jayeless_sims | The Coopers 4.1

They’re back! I hope you enjoy. My game was crashing ALL the time as I played this segment of the legacy (and the next update is going to be even more disjointed because of it). I may have had a combination of factors – incompatible/broken CC, a corrupted save, too much DLC installed? idk but the thing that really seems to have fixed it for sure was NOT HAVING A MULTI-STOREY HOUSE. So, uh, yeah, enjoy this one while it lasts.

Last time: Britta and Morgan got married and conceived a child. The Coopers moved to a new house in Windenburg that crashes all the time for some reason. Finally, Britta and Morgan’s first child, a boy named Arnold, was born!

The Coopers 4.1

foreground: Morgan holds baby Arnold and smiles at him; background: Britta browses a bookshelf

In case you forgot, and then missed my “last time” summary, at the end of update 3.8 we left off with Britta and Morgan welcoming their baby boy, Arnold, into the world.

foreground: Morgan holds baby Arnold and smiles at him; background: Britta browses a bookshelf

Meanwhile, Wolfgang is up to his old tricks, fathering a fifth child with a fifth separate baby mama. This guy needs an intervention.

a brown-haired, green-eyed, fair-skinned toddler boy walks around upstairs

Because I could not wait, Arnold became a toddler! He got the Inquisitive toddler trait.

Britta squats on the floor, smiling and cheering Arnold on. Arnold pouts

Britta wasted no time at all teaching lil’ Arnie how to walk. To Arnie’s chagrin.

Arnold tells Britta about oranges; Britta leans back and gazes at the ceiling

Arnold: ok mama walking is nice and all but I want an orange
Britta: Dear God, why me?

Britta is not as enthusiastic a parent as Morgan.

Arnold plays with a pile of blocks in his room

Happily, Arnold loooooooves blocks!

Claire asks Arnold a question

Claire: What do you want, kiddo?

Arnold tells Claire about potty

Arnold: I want potty!

Spoiler: He didn’t need potty.

Claire kneels on the floor in front of Arnold, holding a deck of flash cards

Claire: ok, time to teach you some words so you stop saying you need the potty when you blatantly don’t!
Arnold: Yippee!!

Claire shows Arnold a flash card with a picture of a bottle

Claire: ok, look here kid! Bottle. Bottle. Bo…ttle. Say it with me now.

Arnold is confused by Claire’s talking

Arnold: ?

Things are going well.

Morgan plays with Arnold at the dollhouse

Morgan plays with Arnold physically on the floor

Luckily, Morgan knows how to cheer her lil’ Arnie up ♥

Reached Movement Level 2: Arnold can now climb stairs. He can also Play wrestle with an adult.

I guess that in this new house, knowing how to climb stairs is pretty important.

Arnold sits in his high chair with a bowl of fruit salad, staring sadly at Morgan (who looks cheerful)

Arnold: But mummy why I must eat fruit!
Morgan: It’s good for you!

Arnold rummages in the fruit salad with his hands

Arnold sits with an empty bowl, dirty table surface, and a pile of food on the floor next to him

Thanks Arnie.

Morgan talks on the phone, Claire complains about trash, and Arnold sits calmly in his dirty high chair

Claire: Excuse me?! TRASH?! TRASH ON MY BRAND-NEW, PRISTINE FLOOR??? What kind of uncivilised heathen are you, kiddo?!
Arnold: :|

Morgan tells Arnold off

Morgan: Bad boy! Naughty!

Arnold asks Morgan about cute-looking monsters

Arnold: mummy can you read me monster story?

Arnold is snug under his toddler bed doona, wearing glasses. Morgan reads him a section of the story about rain

a) why does he have glasses in his SLEEPING OUTFIT this is stupid EA
b) Morgan reads Arnold a delightful tale about monsters, treasure and rain and our lil’ boy enters the land of nod ♥

Claire complains about bills. Britta looks distressed with a hand over her heart. Morgan smiles and plays on her phone.

