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15th Aug 2023 at 11:15 PM
15th Aug 2023 at 11:15 PM
Last week I sat down to filter my screenshots of our relevant families to make it easier for myself to continue posting episodes, and oh boy is there a lot to get through. I'm a little conflicted on how to move forward with the story, I imagine any readers may have noticed the number of screenshots only increase as the story goes forward. I am not a consumer of stories myself so I do not know what the norm is, or what a person reading may want. When I play for myself, I screenshot constantly, wanting to capture every play session in detail so I can go back and relive it both for enjoyment, and to help myself get immersed again the next time that family comes up in the rotation. For example, the Sawyer family album is over four thousand screenshots as this point 
Lots of those are only interesting/relevant to me, but it is difficult to decide where to draw the line between keeping it consumable and still have you, the reader, immersed in the story and understanding changes that happen. One of the comments I received back then was that my Sims felt more real to the person than they are used to, and that is exactly what I am going for. I want the Sims to feel real, I want the story to feel natural and believable. A picture speaks a thousand words, the old saying goes, and we all know I am extremely long winded, so in a way I think sticking to pictures to convey the tone ends up shorter than if I tried to use text instead 
The point being, I hope you are willing to bear with me as the story gets heavier in terms of number of pictures 
I have done my best to trim it down, but I don't want to lose the nuance, so picture heavy it will be
Chapter 15 - The Sawyer family
While I imagine some are wondering how Siri and Isamu are getting on, we spent a long time away from the Sawyer family and there is much to catch up on. So today, we are once again going to stop by the trailers and check in with Sally Mae, Billy Bob and the kids.
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Lots of those are only interesting/relevant to me, but it is difficult to decide where to draw the line between keeping it consumable and still have you, the reader, immersed in the story and understanding changes that happen. One of the comments I received back then was that my Sims felt more real to the person than they are used to, and that is exactly what I am going for. I want the Sims to feel real, I want the story to feel natural and believable. A picture speaks a thousand words, the old saying goes, and we all know I am extremely long winded, so in a way I think sticking to pictures to convey the tone ends up shorter than if I tried to use text instead 
The point being, I hope you are willing to bear with me as the story gets heavier in terms of number of pictures 
I have done my best to trim it down, but I don't want to lose the nuance, so picture heavy it will be Chapter 15 - The Sawyer family
While I imagine some are wondering how Siri and Isamu are getting on, we spent a long time away from the Sawyer family and there is much to catch up on. So today, we are once again going to stop by the trailers and check in with Sally Mae, Billy Bob and the kids.
When we left the Sawyers, I spoke of the growing tension between Billy Bob and Sally Mae. But that is not the only tension in the household. As the family grows, and the kid get older, the lack of space is beginning to show. Peggy Sue and Lulu Belle are big girls now, and although the magic of Sims helps them sleep despite crying siblings, it does get a little tiresome to wake up every morning to two screaming toddlers, usually with a diaper adding its stink to further lower the mood.
And judging by Sally Mae's enormous belly, there's another set of twins that will be coming out any second now. How will they manage to cram two more kids in to this one small trailer?
It is no wonder Peggy Sue frequently needs a hug from the teddybear, to get through the awkwardness of her parents and living in such a tiny space with her many siblings.
I think Sally Mae is well aware that the kids are a bit cramped, and she does what she can to help, like take Anna Nicole outside to practice walking.
Billy Bob keeps up his ways, jealously guarding his territory. He chases away any men that pass by their trailers on the outskirts of town.
He remains distant with his family, reading the paper or watching his TV as Sally Mae constantly works around him, cleaning and taking care of the kids.
The trailers may be small but it still generates a lot of work to maintain. It's a non stop job keeping it all clean, cooking and taking care of the kids. All combined with pregnancy it ensures Sally Mae is bone weary most days. Here she is sneaking in a nap when she had a moment to sit down.
