The Coopers 3.1

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Welcome back! That’s right, it’s time again for another update to the Coopers.

Last time: Claire got married to Julian Duff. Christina moved out and married her own beau, Amir Britton. Both girls got pregnant. Zoe and Rachel became young adults, and Stacey joined her husband in old age. Christina gave birth to TRIPLETS (off-camera) and Claire had just gone into labour when we left off!

Labour: the perfect time for some comfort food.

Melvin chimes in with a well-timed maxing out of his Programming Skill.

Pre-parental freakout?

Julian: Nah, it’s all good now ^_^

Finally, it’s time for Claire to deliver the baby!

He’s a boy named Troy. Our naming theme this time? That excellent show Community.

Julian leaps to involve himself in the typical parental duties…

…while Claire beats the crap out of this punching bag.

Hmm, interesting choice of outfit, Claire. Why am I reminded of Minnie Mouse?

Since we’re moving properly into generation three now, and Kelsi’s mum is dead and her big bro is a Cooper spouse and she doesn’t know any of her half-siblings…, she, Zoe and Rachel are a household now.

So, here’s a shot of where they live. It’s Crick Cabana with a small extension to fit a third bedroom.

These two tried for another baby!

Like… I’ve seen this animation a few times now. Why does the father have to look miserable to hear the news of his partner’s pregnancy every time?

Stacey is a real doting grandma to the newborn Troy.

Stacey had a whim to meet a new Sim, so I tried to have her introduce herself to a passerby. Well, THIS PASSERBY LEGGED IT.

Like, seriously. LEGGED IT. Down to the canal and in a loop through the community garden before she ran out of the neighbourhood. Does she think Stacey is the cops or something??

We got this pop-up before she fully disappeared though. Yeah, thanks, lady, it’s been real good hanging with you too…

Promotions for our dynamic duo, aka. the generation two Sims.

Melvin had a whim to go for a jog. It did not agree with him. Poor Melvin.

24 extremely uneventful hours later, Troy became a child! I actually rolled traits this time and he got Neat. His childhood aspiration is Social Butterfly.

So… here he is in CAS. He seems to look nearly identical to Julian.

Here’s Julian, for a point of comparison. The look doesn’t look so strange on the adult Julian so I hope he grows into it.

gettin’ tutored by grandma~

playin’ chess with grandma~

hearin’ that you’re gonna have a new sibling but bein’ more interested in chattin’ to grandma~

Christina autonomously named her kids RAYLAN, RYLAN AND SHANTEL??? I mean there’s nothing really wrong with Shantel but who has two boys and names them Raylan and Rylan?

Once the kids age up enough to appear in CAS I do plan to give them theme-appropriate names anyway though, to be fair…

Tried to call Rachel for a friendly chat at 12:04am but we got this. Why don’t unplayed Sims ever respect it when my active household is sleeping??? grrr

Literally FORTY-EIGHT SIM-MINUTES LATER…

By this point my Sims were basically all in bed or close to it though, so too bad Rachel. Maybe next time answer the phone at 12:04am.

I did not know that (highly charismatic?) Sims could just request a raise on the phone. Found the option while randomly clicking. Cool.

Yep. These two are close.

Troy had a whim to “Get to Know Melvin”, but Melvin seemed more devastated than anything else to have to chat to his grandson.

Considering that this is literally your first day of school and there was no prior opportunity for you to be invited to this party, I think you should chill, mate.

For some reason Stacey keeps rolling whims to prank Claire.

Hey, Claire shares the same whim that I have on tumblr dot com.

Claire looks to be in a great state to play in the Willow Creek Soccer League. That team doctor is a wise guy.

I think she’s finally one promotion away from reaching the top of this career path now. Come on Stace!

It’s baby time!

It’s another boy! Since we already have a Troy, the obvious choice of name seemed to be… Abed!

You know, I keep trying to give Melvin opportunities to bond with his grandson, and he just doesn’t seem to be feeling it.

Yay Julian.

Holy shit, I did a double-take when I saw this girl walk past. It should not surprise you to learn that this is Christina’s daughter, currently named Shantel but shortly to be renamed.

Troy met this girl on the footpath, but Melvin was determined to be the heart of this conversation with his grandson.

