Well hello! Welcome back to the Lightnings & Happy Valentine’s Day! Something rather distressing just happened in game (you’ll see by the end of this post) so let us skip the pleasantries, and get right into a Lightning Check!
OH YEAH – first however, there was a patch, and with that patch they added genealogy! So let’s see what that’s all about.
Well what do ya know? The family trees everyone wanted! And wow that’s a lot of kids, ha ha ha.
Okay now let’s see where those Lightnings are…
Jimmy is feeling flirty by the ferns.
Freud would have a field-day.
Henri sees her flirty husband coming.
Run Henrietta! There’s room in the house for your SEVENTH child!
Kenny here is bored and smelly…
…little Casey is NOT enjoying his company.
Lars finds other ways to entertain himself.
The cutie.
Liv, who is totally not my favorite, why would you say that? is playing with a toy.
She is so sweet! And Lightning check complete!
Are they not the cutest?
TS4 children are the greatest!
Liv & Casey are the last two to finish up with the day’s homework.
I really need to redecorate…
Oops, I lied. Kenny here hasn’t done his yet either.
He was too busy helping out with the plants, and now his energy and fun are super low. Oops.
Insane Jimmy then got all flirty with his grilled cheese.
How you doin’? *wink*
I absolutely love how to quick meals can be enjoyed together.
Thank you, Lars – for demonstrating your balanced breakfast.
The REAL M is on the way! Huzzah!
I should give Henri a makeover. I will, on her adult birthday.
Casey: Hey Dad? Whatcha doin?
Dad?
Dad?
Dad?
Dad?
Dad?
She followed him around for HOURS, and he never acknowledged her presence. Just kept working on the garden. It was SO funny to watch. And if she didn’t look so stinkin’ happy the entire time, it would’ve been sad. Way to be, Casey.
Casey is however, mean-spirited, and found herself angry for no reason a little while later. And picked on poor Liv.
Look at Liv’s sweet little face. How rude, Casey.
Oh my! They’re fighting!
Oh! I do not like!
Liv and Casey despise each other after this. Which I can understand.
Casey adores Liv’s twin Lars, however.
And everyone else in the house. Guess it’s just Liv who became her punching bag.
This family is adorable.
And Huge. And growing.
Something about using these pesticides while pregnant seems unwise…
*Henri whistles happily*
We have a couple birthdays!
Lars and Liv!
Cute, even if only momma cares.
Liv gets to blow out her candles too!
Ha TS4 Birthday Derps.
I think Liv looks almost exactly like her sister Juliet.
So I focus on her hair and make-up. She rolled evil as her trait, and the big happy family aspiration.
Lars somehow doesn’t look just like his older brothers, and I think he’s ADORABLE.
Look at dat face! Might be a lot of Jimmy – but I think he’s adorable. He rolls the best selling author aspiration, and adds music lover.
Yay! More teens to help out!
That’s L to R, Lars, Liv, Jimmy & Henrietta. I see LOTS of weeds, so get working!
Uh-oh, here comes Clueless Casey!
I wonder which family member she’ll follow around.
I decide to set her up with an activity table under the tree on the other side of the house.
I wouldn’t mind doing my arts & crafts there!
I love it when the kids use the glitter/confetti.
Too much cute.
Looks like we’ll see the M soon!
Henri’s getting quite large!
Things are really improving financially for the Lightnings, so I built this little party area!
Spoiler: No one uses it unless I make them. And by make them, I mean drag the food they want out here onto that table.
Hey look! It’s Ian!
Juliet stopped by too!
Maybe she doesn’t look EXACTLY like Liv…
Good timing, considering I didn’t invite either of them.
Why good timing you say?
Birthday! Casey is aging up too! No one but the flamingo celebrates, but no problem, still a party!
Casey gets the musical genius aspiration and the music lover trait thanks to the handy dandy trait randomizer I use.
I went for an angsty teen rocker vibe. I just adore her.
Oh man, is it gonna be twins again?
She’s huge!
Kenny, Lars and Liv are trying to get their homework done before school.
It’s cute when the children kneel to do their homework, but a little odd when the teens do it.
Aw, I still love Liv, look at that face.
She doesn’t look exactly like Juliet, I don’t think. But maybe she does.
Dude…
…Have the baby already.
Homework time!
Everyone works hard to get their homework done so I can exploit their labor in the fields.
Henri prepares a meal while the kids (who are all hungry) study.
I think I opted for fish tacos. I love the food and recipes in this game.
Jimmy’s out working as he ALWAYS is.