As much as he detests it, Billy Bob has to help out more with the kids as Sally Mae simply can't keep up any more. Once again he realizes there are benefits to the windows Sally Mae had insisted on having between their bedroom and the kids trailer. It ensures that whenever he offers to put the kids to bed, the last thing Sally Mae sees as she falls asleep is his figure on the other side keeping an eye on the kids. Very convenient for him.
Billy Bob even made breakfast one day when he had the day off from work. Only cereal, but who would have thought to find him cooking.
Sally Mae looks at him quite fondly as she sits down to eat it. He takes his bowl over to the other trailer to keep an eye on the little ones so she can eat in peace.
Though I don't think she quite trusts him to do the job well, because as soon as she finished eating she headed over to check on the kids. She picked a real adorable moment to walk in.
Anna Nicole had already eaten so Sally Mae entertained her with some peek-a-boo while Junior has his breakfast.
It doesn't seem Billy Bob's punishment of forcing them to run the obstacle course deterred Peggy Sue and Lulu Belle for very long, because the two of them snuck into their parents bedroom to jump on the bed. Quite daring of them, with Billy Bob home from work.
Lucky for them, he did not notice because he was busy outside helping Sally Mae in the garden. He has been in a slightly better mood lately, keeping her down with the constant request for woohoo makes him feel more in control and that makes it easier to stomach doing things like helping to garden.
All that bending over to tend weeds in the garden kicked things into motion, because not long after she started Sally Mae is in labour!
She always looks so very loving and tender as she gazes down on her new child! You'd think after 4 the feeling might lessen but it seems not, every one is as miraculous as the one before.
Even Billy Bob is looking at the newcomer with tender eyes as Sally Mae hands over baby 1 to him so she can get busy birthing baby 2.
Billy Bob even finds it within himself to cheer for the babies. One wonders if the dewy eyes and the cheering may have something to do with the fact that Sally Mae finally gave him another son, and this time, a son with Billy Bob's coloring. Unlike Billy Bob Junior who looks so much like his mother with his bright red hair.
Peggy Sue comes and says hi to her new baby sister. Lulu Belle looks a little less excited, and Sally Mae seems to notice. I'm guessing Lulu Belle is thinking of her parents trying to cram another two cribs into the cramped bedroom she already shares with three other siblings.
Billy Bob however is in a great mood, having finally gotten a worthy son, whom he named Joe Bob. He even sat down with the girls to eat, treating them to a lecture on life in which he tells them not to waste their time with home work and school. Girls don't need to know anything but how to cook and clean!
Outside Sally Mae has changed clothes now she's back to normal size, and is nursing her new daughter, which she named Tamie Lee. Billy Bob is still as thrilled as ever with his new baby boy.
Kids, kids, kids everywhere!
Excited to spend time with his newest Son Billy Bob brought Joe Bob with him to his trailer, to the camouflage play mat they have there. Sally Mae stops by to check everything is going okay.
Billy Bob even seems a little kinder towards Junior now, helping feed him for the night and put him to bed. It's probably easier for him to stomach the failure that is Junior, now that he has Joe Bob to put his hopes towards.
Billy Bob already ate with the girls, but when Sally Mae goes to grab a quick plate of dinner he comes with her and keeps her company as he eats, talking about old times when they'd go out on dates.
Sally Mae seems to wonder what has gotten into him, she looks quite confused as she asked why he's talking about that now.
Billy Bob only smiles, strokes her cheek and tells her to follow him.
Hang on, where did that trailer come from? There did not use to be a trailer on the other side of the yard
Billy Bob leads Sally Mae inside, to show her the surprise. A brand new trailer he has purchased and furnished, to give the older kids their own space away from the little ones where they can sleep in peace. Finally there is enough room for them to have a table and sofa and some toys of their own.
Sally Mae is overjoyed, hugging and kissing him as a thank you
Peggy Sue seems as excited as her mum, talking animatedly with her about the new trailer.
"Mom!! I won't smell dirty diapers when I wake up, I'm so happy!"
