The Antonius family suffered from some serious tension between the teenage daughter and her parents. They were none too happy that Paige had turned out a romance sim, and her father especially objected to her dating.


"No, you are NOT allowed to go out on a date! You're grounded - permanently!"


Yeah, that went over about as well as you could expect. Make an enemy out of your daughter, Rylan, why don't you?


Tori and Paige did get along a little bit better, at least enough so that she learned to study properly. However, most of her time was spent downtown with this guy (whose name I can't remember right now). He doesn't seem to mind being poked in the chest like that...


Rylan got a job in the career of his choice - science - while Tori switched jobs to arrange her schedule around his, so someone would always be home with the twins. Soon enough, she began showing signs that there might be another little one on the way...


Penelope and Priscilla were toddlers by then, who seemed content to play with their rabbits. I honestly have no idea which one this is, since they grew into identical dresses and PJs.





Moving on to the Bonaccords... Romulus and Remus both agreed that their little nephew Ramsay needed a female influence, and since Romulus is a romance sim, the task of finding someone suitable fell to Remus. One problem with that, though - he never seemed to meet anyone he had more than one bolt with. (Aside from Tori Antonius, who is of course taken.) He went from community lot to community lot, he scoped rooms and checked girls out, he even paid for a couple of blind dates - never more than one bolt. I was about to settle for that, when he finally met one he seemed more attracted to than the others... All it took to get him and Laura Greaves up to two bolts was a hair cut. It seemed a low price to pay for true love, and a mother figure for Ramsay.


After a few dates, Laura agreed to marry Remus. She's a knowledge sim, Pisces, with a LTW of becoming a mad scientist - just like her hubby. She's currently in business, though, and will have to reach the top of that career before she gets to switch.


Not long after she moved in, Ramsay grew into a child.




Meanwhile Romulus had been busy dating one girl after another, and with money from their jobs and date gifts, the brothers built themselves quite a decent home.




And so we come to the last original family, the Forsythes. Bryony and Rebecca do their best to take care of their little sisters Lily and Rose, but also manage to find some time for more personal matters. Rebecca and her boyfriend Tavarez Knight are now going steady.


Bryony, pleasure seeker that she is, was eager to meet someone, too. She went downtown to see if there were any cute boys hanging out there - and guess who she picked out of the crowd?


Yes indeed - it's Leeland Dante! And he says he'd love to go on a date with her!


They're a two-bolt couple, and keep gushing hearts for each other so much that I'm wondering if once he works out enough to get fit, they'll go up to three.


Without parents to help them with their homework, Rebecca and Bryony have to struggle through it as best they can. At least they'll be able to help their sisters when their turn comes.


And it came soon! The toddlers grew up well into schoolage children, having learned all their toddler skills, and earned a lot of skill points. Here's Rose, reading a cook book. Since her big sisters aren't very good cooks - Bryony set the stove on fire the first time she tried to use it - she has apparently decided she should know how to feed herself. Rebecca has promised to buy her an EasyBake Oven.


Lily keeps cleaning up after the others - Bryony especially, since she tends to leave big puddles on the floor after taking a shower. (More proof that she and Leeland were made for each other!) Throughout her toddler years, she preferred the logic box thingy to the rabbit. Now she runs out to the telescope every chance she gets.


The girls' mom, Summer, made an appearance. Since she's a placeholder, it didn't take me long to decide to get rid of her headstone after she had scared the teens a couple of times each in one night. They have enough on their plate without dealing with an angry ghost, too!