Henri “baby facotry” etta is pretty useless, while pregnant her needs deteriorate very quickly, so I can get her all happy, put her to work, and then a just a short while later I have to get her all happified again. And she’s ALWAYS pregnant.
The second Henri sits down with her tacos, she goes into labor!
About danged time.
I hope it’s just one!
Or maybe two would be good, because then the house would be full and she wouldn’t have to be pregnant – AGAIN.
It’s a girl!
Mimi Lightning!
Aw.
❤
Yay! I put the fish tacos over here hoping someone would use the space.
Thanks Lars and Liv! (And Jimmy too)
Guess what?
N BABY! I went ahead and used the pregnancy test to fast forward things a little. Jimrietta is pregnant with their 8th child. And Henri is STILL a YOUNG ADULT! All those pregnancies have kept her so young.
Henri: I bet you could tell but…
…we’re having ANOTHER one!
Jimmy: Good lawd!
Ha… his face. I actually do not blame his face.
Mimi is the happiest baby I’ve ever had.
She has cried ONCE since her birth.
Hey look, it’s Ian!
He comes by often.
It’s another birthday! Kenny is entering adulthood!
Um, Lars? That looks a little weird.
Just sayin’
Kenny is yummy.
And I have uploaded him to the gallery. Find them all with #lightning! He adds insane to music lover, and hot headed. He has the master mixologist aspiration.
Mimi ages up too!
She never had a poopy diaper. Not once. That’s my kind of infant! She gets artistic prodigy and creative. She’s just as lovely as her many, many siblings.
I instantly regret giving Kenny the boot.
I could really use his help, the plants look AWFUL.
Jimrietta are never going to get it all done.
I need the teens!
Yay! They’re not in the best spirits after the school day, but I don’t care.
Get to work!
Kenny and Ian stop by.
This family is sweet and likes to spend time together. However, all I could think at this moment was how badly I wanted to make them go help with the farm.
The hard work pays off, however.
This haul will bring in over $4000.00 Most of the plants are “Superb” or at least “Excellent”. The cherries alone netted over $1k. Those 90 tulips and 53 roses also really brought in the money. Next time we have a harvest, I’m going to pay attention to what really makes bank, and scale the operation down a bit. I know mushrooms are pretty worthless. And the sage and daisies (not pictured). They have about $16k, I’m thinking of tearing down the house and building a new one.
Casey does her homework while her dad jabbers at her eating cake.
I’m sure that really helps with concentration.
It’s another birthday!
Not being slowed down by constant pregnancy, Jimmy is aging into elder!
I decided he needed a new look. With less hair.
On his head, that is. A bit more on his face. I think he looks ADORABLE.
In the filthy bathroom, fresh out of the shower after WETTING herself…
…Henrietta goes into labor.
It’s a boy!
Meet Noah!
And we INSTANTLY try for the O Nooboo.
And they finally aren’t sleeping in the cheapest double bed.
Well wonders never cease.
There’s a first time for everything!
I was JUST about to save and close when…
OMG! It’s from her peeing herself right before Noah was born! I thought she’d be just fine! I cannot believe this!!!
Seriously?
This is happening?
Oh no…
Poor Mimi!
She was the only one to witness her mother literally DYING from embarrassment.
*sigh*
This is not good. Not good.
In a brief moment of rational thought, I send Mimi to quickly plead for her mother’s life.
We were not successful.
Henrietta, mother of 8 – Ian, Juliet, Kenny, Lars, Liv, Casey, Mimi & Noah – dies as a young adult of embarrassment on her kitchen floor. Because she wet herself right before giving birth to Noah, and I ignored her wishes to alleviate the mortification. I can’t believe she’s really dead.
You’re all on your own, Jimmy.
But that does mean we have our heir! Since Henri is obviously not having any more children – Noah will continue the Lightning Legacy.
And that’s all for now! I was genuinely shocked beyond reason, and pretty sad when Henri chose to die all because of a little pee when about to go into labor. I mean, it’s pretty understandable if you ask me. However – I am a bit ready to move on… she was still a YA, so we’d probably have been able to knock out several more kids with Jimmy before either he passed away, or she aged up. I love Jimmy & Henri, and I love all the children, but I can’t see them really providing any more variety. I think, now that there’s genealogy, we’ll be able to see grandparent genetics play a roll, so I’m ready to add a little more diversity to the gene pool. I promise that Noah’s spouse will add something new. Thanks for reading! And until next time, Happy Simming!
OH, and I found this that I forgot to put in the post somewhere…
RIP, Henrietta – RIP indeed.
The Lightning Alphabetcy 