Week 5 - Round 10 - 7 Maple Square (Cormier)

A/N: Sorry this was delayed guys. My mother's computer is acting super wonky, and despite having spent a total of ten hours updating all her drivers and removing spyware/adware/viruses, I never did manage to get it to run Sims, which I know it is capable of. Once I got home I had to deal with jet lag. Why don't the ever tell first time flyer's that you can have a serious case of jet lag even when you're heading east instead of west?

Previously at 7 Maple Square

Last round we got the results of the poll regarding Annie having puppies, and you guys voted for Wiggins as Daddy. This resulted in the birth of three puppies, Sheba, Pigpen, and Wizard. Garth took over most of his parents' chores because his mother was pregnant once again, causing Garth to view the eminent arrival of a sibling with some well deserved dread, and I continued to torture Ricky whenever the mood struck me.

This looks like a good place to get back into the story. After all, this house is all about the dogs! I can't wait to see what these puppies look like when they grow-up!

A little bit of pre-work training for all of the puppies and Wiggins, who still hasn't learned to Play Dead. What a doof! (Just kidding, you know we love you Wiggins!)

Fortune Sim that she is, Kerie is insisting on going to work today, despite her advanced state of pregnancy. Well good luck with the promotion hon.

Goddess help me, I'm more and more sure that this child will end up a Romance Sim like his father.

Garth's first A+, and there's nobody home to care about it. Still, things could be worse.

Congratulations Kerie, too bad it wasn't your LTW.

For once Garth is in the garden because he wants to be. Gardening is a great way to gain after-school fun.

I had no idea that children could earn badges, cool.

OMG!!! So Cute! Wiggins is singing along with the guitar, lol!

"Ahh, yoohoo, pregnant sim about to give birth"

And his name shall be... Eric Cormier.

Garth couldn't care less about his little brother, he'd rather spend some quiet time with a book. Even studying is better than chores.

"Time to pick the apples."

Hey Mom! Don't you think RL Annie would like one of these?

It appears that Sheldon has discovered that most of the pets in Knowlton are really nice ones.

Every now and then Ricky does something that makes me hate him a little less for a little while. This is one of those times.

The headmaster is coming for a visit tonight, which means Ricky has to bone up on his cooking skills before prepping the turkey.

Birthday time for the puppies!

Sheba
Genius, Hyper, Friendly, Cowardly, Finicky
Libra

Pigpen
Genius, Friendly, Cowardly, Pigpen
Gemini

Wizard
Genius, Hyper, Friendly, Cowardly, Finicky
Aquarius

Of course, one of the first things Pigpen does upon becoming an adult is dig a hole in the yard, sigh. This one is too much like his daddy sometimes.

I'm feeling pretty generous today, so the family has been permitted to hire Lucy to help with the household chores. No gardener though just because when the show up in winter they spend all day complaining that they can't water the flowers.

I'm getting really sick of this chance card, but good girl anyway Annie.

Ricky of course gets stuck with all the gardening work.

Well, the headmaster visit glitched again, so Kerie's going to spend some time training the dogs a bit.

Time to find jobs for those pets! Pigpen got Showbiz, Sheba got Security, and Wizard got Service.

Then it was time for Eric's birthday. I'll tell you one thing for sure, this house keeps me busy. I may have bitten off more than I can chew this time.

Eric Cormier
Neat-2, Outgoing-8, Active-9, Playful-6, Nice-1
Gemini

As usual, Ricky is stuck toddler training since he's the only perma-plat sim in the house.

Two down, one to go!

Wizard! I expected better from you! You're supposed to be a finicky dog.

Well at least the tomatoes are ready to be harvesting. I think we may leave off the gardening for awhile though. This house is just crazy busy.

"Ho-hum, You potty train one kid, you've potty trained all kids, it's always the same old thing."

At least the dogs keep Calista happy and busy. The only real difference between Sheba and Wizard is eye color. At least they're interesting looking.

