Chapter 1.8: Winter Holidays

Welcome back to the Turner Family! In last chapter, Ariel became a teen and started cheerleading. The twins and Aaron worked on skills and grades in school.

Let’s start with an evening intrusion when a child in the game (the family doesn’t know) glitch through the house, and Avery before walking through more walls and getting outside to the spot where you teleport.

This young kid is Todd Charm and I’m wondering if he’s a spellcaster that can walk through walls or more likely just a routing glitch with Sims 4.

Avery is trying to help clean up, but the tub needs help first. Thankfully she gives up pretty quickly.

Jaysen got promoted to level 9 of the Gardener career. One more to go!

Avery and Aaron both got A’s in school today! Great job! We managed to gain some points already. +10 points

And we immediately lost Avery’s points…. She decided to do her homework instead of sleeping and now she passed out and her homework isn’t done either. -5 points

Ariel passed out after going to her bed, she was tired from school then went to cheer practice which made her even more tired. Should have known this would happen but I was hoping she would make it to her bed.. -5 points

Now all the points we made so far this chapter are suddenly gone!

Ariel wanted to make it up for her losing points, so she got an A in school! +5 points

Ariel tried to repair the sink but wasn’t successful this time. She did it again a few minutes later and was able to fix the sink and gain some handiness skill. She’s really trying hard to make up for her mistakes.

Thanks to Aaron sleeping in Ariel’s bed, she passed out on the floor after starting her homework. -5 points

House is decorated and there is snow on the ground, so it can only mean one thing… It’s Winterfest!

Family decides to decorate the tree outside, as I don’t want a fire in the house like my Casper legacy. Plus there is more room outside, and easier for Father Winter to get to.

Ariel barely helped with the tree as I was hoping she would go to bed.. But she didn’t, instead she passed out on the floor next to her parent’s bed.

Tree is decorated and lit up for Father Winter to put presents under.

Avery in her bear costume, dancing to winter fest music.

Amelia has shown up finally in this chapter and she maxed out the social skill, which makes sense since this family spends a lot of time talking to each other. +10 points

Jaysen asked Father Winter for a present and he received… a crystal he doesn’t really need but Jaysen sold it later.

I missed the notification that Aaron had completed the first milestone of his aspiration. +5 points

Gifts ready to be opened! Everyone got a wonderful and fun gift. I didn’t document what they received so nothing big or funny was given.

Ariel passed out again after going to cheerleading practice. She does this a lot but doesn’t sleep at night. It’s getting very frustrating that she keeps losing points when she’s near many beds. -5 points

Jaysen and Aaron both need logic skills so they play chess together. Jaysen needs logic for his promotion and Aaron needs it for his next aspiration milestone. They both need quite a few games before they will be close to their goals.

Dina shoveling snow in the middle of the yard, not really sure why.

Jaysen has maxed out the writing skill by writing a ton of children’s books. The last one was Q is for Quiet. +2 points

Now he can write his biography so we can get the points for immortalizing this generation.

Dina got another promotion at work! Hopefully she’ll make it to level 10 of the career *fingers crossed*

Nina started a pregnancy with Mateo Markovic, her husband. They already have one child together little Haylee Markovic. I’ve added her infant picture below..

She looks very angry here. I love the infants most of the time but she seems to have an intense anger for pictures.

Dina and Avery dancing and chatting together. Avery looks very unhappy since she has a loose tooth but she still continues to dance.

Aaron needs to empty his bladder, but instead of using one of the three free toilets, he walks outside to build a snow pal. I keep a close eye as I expect he will have an accident anytime now.

He uses an outside bush to relieve himself so that the family doesn’t lose any points. At least not because of him..

Decorations are up again, must be New Year’s Eve! Time to set Jaysen’s resolution to get a promotion and I can’t do the rest as I can’t control them.

Avery has now maxed out the social skill like her other sisters. All the talking at that chess table has really helped them out. +10 points

Dina needs charisma for her career so I add the podium as an option in our club and she finally uses it for a few seconds. This is going to take a while.

Tina Tinker came over with a package for Jaysen. I didn’t even know that they knew each other, must have been from before the marriage as he hasn’t really socialized outside the home since the kids came. Either way, she gave him a voodoo doll which he promptly sold for 900 Simoleons. Thanks for the money Tina Tinker!

New Year’s countdown is here. The family all watch tv together and cheer! What a great day! Dina has gone to work, if I remembered correctly (I didn’t write that down :S )

Everyone hugs after the festivities are over.

It’s time for the twins to age into teens just before we end the chapter. This happens a lot for the twins.

Amelia ages up with the paranoid trait at add with hotheaded and Admired Icon aspiration. She goes into cheerleading as well for an after school activity as it fits with her aspiration. Avery is a hotheaded teen with a new foodie trait and the painter extraordinaire aspiration.

A lot has happened in this chapter, so we will end on this high note. We officially only have teenagers in this family. Getting closer to picking the heir!

Let’s recap on the points: Total of 91 points is a great jump in this chapter. I was expecting a lot less with all the passing out that Ariel did but the family made up for that and more. See you in the next chapter!

Total: 91 pts

Self Wetting (-5): 2 (-10)
Passed Out (-5): 11 (-55)
Fires (-10):
Electrocuted (-5):
Struck by Lightning (-5):
Fights (-5):
Pet runs away (-5):
Unhappy Infant (-5):
Negative Traits Earned (-5):
Failed School (-5):
Accidental Deaths (-10):
Power Shut off (-10):
Social Worker Visits (-15):

Births (+5): 2 (+10)
Twins (+10): 1 (+10)
Triplets (+15):
Adopt a pet (+5):

Aspiration Milestone Comp. (+5): 7 (+30)
Aspiration completed (+10):

Happy Infant (+5): 2 (+10)
Max Toddler Skills (+5): 5 (+25)
Happy Toddler (+5):
Top Notch Toddler (+5):
Earn an A in school (+5): 6 (+30)
Positive Traits Earned (+5):
TH Maxed Skills (+2): 3 (+6)
NTH Maxed Skills (+10): 3 (+30)
TH Completed Career (+5):
NTH Completed Career (+10):

Immortalize TH (+5):
Every 100,000 (+20):
All Random Aspirations (+10):
No Points Spent (+10):


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2 responses to “Chapter 1.8: Winter Holidays”

  1. Heather Avatar

    Poor Ariel – I can relate to having a teen in the ISBI house who refuses to sleep at night. Very frustrating! I can’t imagine adding an afterschool activity to it, but I think I will! I had only seen scouting or drama club, so I need to use my expansion stuff, ha ha! I also think the cheerleader outfit is adorable. Great job with Winterfest! Sometimes the holidays bum me out in my ISBI since there’s so much for the TH to do, and no time for such frivolity – but it went well! I need to remember I can put the tree outside. Your decorating looks really nice on it too! I couldn’t figure out how to get my Idiots to watch the countdown on NYE – I tried having my TH ask them to join, but it either wasn’t an option for me, or I didn’t navigate the interaction tree far enough. I love the twins, they’re both lovely. Great job on their looks matching their traits. I can totally see it. 🙂

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    1. AmandaPlayzSims Avatar
      AmandaPlayzSims

      There doesn’t appear to be an option that I can find. What I had to do was put the family in a group and watch together. Otherwise there doesn’t appear to be an option to do the countdown together.

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