Hey Alex - pay attention son, you're up!  



Hmmm? 

Put away your cell phone & tell me what's going on! Surely your public can wait for a few minutes while we snag a quick update here.   

Hello?

Hey Aiden - How's it going?

Angus - dude! S'ok, but I can't wait to get outa here & join you guys at Sim State - you're saving me a room at the frat house, right? Howzit going out there?

Alex stood outside his family home for a few minutes in the dark.   The place had changed very little in the years that he'd been away at college, but it still had a very solid "At Home" feel to it.  He had told his family not to wait up, since he knew he'd be coming in late.  He let himself in through the garage & crept up the back stairs, grateful that they didn't have any dogs about to bark & wake the household.  He had a hot shower to wash off the traveling dust & climbed into his old twin bed, being careful not to wake his youngest brother snoring in the corner. 

"Dude! What are you doing in here? 

The forgotten legacy family.  *blows dust off notes*  This was the first Legacy I started & I made the mistake of letting my Family-geared founder have his 10 children want.  And of course he won't be perma-plat until 6 of them are married off, so he's still got some "golden" time ahead of him.  Tad met & woo'd the Diva his first day in town, so all of the children have that infamous nose, but they've got 3 bolts & she makes him happy. 
And who am I to trifle with Sim Love? 

Well, June came and went & it was time for the twins to graduate. Perfect 4.0's and a ga-zillion friends, but not huge amounts of $$, because their godess refuses to install OFB.


Alex decided to stay on campus for the summer, he was finishing up some work with the Greek Council and wanted to wrap up a few loose ends. Celeste was working hard on her skills to get promoted & she understood completely.

“So babe, whatcha wanna do tonight?” Adam & Matilde were hanging out at Adam’s house, their term papers were done and final exams weren’t for another week. What Adam really wanted to do was just sit here and lose himself in her eyes, they were so beautiful, but he knew those words wouldn’t make it past his lips. The sun was starting to set & they’d had a fun afternoon together.
 

“So, what’s this all about, bro?”
“yeah, cause if we’re just here for the ambiance, those bowling lanes are giving me a headache.” Amelia pulled up a chair at the end of their table.



Alex put his menu down & took a sip of water. “Well, I had planned this to be a celebration of Archie’s engagement, but Elle had to work tonight, so we’ll have to do that another time. But really I just thought it would be nice for us all to get together for some family time off campus. You know, we used to sit down around the dinner table together every night & I miss that…” 

 
Here's Adam, the latest Parker-Scott to be inducted into the campus' Secret Society. It's really not such a secret any more, as easily half the playable students at Sim State are members. 

Welcome back - you're just in time for some more birthdays (surprised?!) The green twins had flourished in their first few years on this planet & were ready to grow up & begin their earthly education.
 
 

With so many birthdays in the house, somehow I missed getting pictures of Angus' transition to teen, but after a quick makeover & a new cell phone, here he is in the first of many flirtations. Yes, Angus is all about the Romance. A flash of silky hair and a coy smile is all it takes to get this boy's attention!

The local bakery was going to make a killing off the Parker-Scott household. Aubrey & Aurora were happy, healthy babies and adored by everyone in the house.

Caryl & Celeste had been buiding their friendship since the twins moved off to college; Caryl knew that this girl had captured her oldest son's heart and would soon be a member of the family. Saturday, after her shift at the post office, Celeste had come over for dinner & had mentioned that her apartments had gone condo recently.

Hello? Miss Sim Goddess?”
“Yes Caryl?”
“I thought you might be lurking around here. Tad told me all about you, and at first I thought he was losing it. You know he’s not speaking to you; that whole Alien Abduction thing really pissed him off. He keeps going on about how you’re watching everything & how could you let that happen to him.
Well?”

“Caryl, you know how Tad has always wanted a big family? And how you, to date, have bore 6 beautiful and healthy children for him?”

 

“Yes, but what do you mean, to date?”

Alex and Archie have been study hard & keeping their grades up, despite the troupe of coeds coming & going thru the frat house. After he Aced his Sophomore year, Alex decided it was time for a bit of romance. He had had Celeste up to the house several times, but he wanted to show her just how grown up he really was; it was time for a real date. 

 

Of course, right off the bat, they both just wanted to play & tickle - real grown up Alex! But the date was going well, so they moved inside for a little one on one action.

this is Angus (new car baby!) going from baby to Toddler with some help from Caryl, still in her PJ's. From left to right that's Alex (oldest twin), Thadeus, Abraham (child), maid, Caryl & Angus, Adam and Archie (twin) in green. I'm playing this legacy in my Veronaville, so I'm still trying to stick to all Shakesperean names. And I had decided to go with an alphabetical naming system to help me remember what generation I'm in before I read about the alphabet challenge. Of course, with the way gen. 1 is having children, I may never get to gen. 3!

