Thirty Grandchildren Badge Attempt - ongoing so it now has its own playlist

@Karritz awesome pics! I didn't know about the dice button in buy mode! TY for mentioning!

I really love all the paintings on the wall with Megan and Cosmo! they are beautiful! Clara is beautiful!

I really like how Darrel looks he seems so nice and jolly!

Such a cool looking red pet bed with the antennas on it!

lol I was laughing at your sims looking in all the wrong spots for eggs! hahahaha

Such a great video! I really enjoyed it!!!

Here are some pictures from my play this morning.

I loaded Episode 29 of the 30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt a couple of days ago. These pictures show my work on the beginning of Episode 30. Not much of this is on video as it's mainly just them getting skills but some of it will be in the next video.

The thing is, I need them to learn skills so I can send them to live back in Cake Island so I need to get them skilled. Also, I need to make them learn skills or this game will get bogged down and go nowhere fast.

However, watching Sims read books isn't all that much fun, especially if you're watching a video. So I try to get them to read while I'm not recording a video.

This morning's play session has had them all doing different things so I did record bits of this. Here's the screen shots I got.

At the end of Episode 29 video the entire household went to the Spring Festival to collect festival eggs. It was a very frustrating search as mostly they searched exclusively in places where there were no eggs. They did manage to collect a few eggs.

I discovered on their return home much later that Clara had managed to pick up a Fancy Festival Egg so that was nice. I didn't see her pick up any eggs but with 11 of them it wasn't possible to keep an eye on any of them all the time.

At the start of Episode 30 they are still dancing at the Spring Festival. Except for Lionel - he's playing horseshoes.

https://i.postimg.cc/BQFtbMkr/Spring-Festival-Great-Southern-Land001.jpg

Several of them had a wish to buy a Bonehilda Coffin so I got one for them. I like to click the 'dice' button sometimes and that's what I did with this coffin. I thought the effect was interesting. A lot of things that can't be recoloured with the recolouring tool can be given random colours and patterns if the dice is clicked when in Buy Mode.

Bonehilda Awakens
https://i.postimg.cc/DwqWjBcr/Bonehilda-Awakens001.jpg

Next morning I sent Rachael to the Spring Festival alone and she collected ALL of the available Festival Eggs. She came home with one fancy egg and one Spring Gnome.

I added a side table to the Common Room and placed the two Fancy eggs on it. Rachael got the Freezer Bunny egg and Clarice the red egg.

https://i.postimg.cc/G2pHprnK/Fancy-Festival-Eggs001.jpg

I didn't get screen shots, but several of them had a wish to collect seeds.

I sent them to the Greenhouse to collect seeds. While there Clara kept wanting to collect more seeds so I let her do that.

When everyone was back at home Clarice and Rachael started planting their seeds. Unfortunately neither of them could plant any other than Common seeds so they set to work gardening to get their gardening skill up. They are currently at level 6 so can plant Uncommon Seeds. Mostly though, they collected Special and Rare seeds so it'll be a while before they can plant them.

Here are the two Imaginary Friends made real gardening.

https://i.postimg.cc/prwTkFhc/Clara-And-Rachel-Gardening001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/nVgCn6RK/Rachel-And-Clara-Gardening001.jpg

The garden is growing. By the time I have it filled up they will have enough gardening skill to not need to garden any more. But, of course new Imaginary Friends made real will be coming to stay in the future and they will benefit from this effort.

Eventually there were no plants needing tending, and Jack had picked a pumpkin so he sat down in the middle of the garden and carved it.
https://i.postimg.cc/kG6Gxc4t/Jack-Carves-APumpkin001.jpg

After gardening for a while Lionel and Mark went upstairs to sit in their kitchen and read some recipes and fishing books. I think they are probably just reading recipes as not many of the household members have any fishing skill yet. I'll have to get to work on that soon. Now it's Springtime and the ponds are thawed they probably can go to a fishing hole together and all learn to fish at the same time.

https://i.postimg.cc/Ls2JrLyr/Lionel-And-Mark-Reading001.jpg

I discovered Wilfred telling a ghost story. Only Karen was interested and sat and listened. Jack was happy watching Clarice playing the piano.