After Peggy Sue and Lulu head to bed on their brand new bedroom, Billy Bob and Sally Mae sit on the sofa outside to chat a bit. Billy Bob telling her all about how he knew they'd need more space now that they have even more kids.
Now at this point you might be wondering, what is going on? Is Billy Bob somehow turning into less of a crappy dude? He's been helping out more with the kids, letting Sally Mae rest, he cooked (!!) and now he's even showing he noticed the increasing crowdedness of the kid's trailer and the fact that his oldest daughters are getting tired of sharing space with their younger siblings. The simple answer is no, Billy Bob is not turning into a nicer more caring father and husband. But he's not stupid, he knows that Sally Mae cares deeply about her children, she will go to lengths to protect them that she does not go to for herself. She might put up with the broken furniture and the depressing environment for herself, but for her kids, she will start to ask questions, and make demands, just as she did when she learned he had gotten a bonus at work. She is no longer the young naive teenager he once courted, viewing Billy Bob as the cool older man with all the answers. She's a grown mom of six, and even if she's isolated from society and from other people, she is stronger in herself now than she was back then, because she has to be for the sake of her kids. As much as he tries to keep her down by making her bend to his whims regularly (read ever increasing amounts of woohoo) and by keeping her busy with housework, her strength grows. So he has to be careful, and keep up appearances of being a devoted father and husband. It's eating him up inside though, all this doing what his wife wants and spending his hard earned money on the kids instead of himself. So what's a guy to do, when he has a bone to pick with his wife that he does not dare pick with her?
He goes to a place where there are women he can speak his true thoughts to, of course. Welcome to Hot House, the seedy downtown location for all Sims wishing to get up to things you don't necessarily want known outside.
If you have enough money, all manner of things can be arranged.
Here Billy Bob can be himself, fully. I suspect he wishes he could act the same with Sally Mae when she does something he does not want, it'd feel so good to shove a hand in her face to say "stop". Not that he's actually going to say no to Jaqueline, he's just making sure she knows anything that happens will be on his initiative.
Billy Bob spent most of the night at Hot House, getting out his frustrations and quenching his thirst with a number of women willing to participate for a price. The small hours of the morning find him laying on a hammock, half asleep but feeling real pleased with himself.
I don't like the look in his eyes as he moves in to spoon Sally Mae in their bed back home.
He looks happy as he drifts off to sleep, not realizing that next to him Sally Mae is quite awake and probably wonders where he's been all night.
The next day Billy Bob kept mostly to himself, reading the paper as the news talking heads chatter away on the TV.
That night, as Billy and the girls were helping themselves to some leftovers and Sally Mae was over with the younger kids, an unexpected guest came knocking on the door. It would seem that a now divorced Stoffe would like to see how his old friend is doing, he hasn't seen or heard from her since the grocery store months earlier.
Billy Bob rushes outside to get rid of him, telling him to get lost immediately.
"You're not welcome. She doesn't want to see you. Go away, bugger off!"
Stoffe looks rather grim as he walks away. He really wanted to see Sally Mae, he could have used a friend right about now and he doesn't really have many of those. His social circle consists most of networking contacts and shallow acquaintances. True friends are hard to come by in the upper circles of society, and the cut-throat corporate world. But as much as he'd like to see her, he also doesn't want to cause trouble for her, and he can tell Billy Bob is spoiling for a fight.
All of this was fully visible from the window in the young kids trailer, but Sally Mae of course is not looking out the window. She's busy taking care of the toddlers. It's quite sad, as she would have loved to see Stoffe, she misses her old orphanage family and Stoffe was always the one she was closest with. He's been on her mind on and off ever since their chance encounter at the grocery store.
Billy Bob definitely does not want Stoffe anywhere near there, he never likes any men anywhere near his family but especially not one that actually knows Sally Mae and may open her eyes to the situation. As all abusers do, he wants her isolated from anyone whose word she might actually listen to. He is very worried that she might catch a glimpse of him down the road as Stoffe walks back towards Evergreen, so after chasing him away, Billy Bob goes over there to make sure Sally Mae does not get a chance to see anything he doesn't want her to see.
