value: $35,207

Kassidy came home from work early so she could age up. Rude. I need that money

Yesenia and Kassidy are expecting a baby! Yay!

The heir is on the way!

Nora and her husband AND Cameron and his wife are also expecting! It’s a baby BOOM

Kiara aged up! Now we have a blondie!

Another house update! Floor and wall coverings! And a foundation!

Value is now just over $46,000

And we still have three bedrooms to build yet lol

Look at the whole family hanging out by the computers! They’re so cute!

Kassidy got a promotion! This makes her level 7, so we’re getting close!

Gemma is expecting a baby with her girlfriend, Alysha

And for us, it’s baby time!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it’s another girl. I was hoping for a boy. Oh well. Everyone meet Naomi!

Look at all of our snowpals!

Cameron died. Before he could see the birth of his newest baby

Kiara is making a mess in our kitchen. Rude.

But it’s cute.

This is Darren completing his aspiration! That’s 1 of 4 done!

Really Kiara? Really?

Nora had twins! A boy named Skylar and a girl named Raina. And Cameron’s widow (who has since remarried…) had a boy, who we named Cameron in honor of his deceased father.

And now I’m going to be compelled to keep track of Cameron’s line because of that lol

Yesenia is pregnant again! Yay! More babies to keep us awake at night!

We added the final 3 bedrooms! They’re just empty right now because we couldn’t actually afford the beds at the moment. But this means that the house shell is officially done!

Which means we could add the roof. I hate roofs. I suck at them. After a really long time (and my dad trying to tell me how sims roofs work despite not ever playing the game…) we’re calling it done. Did I mention that I HATE Roofs?

House value is $59,212 so we’re “done” with the building challenge part of this house! I say “done” because obviously we’re not done decorating the interior.

I’d also like to add more windows on the second floor

And I think this is as good of a place as any to end this chapter. So we’ll see you next time for more babies and hopefully some birthdays!

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Extra Bits:

Here’s Nora’s new husband, Spencer John

Here’s Dustin Swift. Gavin and Kirsten’s youngest

This is Asher Tanaka. Sadie and Lester’s 3rd born.

And here’s their youngest (oops baby), Chaim Tanaka.

This is Wendell Swift. Cameron (RIP) and Suzanne’s 2nd born.