https://i.postimg.cc/L5wq7W7T/Wilfred-Telling-Ghost-Story001.jpg

Not much has been happening between Wilfred and Wendy so far today. Wendy doesn't have a very high level at anything but she's managed to get to level 3 or a little above in most necessary skills. She's read all of the recipes available to her and she's read her fishing bait books too. Since she's got to level 7 in fishing and gardening she's now ready to get married. That'll happen later in Episode 30. I still need to record video of her and Wilfred visiting some of the local venues. I added the Ice Lounge which came with one of the expansions, I think, can't remember which one. I had a look inside and it doesn't seem very inspiring but I might send this couple there for a few minutes to see what it's like at a Sim's eye view.

Wilfred's not showing much interest in befriending the cat. He might take it home with him and maybe they'll improve their relationship there. I really don't think he's going to get his lifetime wish of adopting a unicorn.

That's it from me for now.

Happy Simming.

Here is Episode 29 of the 30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt.

https://youtu.be/IPzbjqhorKU

This opens in Cake Island as Demetria is returned home from her alien abduction that happened in Episode 27. Her arrival coincides with the arrival of Felecia, Frank, Derek and Dave from The Great Southern Land. It was a great relief for all to see Demetria return as she was abducted just as Felecia and Frank were leaving for their vacation in the Great Southern Land. Now they are married and ready to set up home together in Cake Island. Derek and Dave are in Cake Island to get to know their future spouses, Dolores and Demetria.

They are all in the main Cake Island household at the beginning of the video.

Everyone attends Kendall's graduation. This is the final graduation for this series.

Megan and Latoya make their imaginary friends, Cosmo and Rags, real.

Cosmo and Rags are given thorough makeovers and become Clara and Rachael.

Wendy and Wilfred are the next couple needing to get married. They move in temporarily with Frank and Felecia and the two newly made real imaginary friends join them. This was more for the ease of saving the changes to the game than for any special story line. It got to the point where I couldn't save with the main household active.

Wilfred, Wendy, Clara and Rachael fly off to live with the potential spouses in The Great Southern Land. Almost everyone in that household has a lot of skills to learn and books to read. I'm using this house as I do the boarding schools. I find it more time efficient to collect all unskilled sims together in one place and have them all learn and read recipes and fishing bait books together. It also gets them to know each other and makes for livelier worlds when they all return to live in their own separate homes.

I don't show much of them reading in The Great Southern Land. They do a bit of gardening and visit some lots. you get a guided tour of the house in which they are all living and then they head off to the Spring Festival for a festival egg hunt followed by a huge group dance on the dance floor at the Spring Festival.

There is lots happening. Next episode I'm expecting to have the wedding of Wilfred and Wendy plus more of course.

I hope you enjoy the video.

Happy Simming

30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt Episode 28 is now available for you to view on YouTube

https://youtu.be/2DkS1ZFBPEQ

Felecia and Frank are in the Great Southern Land on their vacation. They are there for only 3 or 4 days. They keep themselves busy, and in the end we do manage to squeeze in an interesting wedding. In this episode they explore a few venues I made including the Magic Gnome's Magical Treasure Park, Bluewaters Fun Park, the Dome and the Spectral Bakery.

The end of the video is a tiny tutorial on making occupied tombstones using Carter's Display Case and the spirits from the Ghost Hunter career.

https://i.postimg.cc/mr5z1SD4/Felecia-Frank-Karen001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/HnqqNKsz/Bakery003.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/W4svjQmf/Bakery007.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZRv7v90C/Magic-Gnome-Magical-Fun-Park002.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/9Q1T6NYj/Felecia-And-Frank-Hot-Tubbing001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/52CwJJD5/Felecia-And-Frank-Wedding001.jpg

I hope you enjoy the video.

Happy Simming

Episode 27 of the 30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt is now available for you to watch on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/GFhuM5BJ2z8

Almost all of this episode happens in a new world, The Great Southern Land, by @Frogprincess_q .

We meet the final nine potential spouses for the unmatched young adults in Cake Island.

The next couple to go on vacation are Frank and Felecia. They appear late in the video. Mostly we are in the Great Southern Land with the potential spouses.