It's very convenient for him that he can earn some husband points by helping with the toddlers, while he's actually being an asshole. He's quite excited by it, the deception is spicy to him. And what better way to ensure she does not look out the window than to keep her attention on him by romancing her?
He keeps it up the rest of the evening, flirting, complimenting and professing his love for her. I think by the end of the night Sally Mae was rather tired of it all, standing there in her night gown just wanting to go to bed. She looks about to fall asleep standing, as Billy Bob continues to shower her in adoration.
But as ever she musters a smile for her husbands attentions. After all, he's only expressing his love for her, so even if she's maybe tired and not in the mood, surely it's a good thing that he's wooing her? Not something that should make her uncomfortable and tired... even if that is how she truly feels.
But Billy Bob gets his way in the end, he always does. Which is how next morning, Sally Mae finds herself once again rushing to the toilet. Uh oh...
She knows the signs. As she draws a rare bubble bath for herself, she does not look as pleased at the prospect as she might once have done. I think she would have preferred to remain pregnancy-free a while longer. She only just gave birth to twins and currently has two toddlers, and two babies to take care of. It's a lot.
I feel you Sally Mae, I'd be tired and achey too, lugging around kids all day long and once again doing it all with the added internal strain of growing more humans.
It is drawing towards autumn out by the trailers, the color of the light is changing and Sally Mae's vegetable garden is almost done for the season. The girls are quite enjoying it though, hopping around in rain puddles.
Sally Mae decides to be proactive about the situation, and prepare in advance for what is to come. She spent a whole day cooking meals to put away as leftovers for when her pregnancy progresses and it becomes even harder for her to keep up. Which was definitely wise, every other screenshot I have from this period shows her either throwing up or dry heaving where she stands, rubbing her neck or holding her stomach.
And now that the older kids have a fridge and a table over in their trailer, the pre-prepared food means they can eat whenever they want to without Sally Mae or Billy Bob needing to get involved. Probably not quite how Sally Mae would want it, but one Sim can only do so much!
Even the babies have to settle for pre-prepared food, there is no more nursing as Sally Mae simply does not have the time or the strength. She's not happy about it, she wants to nourish her kids herself but she feels about ready to split in two from how exhausted she is.
Luckily for Sally Mae, it was soon time for the toddlers to grow up to children which will make things a little easier for her.
She looks so pleased as she's helping Anna Nicole with the birthday candles. Those two always had a bit of a special bond.
Anna Nicole grew up into such a little cutie!
Then it was Juniors turn by the cake.
Not quite as cute as his sister, I'm not sure his genes did him any favors, but he looks pleased with himself and his new form
As they ate their slices of cake, Junior seems a little afraid or distasteful towards his dad. As I've said before, kids are intuitive, Junior realizes his dad does not much care for him.
It's even more so the case now that Billy Bob has his golden boy, Joe Bob.
And that is where I will leave off for today. Bit of a boring stopping point but that's all I had energy for, and perhaps not leaving off on a cliff hanger is a nice change of pace Anna Nicole and Junior have grown up, the third pair of twins has been born giving Joe Bob and Tamie Lee as additions to the family, and Sally Mae is pregnant a fourth time. Billy Bob has picked up a new hobby behind Sally Maes back, as a means to get back at her for making it necessary for him to play nice towards her and for his own enjoyment.
Next time, we will finally be checking in with Siri over in her cottage in the woods
And judging by Sally Mae's enormous belly, there's another set of twins that will be coming out any second now. How will they manage to cram two more kids in to this one small trailer?
It is no wonder Peggy Sue frequently needs a hug from the teddybear, to get through the awkwardness of her parents and living in such a tiny space with her many siblings.
I think Sally Mae is well aware that the kids are a bit cramped, and she does what she can to help, like take Anna Nicole outside to practice walking.
Billy Bob keeps up his ways, jealously guarding his territory. He chases away any men that pass by their trailers on the outskirts of town.