Claire: These bills I tell you – outrageous! Two and a half grand a week, like we’re made of money? God knows what they even use it for – clearly not public roads! I say, you girls are lucky to be living with your father and I – I hate to think how you’ll afford them after we’re gone!
Britta: *heart skips a beat*
Morgan: *not listening, playing on phone*

Such a boring video… Claire has gained 600,000 Followers. She now has 1,600,160 Followers in total.

I bet Britta wishes she could upload a boring video such as that.

Arnold tells Britta he wants a banana peel

Arnold: Mama! Want nana-peel!
Britta: Why do you want that, honey?

Arnold tells Britta about pranks

Arnold: FUNNY!!!

Is this a sign? Will he follow in the footsteps of his Goofball mother and great-grandmother?

Reached Mischief Level 8: Britta can now use a computer to Send Spam Money Request and can Stuff Fruit in Exhaust Port of a Rocket Ship.

good

Morgan asks Arnold if he needs the potty, Arnold says NO

Morgan: Hi Arnie, need the potty?
Arnold: NO!!!

He did need the potty.

Left: Arnold has a Sad moodlet: “Potty Accident’. Right: Morgan has an Uncomfortable moodlet: ‘Bad Potty Guidance’.

goddamn it Arnie.

Luckily it wasn’t too much effort for Morgan to clean up…

Arnold tells Britta about crayons

Arnie: Mama! Want crayon!
Britta: nope.

Arnold quivers with anxiety; behind him, his potty stinks and has a puddle next to it

Britta scowls

Britta takes all of Arnold’s potty mishaps extremely personally.

Britta and Morgan, pyjama-clad, jump into bed

Nonetheless, she and Morgan decide to try for another child!

Morgan shares some big news with Britta, who looks sad

Morgan: We did it, honey! Arnold’s going to be a big brother!
Britta: aww man… that means twice the poop :(

Britta picks Arnold up and out of his high chair, where he has a sandwich waiting for him, as Morgan looks on, smiling

WHY. WHY ARE YOU TAKING HIM OUT OF THE HIGH CHAIR. MORGAN ONLY JUST PUT THAT SANDWICH THERE. UGHHHHH

Arnold (in high chair) tells Britta and Morgan (at dining table) about ducks

Arnold: Want duck!

Arnold (in high chair) tells Britta and Morgan (at dining table) about how he dislikes high chairs

Arnold: NO want high chair!!
Britta: *dying inside*

Julian jogs outside

I like to watch my Sims jog around the beautiful scenery on the island, but it’s very dangerous for my game… liable to cause crashing… lol :/

Level Up: Julian has reached level 8 of the Comedy skill!

ONLY ONE MORE SKILL AND HE WILL FINALLY BE DONE WITH THIS STUPID ASPIRATION

Stacey’s ghost (green) plays with children’s toys

Stacey’s ghost is very happy now that she’s in a house full of TOYS! ~~and that I remembered to take her urn out of Claire’s inventory~~

Claire reads Arnold to sleep

Claire talks to Arnold as he plays with blocks

It’s like Arnold’s arrival in this world has given Claire something to do other than work out all day!

Julian graffitis an internal wall

Julian’s stupid job instructed him to graffiti for two hours. So here he is, graffitiing his own wall. A+

a pregnant Morgan greets Ulrike outside at sunset

Ulrike came to visit! Unfortunately I did not take any other pictures of this visit, probably due to worries about my game crashing. So this will have to do.

Julian mixes himself a drink at the bar

I kinda regret putting in this bar. Every time a Sim is ~*~Inspired~*~ and I take my eyes off them for thirty seconds, they start spending §§§ on mixing themselves drinks.

Morgan looks sad and thinks about blocks while eating; Britta smiles and thinks about balloon dogs while drinking coffee

Morgan: I miss playing with blocks :(
Britta: I hope our new kid likes balloon animals :)

Melvin’s ghost (green) sits on Arnold’s bed and reads a book as Arnold sleeps

ok if Arnold wakes up this is going to be pretty fuckin’ scary for him, just saying

Arnold cries at the end of Claire and Julian’s bed

Arnold: GRANDPAAAAAAA!!!!

