The Roselands
Previously at the Roseland Family: Nothing too fancy - the kids were kidding, the parents were parenting and life was chugging along well for the Roselands... But will the Roselands' status quo be challenged now that Minola is about to enter her teens?
Let's first start off with the traits everybody got!
Bianca - Artistic, Bookworm, Natural Cook, Overemotional, Unflirty
Cyd - Athletic, Dog Person, Handy, Kleptomaniac, Perfectionist
Minola - Athletic, Computer Whiz, Slob
Hortensio - Coward, Friendly, Green Thumb
Cyd is petting Porthos while overthinking the skills he need to get another promotion...
Bianca's active involvement with the family feud did some disasters for her reputation however...
The best way to overcome this is to call up her niece-in-law Carla.
She actually made best friends with her as well.
Hortensio got a cooking skill point just in time before the school bus drove off without him.
This left Cyd and Porthos home alone... so lets go on a walk together!
After earning himself a skill point for Mechanical...
... Cyd grabbed the newspaper to get Porthos a job!
Porthos knows a lot of tricks already, which should make this career a breeze for him as long as he's well taken care of.
Cyd also learned a couple new tricks regarding DIY and reparations, just as the others got home from school and work. Bianca even got a promotion in the bag again!
While the children play some chess together...
... the grown-ups have their own games to play!
While Minola got a call from Tina Traveller, she got the notification that she was ready to grow up into her teens.
Bianca made a call...
... and soon all the guests were at the Roseland family homestead.
Time to blow out the candles...
... and make that jump...
... into puberty!
Minola is definitely one of the pretties Sims in Veronaville.
According to my Aspiration Calculator, Minola should be a Family Sim....
Scratch that, we got waaay too many Family Sims already. Let's make her Romance instead just to spice the game up a bit.
Minola is DEFINITELY happy with her life!
After she rolled her sexual preference...
... Minola immediately made a move on Oscar Ottomas!
Time to buy a phone!
An Adorable Creature walks on the lot! Also Minola is there.
After buying a phone...
... Minola buys herself a new wardrobe, too! All greeeen.
"Tch, green? You Montys REALLY have no sense of good taste. Disgusting!"
"Ma'am, I'm a Roseland."
"You're Bitch-anca's kid, you'll always be a Monty!"
Minola left the conversation to do her makeup...
... after which she went home. And I also decided to roll her a new trait, turns out Minola is into vehicles!
Back inside she makes a move on Oscar!
Doesn't take long til the hearts start floating!
I also gave Minola a couple aspiration benefits...
... and a new bedroom decor!
The party came to an end...
... and with it the entire day.
Sunrise, a new day, and Cyd got a promotion once again! Hortensio got out of bed early to greet his dad.
After the kids went out to school...
... Bianca's breakfast went out in the toilet!
The place is a mess after the party, yet Bianca has that annoying bug where if you click on a plate the option to clean up doesn't appear anymore. Time to have a maid for a day.
Which is needed because Bianca's got a case of morning sickness.
Really bad morning sickness.
She still needs to go to work however, just as Minola got home from school.
With the house practically cleaned up, Minola thanks the maid for her services...
... and then has some bonding time with Porthos...
... while Cyd, after a bit of a nap, takes off to work.
Hortensio got the perfect report card! Shame neither of his parents is home to show it off to.
While Minola is on a call with Thomas Ottomas, Bianca Monty has a chance card event.
Kaching! I *thiiink* I know what to do eventually with that money...
But first Hortensio is making up ways to earn himself some spare cash.
Hopefully people will want to buy lemonade with the rain howling out. Even Porthos is off and away - good luck puppo!
Might as well play SSX3 with Minola instead.
With both kids home alone, it's up to Minola to cook some Monty Spaghetti!
There Bianca is!
"Mummy mummy! I got an A+!"
"You did? Good job Hortensio!"
Cyd came home next, and decided to... jump rope outside. In the rain.
"I'm a Spring? Oi, I'm from the late fall! I'm not falling for that."
Porthos was the last one home, and brought in a promotion! He unlocked us a new collar, too!
With all said and done, it's time to go to bed...
... into a new morning.
Bianca couldn't find any fresh groceries to make the family breakfast with.
Time to go...
... to the local grocer!
Juliette Capp was awaiting Bianca Monty there to harass her.
"What jail did YOU Monty scum escape from?"
At least Bianca found solace talking things through with her good friend Kent Lewis.
"Kind of ironic, how even if we change the appearance of our last names they won't leave us be..."
After venting with Kent, Bianca went home.
Minola took this opportunity to embrace her love for cars for the first time...
... and go Downtown on her ownsome!
There she found Thomas Ottomas, and made a move on him.
While they were having coffee together...
We move to Nick the Fox and Coop Snoop the Raccoon playing around together! Daww.
After Thomas left the café...
... Minola also went her way to Rodney's Hideout.
There she met a cute guy.
She asked him, Stuart McMillan, on a date. He agreed.
After dining together...
Minola and Stuart had a dance together.
Their dance got more sultry and close...
They kissed goodbye. Thomas noticed that.
Minola did NOT figure that out however...
She was on her way...
... back to the Roseland house.
Just in time to receive a call from cousin Romeo!
I think he may have figured out she and him are cut from the same cloth.
Evidence - the Rose that was delivered to Minola Roseland.
The day was passing by well - Bianca plays video games while Cyd reads a book.
Minola practises her charms in the mirror.
And little Hortensio makes lemonade sales.
While Minola is trying to buy her old teddy bear some lemonade, Bianca is off to work.
After Cyd earns a Mechanical skill point.
It's Minola's turn to earn TWO cleaning skill points in quick succession.
While Minola reads her flower gift, Hortensio gets the message that his birthday is imminent.
The two siblings have their dinner omelettes when the phone rings.
It's Stuart!
Of course Minola says yes!
Time to go to the Lulu Lounge!
The cab arrives...
... and Minola beelines to the dance sphere!
They make an affectionate gesture, which makes the hearts flow.
David Ottomas, Thomas' and Oscar's older brother, did not like the view.
So much so, in fact...
... that he approaches Stuart and punches him in the face!
"Hey back off, you're raising an alarm for nothing!"
Minola ended the date soon after that incident.
Time to go back home...
... where Minola hit the books once again.
Poor Porthos got into a fight with a wolf!
HE WON!!!
Welcome home, Bianca!
Where she immediately got her baby bump! Wouldn't she be in the final trimester by now already?
Minola got her cleaning skill point...
... while Cyd puts the finishing touches on his painting, earning a Creativity skill point in the process.
He makes a decent sum with it.
Time to go to bed...
... and wake up for the next season! But... the biggest change for the Roselands is yet to come.
It is time to say our goodbyes to THIS Roseland house...
... and move in 111 Stratford Street! A house with plenty of room to house the unexpectantly growing family.
After moving their old belongings in the new place, the time is there to...
... end the season for this post, and eagerly await the next family to play: The Lewis family with Kent and Adrian. They may have also moved into a new place together
To be continued