He remains distant with his family, reading the paper or watching his TV as Sally Mae constantly works around him, cleaning and taking care of the kids.
The trailers may be small but it still generates a lot of work to maintain. It's a non stop job keeping it all clean, cooking and taking care of the kids. All combined with pregnancy it ensures Sally Mae is bone weary most days. Here she is sneaking in a nap when she had a moment to sit down.
As much as he detests it, Billy Bob has to help out more with the kids as Sally Mae simply can't keep up any more. Once again he realizes there are benefits to the windows Sally Mae had insisted on having between their bedroom and the kids trailer. It ensures that whenever he offers to put the kids to bed, the last thing Sally Mae sees as she falls asleep is his figure on the other side keeping an eye on the kids. Very convenient for him.
Billy Bob even made breakfast one day when he had the day off from work. Only cereal, but who would have thought to find him cooking.
Sally Mae looks at him quite fondly as she sits down to eat it. He takes his bowl over to the other trailer to keep an eye on the little ones so she can eat in peace.
Though I don't think she quite trusts him to do the job well, because as soon as she finished eating she headed over to check on the kids. She picked a real adorable moment to walk in.
Anna Nicole had already eaten so Sally Mae entertained her with some peek-a-boo while Junior has his breakfast.
It doesn't seem Billy Bob's punishment of forcing them to run the obstacle course deterred Peggy Sue and Lulu Belle for very long, because the two of them snuck into their parents bedroom to jump on the bed. Quite daring of them, with Billy Bob home from work.
Lucky for them, he did not notice because he was busy outside helping Sally Mae in the garden. He has been in a slightly better mood lately, keeping her down with the constant request for woohoo makes him feel more in control and that makes it easier to stomach doing things like helping to garden.
All that bending over to tend weeds in the garden kicked things into motion, because not long after she started Sally Mae is in labour!
She always looks so very loving and tender as she gazes down on her new child! You'd think after 4 the feeling might lessen but it seems not, every one is as miraculous as the one before.
Even Billy Bob is looking at the newcomer with tender eyes as Sally Mae hands over baby 1 to him so she can get busy birthing baby 2.
Billy Bob even finds it within himself to cheer for the babies. One wonders if the dewy eyes and the cheering may have something to do with the fact that Sally Mae finally gave him another son, and this time, a son with Billy Bob's coloring. Unlike Billy Bob Junior who looks so much like his mother with his bright red hair.
Peggy Sue comes and says hi to her new baby sister. Lulu Belle looks a little less excited, and Sally Mae seems to notice. I'm guessing Lulu Belle is thinking of her parents trying to cram another two cribs into the cramped bedroom she already shares with three other siblings.
Billy Bob however is in a great mood, having finally gotten a worthy son, whom he named Joe Bob. He even sat down with the girls to eat, treating them to a lecture on life in which he tells them not to waste their time with home work and school. Girls don't need to know anything but how to cook and clean!
Outside Sally Mae has changed clothes now she's back to normal size, and is nursing her new daughter, which she named Tamie Lee. Billy Bob is still as thrilled as ever with his new baby boy.
Kids, kids, kids everywhere!
Excited to spend time with his newest Son Billy Bob brought Joe Bob with him to his trailer, to the camouflage play mat they have there. Sally Mae stops by to check everything is going okay.
Billy Bob even seems a little kinder towards Junior now, helping feed him for the night and put him to bed. It's probably easier for him to stomach the failure that is Junior, now that he has Joe Bob to put his hopes towards.
Billy Bob already ate with the girls, but when Sally Mae goes to grab a quick plate of dinner he comes with her and keeps her company as he eats, talking about old times when they'd go out on dates.
Sally Mae seems to wonder what has gotten into him, she looks quite confused as she asked why he's talking about that now.
Billy Bob only smiles, strokes her cheek and tells her to follow him.