Aemilia missed this little brother's birthday party because she was working at the lab (she's an over-achiever of course). She doesn't have many hours left before she joins her older brothers at Sim State. Alex & Archie want her to join them at the frat house and Adam has told her how cool his dorm is & how many new friends he's making, but Aemilia is dreaming of a quiet place of her own; she's had her fill of living with a bastion of boys all her life. With all the scholarships she's managed to earn, she should be able to afford it.



Abraham was very happy to have a little brother in the house, he was tired of being the baby. And the older siblings were all very excited when they heard the news, though they were a little grossed out. Archie and Alex ribbed Dad about not leaving mom alone for more than 5 minutes, and Adam was taking notes, as he wanted a big family some day too. Tad told his older boys "You keep the mama happy & everyone stays happy, that's just the best advice my dad ever gave me."
Caryl over heard them, and just smiled to herself, knowing that Tad had done everything he could to make her happy, and she was happy. Even though her maternity PJ's were thread bare from the constant use. She knew from the beginning that Tad wanted a big family, and frankly, the extra maternity leave gave her the time she needed to work on her novel. She had sold several paintings already, but she couldn't quite finish the book. She hadn't told anyone in the family about yet, but she was hoping to finish it in the next few days & then start shopping for a publisher.



She was starting a wedding fund, and any proceeds would add to that. With the twins & Adam (hopefully) graduating in a few years, there would be weddings and grandchildren & she needed to start planning now. With 6 children, the bills could add up quickly. And she would be ready, she always was. Thank goodness all of her children were bright enough to get full scholarships, she & Tad hadn't had to touch their college emergency fund yet, but there was no point in waiting until the last minute.

I think this is Abraham's teen transition - with all the boys Caryl's had, its' hard to keep track when they're in their school uniforms.

Poor Amelia has had her nose stuck in her books (and the surgical machine and the candy maker) so much that I just realized that I don't have many shots of their one & only girl so far. That's her in the lab coat cheering on Abraham. Many days pass by quickly in this household, the twins and Adam come back from college on a regular basis to get their laundry done & share a home cooked meal with their folks. Tad's always playing and joking with them. And the younger siblings take advantage of their presence by asking them for lessons on the various skill-builders on the lot.

"UM..Miss Narrator-thingy"
"Yes Tad? -and that's Miss Sim Goddess to you"
"All this fuss over the kids - and I can understand it, they're great kids, but you know me & Caryl have a life too"
"Yes Tad, and mostly it revolves around your kids, according to your aspirations"
"But you haven't even mentioned the present that I bought Caryl when I was promoted to Business Tycoon, or the garage I finally finished and the upstairs addition on the house."
"Feel free to toot your own horn, Tad"
"Thanks Miss SG. Well, I don't normally mind about my work much, but I did reach the top of the business ladder a few days back, and since so many of our early years together were pretty lean, I splurged and bought Caryl the new sports car that she'd been eyeing. And then I hurried to finish the garage, to keep the birds off.."
"Tad - aren't you skipping over a bit? Like how Caryl thanked you for that car??"
"What - you saw that - damn, you do get around! I thought the windows were too steamed up for anyone to notice **grins**."
"I see all, child. Get used to it. Don't worry, as usual, I forgot to take any pictures."
"Pictures?! You have a camera up there? Please, my kids are all here!
Well, yeah, we did have to initiate the new car, I mean, that's what keeps us young, break up the every day, so to speak. And Caryl's never been a SHY bird! Did I ever tell you about our first date? I knew I loved her the moment she dropped her drawers to join me in that hottub downtown. And then we.."
"Enough-I was there, remember? And this site's PG, so tone it down. You've got nothing to prove here, the testosterone in this house stands on it's own. But aren't you leaving something else out? Like a little musical interlude?"
"What, that nusery song again? I thought I'd just left the radio on...ooh you mean.. again? Awesome! I still got it! **puffs chest** I thought Caryl was bloating, or maybe she'd been eating too much birthday cake again.
Lady, I mean Miss SG, I hope you've got a long list of A names!"
"Don't you mind about me. If you're quite done here, get your heiny back in the house and make some dinner so your sweet wife can get some rest."
"Yes, Ma'am! And thanks!"

Life back at the Parker-Scott household seemed quiet after the twins moved off to college. Adam was working most afternoons and there just wasn't the same traffic of kids tromping through every day. Adam studied hard and went out regularly with his steady girlfriend, always asking permission first, so there would be no trouble. Tad was spending most of his evenings gazing at the heavens and didn't seem to mind what Adam was up to. Adam was the good kid - no worries there.


Aemilia would occasionally bring home a friend, but mostly she was interested in studying. She wanted to be the top scientist one day, maybe creating her own makeup line, & was looking forward to maxing out her cooking and logic skills. Sometimes she found a little time to play pool and dance with her friends, but not often. One of the friends she brought home from school was Mallory Mace and she & Caryl would often spend an hour or two together chatting over the chess board or hottubbing. Now that her kids were grown, and Caryl was working nights, she was lonely during the day.
She soon had another reason to stay home, but spent most of her time sleeping. Tad had indeed worked his magic and Caryl was pregnant again. She was secretly hoping for a little girl to play with again - someone a little more interested in playing dress up & dolls.