Girl (whose name btw is Meghan I think): I can’t wait until the Pets expansion comes out, I’m going to have the fluffiest white kitty!!
Troy: Yeah… don’t get your hopes up.

A true cynic, aged five.

She’s cute!

She tried to befriend Baby Abed… it doesn’t look like it went that well.

Meghan: Please baby! Pipe down!

Melvin did WooHoo without becoming Dangerously Tired? :O

Trying for another baby~

Claire: Hey baby! It seems we’ve got another little one on the way!
Julian: *glares at her* why

Then Zoe decided to plonk herself down in the middle of the conversation, because that’s not awkward at all.

Oh wait, I lied. According to the game the conversation became an “Awkward Encounter” instantly.

In case you were curious, here’s some pics of Christina’s kids with Amir Britton (from left to right): Pierce, Shirley and Jeff! They all take pretty heavily after Christina.

Stacey’s new aspiration is the one where you have to cook a lot. So here she is. Cooking.

what the

She may be fussing over the baby now, but rest assured that that is not the usual state of affairs.

For the most part Claire just does this. Autonomously. All day. Or at least all of the day that none of her needs are in yellow.

Stacey is sad because she can no longer go jogging without becoming Dangerously Tired :(

See what I mean? Autonomously, aaaaaaall daaaaaaay.

It’s Abed as a child! Again I rolled for him, and he got the Whiz Kid aspiration and the Art Lover trait.

I’m 99% sure that he’s a clone of Troy. Who, in turn, seems to be a clone of their dad Julian. Ummmm.

For some reason when I next opened my game, it was two hours IN THE FUTURE from when I’d actually closed my game the previous time and three Sims were close to bladder failure. One didn’t make it, and there are no prizes for guessing correctly that it was the pregnant one.

I’m not sure why she had that moodlet before actually pissing herself, though. Then again, I’m not sure why my save opened two hours IN THE FUTURE in the first place, so yeah. ???

ok how many parodies of A Song of Ice and Fire are necessary in one game, really?

How come this townie child is so angry about bunk beds when without CC they don’t even exist?

Abed expresses interest in sharing in his grandma’s FAVOURITE drink.

being a good dad helping his kids with the homeworks~

Julian: You know, in my day I used to fight a lot of evil robots.
Troy: Yeah, sure thing dad.

Julian: We’d have epic massive battles which I’d win and then walk away from like they always do in those action movies
Troy: very believable

Julian: Then I’d get flown home business class because people would just be so grateful I’d saved the day!
Troy: Right, especially since there are no planes in our world. Nice try, Dad.

Julian: I made so much money! Tell him, Abed!
Abed: Yeah, uh, I’m like four years old or something and even I can tell this story is bullshit, Dad.
Julian: :O

“Claire has been promoted to Rookie!” And doesn’t she look thrilled?

LIBERTY LEE DIED :O wtf man she was barely even an elder for any days at all!

What is this bullshit?!

LOOK AT ALL THIS SPACE IN HER LIFE BAR!! It is NOT “almost Stacey’s time”!! She has to reach the top of the Comedian career track first! :'(

cheeky Potion of Youth~

Auntie Zoe pays a visit!

Troy: My parents neglect me! They *sniffle* don’t buy me any of the latest computer games… and *sob* my mum seems more interested in the punching bag than me…
Zoe: GOOD HEAVENS! My poor nephews!
Rachel: hi

Rachel: Trust me kid, life is full of heartbreaking disappointments. You could do worse.

nice

Troy: *talking about divorce*
Abed: *so anxious his hands involuntarily ball up into fists*

This happened in my game about 36 hours before that Wannacry ransomware wreaked havoc in a bunch of countries. Sorry guys that Melvin pwned all your computers. On the bright side, he only made §466.

This skill was way easier to max than Motor. Not to put down Troy’s achievement but it’s just true. Talking to his aunts and brother all afternoon earnt him like four Social points.

This interaction was “Ask to Spray the Monster Under the Bed”. Look kid, you don’t need your dad to spray the monster under the bed, because you have the magic nightlight that makes the monsters stay the fuck away. #problemsolved

Hey, hey. Looks like Abed is one of those rare Sims capable of using the “Tell Joke About Penguins” interaction and telling a joke that’s actually about penguins. Good for you, kid.

What do you know!

Next update, the new baby’ll be introduced ;) Until then!