Hang on, where did that trailer come from? There did not use to be a trailer on the other side of the yard
Billy Bob leads Sally Mae inside, to show her the surprise. A brand new trailer he has purchased and furnished, to give the older kids their own space away from the little ones where they can sleep in peace. Finally there is enough room for them to have a table and sofa and some toys of their own.
Sally Mae is overjoyed, hugging and kissing him as a thank you
Peggy Sue seems as excited as her mum, talking animatedly with her about the new trailer.
"Mom!! I won't smell dirty diapers when I wake up, I'm so happy!"
After Peggy Sue and Lulu head to bed on their brand new bedroom, Billy Bob and Sally Mae sit on the sofa outside to chat a bit. Billy Bob telling her all about how he knew they'd need more space now that they have even more kids.
Now at this point you might be wondering, what is going on? Is Billy Bob somehow turning into less of a crappy dude? He's been helping out more with the kids, letting Sally Mae rest, he cooked (!!) and now he's even showing he noticed the increasing crowdedness of the kid's trailer and the fact that his oldest daughters are getting tired of sharing space with their younger siblings. The simple answer is no, Billy Bob is not turning into a nicer more caring father and husband. But he's not stupid, he knows that Sally Mae cares deeply about her children, she will go to lengths to protect them that she does not go to for herself. She might put up with the broken furniture and the depressing environment for herself, but for her kids, she will start to ask questions, and make demands, just as she did when she learned he had gotten a bonus at work. She is no longer the young naive teenager he once courted, viewing Billy Bob as the cool older man with all the answers. She's a grown mom of six, and even if she's isolated from society and from other people, she is stronger in herself now than she was back then, because she has to be for the sake of her kids. As much as he tries to keep her down by making her bend to his whims regularly (read ever increasing amounts of woohoo) and by keeping her busy with housework, her strength grows. So he has to be careful, and keep up appearances of being a devoted father and husband. It's eating him up inside though, all this doing what his wife wants and spending his hard earned money on the kids instead of himself. So what's a guy to do, when he has a bone to pick with his wife that he does not dare pick with her?
He goes to a place where there are women he can speak his true thoughts to, of course. Welcome to Hot House, the seedy downtown location for all Sims wishing to get up to things you don't necessarily want known outside.
If you have enough money, all manner of things can be arranged.
Here Billy Bob can be himself, fully. I suspect he wishes he could act the same with Sally Mae when she does something he does not want, it'd feel so good to shove a hand in her face to say "stop". Not that he's actually going to say no to Jaqueline, he's just making sure she knows anything that happens will be on his initiative.
Billy Bob spent most of the night at Hot House, getting out his frustrations and quenching his thirst with a number of women willing to participate for a price. The small hours of the morning find him laying on a hammock, half asleep but feeling real pleased with himself.
I don't like the look in his eyes as he moves in to spoon Sally Mae in their bed back home.
He looks happy as he drifts off to sleep, not realizing that next to him Sally Mae is quite awake and probably wonders where he's been all night.
The next day Billy Bob kept mostly to himself, reading the paper as the news talking heads chatter away on the TV.
That night, as Billy and the girls were helping themselves to some leftovers and Sally Mae was over with the younger kids, an unexpected guest came knocking on the door. It would seem that a now divorced Stoffe would like to see how his old friend is doing, he hasn't seen or heard from her since the grocery store months earlier.
Billy Bob rushes outside to get rid of him, telling him to get lost immediately.
"You're not welcome. She doesn't want to see you. Go away, bugger off!"
Stoffe looks rather grim as he walks away. He really wanted to see Sally Mae, he could have used a friend right about now and he doesn't really have many of those. His social circle consists most of networking contacts and shallow acquaintances. True friends are hard to come by in the upper circles of society, and the cut-throat corporate world. But as much as he'd like to see her, he also doesn't want to cause trouble for her, and he can tell Billy Bob is spoiling for a fight.
All of this was fully visible from the window in the young kids trailer, but Sally Mae of course is not looking out the window. She's busy taking care of the toddlers. It's quite sad, as she would have loved to see Stoffe, she misses her old orphanage family and Stoffe was always the one she was closest with. He's been on her mind on and off ever since their chance encounter at the grocery store.