It was not to be; Caryl gave birth to a handsome son, whom they named Abraham, and once again, Tad was thrilled. Maybe he could start his own basketball team now!

Alex quickly rented the biggest house he could afford and he easily talked his twin into moving in with him. After a quick game of punch you, punch me, Alex raced into their new house and called to buy a charter for his new fraternity.



Arch went in and made up a batch of cereal for all the friends that Alex was inviting over. You can guess that all Archie wanted to do was go to class, and study & all Alex wanted was for all his teen friends to come to college with him. He invited over several of his closest friends, gave them a grand tour of the campus and showed them how much fun college life was.
Needless to say the twins lives got put on hold temporarily while the town's goddess worked on several other families, getting Alex's friends studied up & sent off to college. Fortunatly, several of Caryl's family friends were college townies, so the boys had already established relationships with them as teens. (Caryl had never explained why she had knew so many college boys - as she had never attended university, but it was just one of those questions about her past that Tad never raised.)
Alex had another party, invited over some of his mom's college buddies and started recruiting members for his new frat house. Archie studied hard, Alex influenced well and both boys survived their freshman year with straight A's. Alex had moved in 2 townies, who barely brought in enough money to buy their own beds, but they both had several friends to throw into the ever-increasing pot of frat friends. Alex also kept in touch with his favorite mail-carrier, having her up to the house several times. She was starting to believe that his school-boy crush was developing into true feelings.


Both boys also kept in touch with their family, how could they not, with Tad calling them every day to check on them. They also included Adam and Aemilia in on their party list occasionally, making sure that their roomies kept their distance from the princess. Akex was all over campus, showing up at every frat house and dorm, meeting new people and shaking hands. Quite often, Archie would tag along with him, but tired of the constant partying and would usually duck off to complete an assignment in a quiet corner. Little did they know it, but they were making friends in all the right places and would soon be inducted into the campus' secret society.



I love this pic -he's visiting at a friend's dorm- you think University has turned Alex's head, or was he checking out Ivy on the sly??
*stay tuned for blazer pix soon*

The boys have all done their fair share of flirting and checking out the neighborhood girls. Alex has found most of the neighborhood teens to be cute, but immature. He has however, kept up his friendship with the cute girl that delivers the mail. She's rejected his advances, knowing that he clearly has a lot of life to experience yet, but she always slows down in front of their house, secretly hoping that he'll come out and visit with her.
Archie has had his nose in the books too much to really notice any of the girls yet, but his brother keeps trying to set him up. His favorite chess partner is a cute little cowgirl that has been a friend of the family for years. She was one of the first people that Tad met in town and she's been in the house his whole life. Now that he's maturing, he's starting to realize that she's not really so much older than he is. Archie & Alex throw one last neighborhood bash and call the cab to go off to Sim State to fulfill their dreams of being the first Parker-Scotts to complete University.
Adam has become an overachiever, but he's still got a lot of skills to master before the cab comes for him. Aemilia has made a handful of friends, and is looking forward to growing up. Caryl has used up the last of her vacation days from her Athletic career, and popped around various careers before deciding that she really wants to put her creativity to good use & be a criminal mastermind.
Tad decided to throw a blow-out birthday party for his princess, and invited the twins back from campus to join the fun. Aemilia grow into a beautiful young girl, rolling a knowledge aspiration like her brother, and Alex showed just how exhausted he is from all his studies.


Tad hoped to duplicate his last party experience, but Caryl was steering clear of the hottub. After a bit of flirting and dancing however, she was a bit more receptive to the idea of another baby. Hate to have an empty crib for too long! But Tad was going to have to wait until she had a few days off work.

Adam survived childhood, and rolled a family aspiration, just like his dad. Fortunately, after hanging around his big brother's friends for the past few years, he had made friends with several of the local girls and had his eye set on an old-fashioned sweetie named Aravis. He celebrated his birthday with his first kiss, and is constantly asking his parent's permission to go out with her. She is encouraging him to study hard for college so they can go together, but he really has no desire to study his skills.


Archie & Alex have their bags packed and their skills ready for college, so they're spending their last few days dancing, playing pool and their nights staring at the stars. (yes, 2 telescopes on the upstairs balcony) But no abductions yet & they can't seem to get the dancing or pool scholarships either. They have both gotten jobs and been promoted, spiking Caryl's happy button to have her boys be Over-achievers.



Caryl did give birth to a baby girl, which all of the boys dote on. Little Aemilia is a beautiful baby & Tad can't keep his hands off her. Caryl's finally convinced Tad to pose for her, as she's sold several masterpiece paintings already, and wants a permanent reminder of her true love in his prime (she should have convinced him to put on a tie!).
Tad spends his share of time stargazing also, building his logic skills for that coveted Tycoon position.