I'm so happy that Ricky decided to buy one of the Belleosi Water Wigglers. No more bathes for my dogs, now they can take care of it all on their own!

Please let it not glitch this time...

And... They're in!!!

"Come on Wiz, you can do it, Shake!"

Garth spends a lot of time at the piano trying to raise his fun level. Homework really takes it out of you.

While this is very cute Eric, you better get your butt back inside before you freeze.

What kid wouldn't be happy with six dogs running around for him to torment with cuddles?

Ricky!!!! Do you have any idea how expensive that darn clock was!?!?

It appears that Annie even needs to put her pups in their proper place. She's the matriarch, got that?


End of Round Review

Ricky
Friends: 3 Family, 10 Loves, 9 Friends
Work: Visionary
Skills: Cooking-7, Mech-8, Charisma-7, Body-3, Logic-5, Creativity-10, Cleaning-7
Badges: Register-Bronze, Toy Making-Gold, Gardening-Silver

Kerie
Friends: Family-3, Friends-8, Pets-1
Work: Business Tycoon
LTW: 2 / 6 Pets Reached TOC
IW: $45,667 / $100,000
Skills: Cooking-4, Mech-4, Charisma-8, Body-1, Logic-9, Creativity-10, Cleaning-3

Garth
Friends: Family-3, Friends-1, Pets-2
School: A+, Private
Skills: Cooking-8, Mech-1, Charisma-8, Logic-3, Creativity-7, Cleaning-1
Badges: Gardening-Bronze

Eric
Friends: Family-3
Skills: Charisma-3, Logic-1, Creativity-1

Miller
Work: Rescue Pet
Behaviors: Calm, Clean, Eats Pet Food, Housebroken, Playful, Respectful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Roll Over, Shake

Annie
Work: Star
Behaviors: Clean, Eats Pet Food, Housebroken, Respectful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Play Dead, Roll Over, Speak

Wiggins
Work: Contraband Sniffer
Behaviors: Eats Pet Food, Housebroken, Playful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Play Dead, Stay, Speak

Pigpen
Work: Extra

Sheba
Work: Snooper Deterrent
Commands: Come Here

Wizard
Work: Vermin Chaser
Behaviors: Playful
Commands: Shake

Household Value: $220,433

Week 5 - Round 9 - 7 Maple Square (Cormier)

Previously at 7 Maple Square

Welcome back to the land where dogs rule, and people drool. Are you wondering if Annie will have puppies? The answer is yes. The really big question though is with who. And the winner is.....

Wiggins!
"I rule! I am the Champion!"

It was actually a really close vote. 2 votes for Miller, 3 votes for No Puppies, and 4 votes for Wiggins.

"I SAID STAY"

Jeez, a dog wins one poll and he thinks he doesn't need to learn anymore tricks.

I knew I was letting this kid spend too much time with Ricky!

It figures that Ricky would be the first one out there to cheer them on.

He actually can be a considerate human being occasionally. See? He's helping Kerie skill build. That's kind of nice of him.

"Why oh Why did I get stuck teaching the doofus dog how to speak?"
Because I still don't like you very much.

Heh heh! You also have to man the garden Ricky.

Garth brought Amanda home today. It's hard to find two such different kids, and yet they get along great.

I forgot to show you Garth's big boy room last time, so here you go!

Congratulations Ricky, now get back to work, there are lots of leaves to rake up too.

"You know honey, I've been thinking we should give Garth a little brother or sister."
"Really Ricky? That would be so great!"
I think this whole sibling thing has more to do with Ricky getting some woohoo than it does with any real concern of his about his son being an only child.

I know, I know, we haven't had many dog pictures this round. They haven't been doing much honestly. Mostly Annie just puts the boys in thier place all the time.

I love the fact that he pulled out the car that matches his bedroom!

Yes, Ricky is even forced to teach his son how to do homework. I did tell him I'd make him pay for being in my challenge.

Saturday morning, and everyone's hard at work. Ricky needs to get these trees into shape and bearing fruit before winter arrives...