After Frank and Felecia marry, it'll be the turn of Wilfred and Wendy. I haven't decided where they will go yet.

Wendy was the final potential spouse I'd made before adding the group of nine that are currently occupying the house in the Great Southern Land.

I had to extend their small basement to add a few bedrooms but they now all have a bed to call their own.

They are, from Left to Right, Lionel, Karen, Mark, Dave, Stan, Daryl, Clarice, Jack and Chris.
https://i.postimg.cc/zfR24042/Lionel-Karen-Mark-Dave-Stan-Daryl-Clarice-Jack-Chris001.jpg

Daryl and Dave will be returning to Cake Island with Frank and Felecia. Their potential spouses are Delores and Demetria. Demetria was abducted by aliens just as Frank and Felecia were leaving to travel to the GSL.

Once Wendy and Wilfred are married, Sharonda will marry Stan, followed by Coby and Clarice.

All of the above members of the Holden family have already made their Imaginary Friends real and their Imaginary Friends have moved out to live on their own as townies in Cake Island.

When Daryl and Dave arrive, Frank and Felecia will move out to their own home, and I expect Megan will probably make her Imaginary Friend real. Latoya might make her IF real too. I might wait until after Wilfred and Wendy have married and moved out before making the imaginary friends real because I will want to send the Imaginary Friends to the GSL to live with the remaining potential spouses and learn skills and read books. The dilemma is when to get the final three imaginary friends made real. It will happen. It would be easiest to do it and send all five of them together to the Great Southern Land. That way they will all be learning skills and reading books at the same time. But the house will be a little crowded.

At then end of this video, Felecia and Frank were left alone at the Casino, or so I thought. At midnight all of the townies and potential spouses vanished.
https://i.postimg.cc/4dHK6h79/Felecia-Frank001.jpg

As they continued to play I discovered Karen was still there, she'd just gone to the toilet. She returned and joined them at the poker table.
https://i.postimg.cc/mr5z1SD4/Felecia-Frank-Karen001.jpg

I'd been wondering what had happened to Dave. I went looking for him and found him stuck in the library. Clarice was not at home either and I found her walking a long distance towards home. I have no idea why she was walking. Plenty of taxis were passing her. When she arrived at the paved road she suddenly got reset and bounced back into their home. Some of the others were out around town too. I managed to get them all home to pose for the photo. I will have to shut down now as I had to resort to MoveObjects On and picking them up and putting them where I wanted them. And when I want to start playing the game again for the next video I want it to start exactly where this episode left off.

Happy Simming All

This is Part 26 of the 30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt. It is now ready for you to view on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/6hz_rYowUBk

It is another busy video but it is mostly set in Cake Island by @Rflong7 . At the very end we see Felecia and Frank at the Base Camp in The Great Southern Land by @Frogprincess_q . Next episode will be mostly in the Great Southern Land.

Activities in this episode include lots of work by the household members on gaining a variety of skills and reading of recipes and fishing bait books. Cathy and Percy move out to live as townies. Each has their own new home and we have a quick look inside their new houses.
Two of the Imaginary Friends Made Real who previously moved out have decided to have a baby so I decided to give them a wedding in my build, the Indoor Outdoor Wedding Venue. Kendal learns to drive and completes his lifetime wish, he celebrates his birthday and begins a new career as a magician. This means there are now no teens left in the family. All 15 of Gerri's children are now Young Adults.
There are two babies born during this episode and we visit their homes and meet them briefly.
At the end Felecia and Frank explore the Base Camp in The Great Southern Land. They seem to enjoy tossing vials of 'stuff' into the bonfire.

In the next episode we'll fully explore the world and the various venues I've placed in it.

I hope you enjoy Part 26.

Here are a few pics from the video
https://i.postimg.cc/g2MHGw23/Constance-Wilfred-Gerri001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/YC2xcNMp/Josie-And-Son001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/rpKCs8D3/Wendy-Percy-Cathie001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/BZ7YdsNj/At-The-Park001.jpg

30 Grandchildren Episode 24 is now available for you to watch on YouTube

https://youtu.be/QmJp-Abc3k8

This is the second, and final part of the vacation of Lynette and Larry. They explore Oasis Landing in the Normal Future. It is a fast paced episode with lots of different activities.