Julian carries a smiling Arnold back to his room; Melvin’s ghost (now grey) eats a taco

Julian: It’s alright Arnie, just a nightmare… back to bed now…
Arnold: haha suck it ghostie
Melvin’s ghost: even my own great-grandson hates me :'( at least I can always steal their food and eat the pain away

Arnold (in high chair) asks Melvin’s ghost (green again) for grilled cheese

Arnold now has a bowl of cereal in front of him, as Melvin’s ghost stands nearby

Not to worry, Melvin’s ghost proves his worth to his great-grandson. Even if the living are too busy “sleeping” to feed Arnold on demand, Melvin’s got it covered!

Arnold sits in a dirty high chair with food on the floor

Not that Arnold was that grateful.

Arnold and Morgan hug in Arnold’s bedroom

So cute.

Morgan teaches Arnold about basic needs with flash cards

Just a lil’ bit of brain training! I think by this point Arnold had level 3 in everything except maybe for Potty. Gotta keep workin’ at it!

Arnold (in high chair) looks overjoyed to have a sandwich

Arnold: SANDWICH! 8D

He’s mostly not a hard kid to please.

Britta asks Arnold about potty; Arnold says no

Britta: Do you need to go potty?
Arnold: NO

Britta swears; Arnold thinks about explosions

Britta: *swearing*
Arnold: lol mama you go BOOM!

Arnold sits on his potty; Britta laughs as she supervises

Britta had the last laugh though, as Arnold did indeed go to the potty.

Death Notification: Christina Cooper has died.

um wtf do u mean?!?!? Since when was she an elder? WHY HAS SHE ALREADY DIED???

Britta caresses Morgan’s very large tummy

Britta takes a little bit of an interest in her future child…

Britta tells Morgan about dinosaurs

Britta: I think you’re growing a dino!
Morgan: O_O

Julian sprays some breath spray into his mouth

I left Julian upstairs to train his Charisma and found him doing this… geez mate.

Britta and Morgan jump into bed

Morgan: I heard that WooHoo helps the baby come faster, wanna try?
Britta: We have nothing to lose!

a birds’ eye view of the Coopers’ dining space, featuring a view of the trees through the windows

a birds’ eye view of Britta and Morgan’s bedroom, featuring the doona floating and a view of the beach outside through the window

I wanted to give you a bit of an idea of what the Coopers can see every time they look through the windows. Too bad actually going outside has been crashing my game… lol…

Ulrike texts Britta: Hey, I heard you became friends with Arnold Cooper! He’s pretty cool!

Um… what the what, Ulrike? I’m just going to file this one away under “Renegades-style prank”.

Britta reads Arnold a bedtime story about birthdays

Britta: Soon it’ll be your birthday, champ, and then you’ll be able to do nearly everything a grown-up can do, including grab your own leftovers from the fridge! Hallelujah!

Melvin texts Arnold: Hey, I heard you became friends with Britta Cooper! She’s pretty cool!

Arnold got this text message…

what

same as the last, but with the extra message: Toddlers don’t have phones.

confusion intensifying

Britta, Claire AND a visiting Abed help Arnold with his blocks

ok guys… how much help does Arnold need with his blocks, really?

Britta stands over Arnold as he nears the potty and says ‘no Uncle Abed’

Nice little touch that Arnold doesn’t want Uncle Abed (a relative stranger) in the room as he goes potty…

Arnold stands outside, smiling

Abed doesn’t take it personally, either. ~~if he had there’d have been problems~~

Claire’s spline reticulation program is second to none! She has earned §14 from sale proceeds.

Claire’s plan to supplement her day job income with programming revenue isn’t going that well.

Arnold cheers next to the potty; an inset says: Reached Potty Level 3! Arnold has mastered Potty training. He will always try and use the Potty Chair instead of the diaper.