Kerie's working on teaching Wiggins how to Play Dead. He really does seem to learn better from her than from Ricky. They both have the same amount of charisma, so it just must be that Wiggins is a ladies dog.

Garth gets to do a little post homework painting. Unfortunately for him, Kerie is indeed pregnant, which means she's exhausted, and Ricky has to work. Therefore, all the chores fall to poor Garth.

How's it going with Wiggins Kerie?
"Well he looks like roadkill, so I'd say he's doing well."

Ricky left the garden a mess, so Garth's first chore of the day is to weed it. Luckily sims seem to find this amazingly fun.

Next he had to clean the dog beds and clean and refill their dishes. Then he had to go and clean the toilet his mother puked in. By this point, Garth is tired and stinky.

Poor Garth worked hard all day and had no time to skill build or play. Here's hoping a little cocoa will cheer him up!


Ricky's not allowed to sleep. Since he's the only one who's permaplat, he uses the energizer constantly so that he can do all the chores that haven't been done, like bathing dogs, raking leaves, fixing broken showers, gardening, well, you get the idea.

Puppy Time!
Looks like we've got three new additions:

Sheba
Genius, Hyper, Friendly, Cowardly, Finicky
Libra

Pigpen
Genius, Friendly, Cowardly, Pigpen
Gemini

Wizard
Genius, Hyper, Friendly, Cowardly, Finicky
Aquarius

Thank you for the names Mom!

Aww, look what a great mom she is. She just gave birth and she's already nuzzling them.

Just born and already Wizard and Pigpen are playing together. You'll have to take my word for which puppy is which, because for now, they all look the same.

I guess you guys were right, Wiggins is a great daddy!

Garth and Pigpen seem to share a special bond. Then again, I guess they would since they're both slobs.

I told Ricky it was time to do some job jumping. He got Journalism and Education and then went back to Art.

I finally put my foot down and told Ricky and Kerie that they would have to take care of the dogs and the chores themselves today, because Garth needed to skill build. My kids usually build tons of skills on the weekend and instead poor Garth has been doing his parents chores.

Even Miller thinks the puppies are cute!

"Isn't it great having puppies around the house? And just wait, soon you'll have a brother or sister too!"
"Will I have to take care of the baby too?"
"What? What are you talking about?"
"Never mind Mom."

Despite all the craziness, Ricky's managed to earn his Silver Gardening badge.

Poor Ricky even gets sent out to rake the leaves at three in the morning in the rain. Gosh I'm evil, *grin*.

Kerie woke up for the belly pop. Wiggins got home from work in really bad shape, and it seemed like the fastest way to juice him up a bit was to take him for a walk. Here's hoping they make it back ok, because the rainstorm is now a lightening storm.

This storm is totally ruining Ricky's carefully tended garden. The plants are now all over watered.

One last shot of the pups following their proud poppa, whose just trying to find a place to sleep.

End of Round Review

Ricky
Friends: 18
Work: Conceptual Artist
Skills: Cooking-6, Mech-8, Charisma-7, Body-3, Logic-5, Creativity-10, Cleaning-6
Badges: Register-Bronze, Toy Making-Gold, Gardening-Silver

Kerie
Friends: 9, 1 Pet Friend
Work: CEO
IW: $31,404 / $100,000
Skills: Cooking-4, Mech-4, Charisma-8, Body-1, Logic-9, Creativity-10, Cleaning-3

Garth
Friends: 1, 1 Pet Friend
School: C+, Public
Skills: Cooking-8, Charisma-8, Logic-3, Creativity-7, Cleaning-1

Miller
Work: Rescue Pet
Behaviors: Calm, Clean, Eats Pet Food, Housebroken, Playful, Respectful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Roll Over, Shake

Annie
Work: Star
Behaviors: Clean, Eats Pet Food, Housebroken, Respectful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Play Dead, Roll Over, Speak

Wiggins
Work: Contraband Sniffer
Behaviors: Eats Pet Food, Playful
Commands: Come Here, Stay, Speak

Household Value: $94,527