Part Six: Oh My Word...
Cassia soon became a toddler, and I moved her into her own room. Some people may think I went a little overboard with the red, but I don't care.
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Good grief, why does everything break so easily? I wondered as I fixed the dishwasher. There was, of course, the option to use the Unbreakable upgrade, but upgrading things took a lot longer than simply fixing.
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As I'd hoped, Melissa proved to be an invaluable help. She was able to build up a great relationship with Cassia.
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And, of course, I always made plenty of time for Jasper.
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Melissa isn't just a chef and nanny. She has plenty of "down time"!
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With the weather being so pleasant, Cassia spent a lot of time outdoors in her walker. She was growing up fast!
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Since life was going so well, Jasper and I decided to give Cassia a sibling.
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Neither Jasper nor I had a traditional job, although Jasper sometimes earned money by selling fruit and vegetables to the supermarket. We were able to spend a lot of time, therefore, on our hobbies. Even though Cassia wasn't yet school-age, I knew that I would encourage her to pursue education and full-time employment if that was what she wanted. After all, we had been extremely lucky in winning the lottery (even checking lotto records in the future doesn't guarantee a huge win), and even lottery winners can squander it all if they're not careful.
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I managed to master the handiness skill not long after discovering I was pregnant.
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It seemed like no time at all before I went into labour... (this screenshot wasn't taken on the day of the previous one!)
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I ended up giving birth to FOUR kids. Yup, FOUR. Three girls and one boy. In keeping with the nature theme, I named them Fleur, Poppy, Hazel and River (River is the boy). (I didn't get any screenshots of them as babies).
With so many plants, it was inevitable that some of them would die and need to be re-harvested. Jasper would get pretty emotional, which I always felt was a little ridiculous. A dead relative or pet I could understand, but a freaking plant??
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Having so many little ones was getting a little crazy, so I was very happy when Cassia became a child. She looked quite a bit like me at that age.
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Cassia was now able to entertain herself, which allowed her father, Melissa and I to focus on the quads. (I still feel a little dizzy even saying that word!)
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Here's a screenshot of the three girls together. Fleur is in pink, Hazel is in green and Poppy is in purple. Yeah, poppies are famously red, but that was already Cassia's colour :D :D Besides, she does have red bows here!
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Toddlers are so cute <3
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Initially, I had Fleur, Poppy and Hazel all share a room with their big sister, and gave River his own space. As I put him to bed one evening, I hoped he wouldn't mind growing up as the only boy in the family. Hopefully he would grow up with a great respect for women.
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One thing that lottery winners always seem to do is buy a fleet of fancy cars. Jasper and I decided not to go overboard, and just bought one Margaret Vaguester each. Judging by his driving skills, however, Jasper needed to practise a little more... thankfully there were no pedestrians!
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I've got more screenshots, but I'll end the post here. As to raising four toddlers at once... all I can say is, thank Plumbob for the testingcheats/max motives/make motives static cheat. It's sanity-saving, I tell ya!