Billy Bob definitely does not want Stoffe anywhere near there, he never likes any men anywhere near his family but especially not one that actually knows Sally Mae and may open her eyes to the situation. As all abusers do, he wants her isolated from anyone whose word she might actually listen to. He is very worried that she might catch a glimpse of him down the road as Stoffe walks back towards Evergreen, so after chasing him away, Billy Bob goes over there to make sure Sally Mae does not get a chance to see anything he doesn't want her to see.
It's very convenient for him that he can earn some husband points by helping with the toddlers, while he's actually being an asshole. He's quite excited by it, the deception is spicy to him. And what better way to ensure she does not look out the window than to keep her attention on him by romancing her?
He keeps it up the rest of the evening, flirting, complimenting and professing his love for her. I think by the end of the night Sally Mae was rather tired of it all, standing there in her night gown just wanting to go to bed. She looks about to fall asleep standing, as Billy Bob continues to shower her in adoration.
But as ever she musters a smile for her husbands attentions. After all, he's only expressing his love for her, so even if she's maybe tired and not in the mood, surely it's a good thing that he's wooing her? Not something that should make her uncomfortable and tired... even if that is how she truly feels.
But Billy Bob gets his way in the end, he always does. Which is how next morning, Sally Mae finds herself once again rushing to the toilet. Uh oh...
She knows the signs. As she draws a rare bubble bath for herself, she does not look as pleased at the prospect as she might once have done. I think she would have preferred to remain pregnancy-free a while longer. She only just gave birth to twins and currently has two toddlers, and two babies to take care of. It's a lot.
I feel you Sally Mae, I'd be tired and achey too, lugging around kids all day long and once again doing it all with the added internal strain of growing more humans.
It is drawing towards autumn out by the trailers, the color of the light is changing and Sally Mae's vegetable garden is almost done for the season. The girls are quite enjoying it though, hopping around in rain puddles.
Sally Mae decides to be proactive about the situation, and prepare in advance for what is to come. She spent a whole day cooking meals to put away as leftovers for when her pregnancy progresses and it becomes even harder for her to keep up. Which was definitely wise, every other screenshot I have from this period shows her either throwing up or dry heaving where she stands, rubbing her neck or holding her stomach.
And now that the older kids have a fridge and a table over in their trailer, the pre-prepared food means they can eat whenever they want to without Sally Mae or Billy Bob needing to get involved. Probably not quite how Sally Mae would want it, but one Sim can only do so much!
Even the babies have to settle for pre-prepared food, there is no more nursing as Sally Mae simply does not have the time or the strength. She's not happy about it, she wants to nourish her kids herself but she feels about ready to split in two from how exhausted she is.
Luckily for Sally Mae, it was soon time for the toddlers to grow up to children which will make things a little easier for her.
She looks so pleased as she's helping Anna Nicole with the birthday candles. Those two always had a bit of a special bond.
Anna Nicole grew up into such a little cutie!
Then it was Juniors turn by the cake.
Not quite as cute as his sister, I'm not sure his genes did him any favors, but he looks pleased with himself and his new form
As they ate their slices of cake, Junior seems a little afraid or distasteful towards his dad. As I've said before, kids are intuitive, Junior realizes his dad does not much care for him.
It's even more so the case now that Billy Bob has his golden boy, Joe Bob.
And that is where I will leave off for today. Bit of a boring stopping point but that's all I had energy for, and perhaps not leaving off on a cliff hanger is a nice change of pace
Anna Nicole and Junior have grown up, the third pair of twins has been born giving Joe Bob and Tamie Lee as additions to the family, and Sally Mae is pregnant a fourth time. Billy Bob has picked up a new hobby behind Sally Maes back, as a means to get back at her for making it necessary for him to play nice towards her and for his own enjoyment. Next time, we will finally be checking in with Siri over in her cottage in the woods
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