It starts with them in the wastelands at the crashed ship. They watch the stars then Larry heads off to do a class in bot building. He decides to go shopping in the EP XI Emporium and we get to see him enjoying it and buying some items to take home with him.

Lynette leaves the crash site to meet up with Larry at the bar in the Rainbow Gondola hangout. They investigate a nursery and compete with each other in a friendly game of Arcade Hoops. They are served by the chef in the restaurant where they eat lunch before heading off to find the waterfall that Lynette has heard is somewhere in the hills near town. They find a whole suburb of old fashioned houses up in the hills and a herd of wild horses near the waterfall. They have some fun flying high with their jet packs and their romance continues to advance.

As evening falls they go to a local bar where they find lots of locals, many of whom are descendants of Lynette's mother, Gerri, as well as some descendants of Ursula Gammin, the witch who lives near Javon and Gwen.

They end the day back at the Rainbow Gondola lot. They have a wonderful time there and at the end of the video they are playing a game together down in one of the underground hallways. The video ends with them playing happily together. We won't see them return home, but they will reappear in Cake Island some time in episode 25. I didn't want to interrupt their activities so I just left them there for now. There is a lot of romance in this episode, particularly towards the end. And a new type of kiss as well.

Not all of the scenes depicted in these screen shots made it into the video. I had to cut over an hour out to make a video of about 32 minutes of the best bits.

Eating breakfast at the community center
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5ZCbTbw/Breakfast001.jpg

A couple of locals in the wasteland.
https://i.postimg.cc/wTD1Ytpt/In-The-Wasteland001.jpg

One of many kisses between Larry and Lynette
https://i.postimg.cc/HxJLZnzk/Kiss001.jpg

The end of the video they play happily in a hallway of the Rainbow Gondola lot
https://i.postimg.cc/Bv76BHxz/Larry-And-Lynette001.jpg

A view of Oasis Landing at night from near the waterfall up in the hills just out of town
https://i.postimg.cc/jqpD1HG0/Oasis-Landing-At-Night001.jpg

Something is wrong with the way Larry was planting his flag
https://i.postimg.cc/g02jhN6R/Planting-The-Flag001.jpg

The Wild Horses that live near the waterfall.
https://i.postimg.cc/RZRqqjq4/Wild-Horses001.jpg

30 Grandchildren Badge Episode 23 is now available for you to watch on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/zk81hZqW8i0

I hope you enjoy it.

The story opens with Kendall who missed the school bus. The thing is, he is the only teen left in the household of 15 children. All of the others have now aged up to Young Adult.

The Imaginary Friends of each of the 15 children are made real after they age up to Young Adult if there is room for them in the Cake Island house.

In previous episodes Javon went on vacation (to the 3 World Adventures worlds) with Gwen and were married when they returned to Cake Island.
They then moved out and have since had a baby son who will unfortunately not count towards the 30 grandchildren as I was not logged in when he was born and I have since changed households numerous times.

After Javon and Gwen Robbie and Candice had their vacation to a player built world, Cornucopia. They eloped there and moved out to their own home on their return.

Next Alecia and Denis had their vacation in Isla Paradiso. They returned home to have a wedding in my build, the Indoor Outdoor Wedding Venue. They chose the garden to have an outdoor wedding. They moved out with their plant sim baby who will not count towards the 30 grandchildren for the same reasons Javon's son won't count.

This episode is for Lynette and Larry to go away somewhere to get to know each other and decide if they want to be together for ever and raise a family. They go to Oasis Landing in the Normal Future and while slowly getting to know each other they explore the Wasteland and my Rainbow Gondola build in this episode.

https://i.postimg.cc/VLxFB6cY/Lynette-And-Crow001.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/xTJRzmhx/Oasis-Landing-Sunset001.jpg

Pictures of the Rainbow Goldola build were not necessarily from Oasis Landing

https://i.postimg.cc/ydvfmyqw/Gondola44.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/76K5qf73/Gondola40.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/C1vgWfXk/Gondola26.jpg

I hope you enjoy the continuation of this story.

Happy Simming

30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt Part 22 is now available for you to watch on YouTube

https://youtu.be/K4fmi0-cimg

Alecia and Dennis have returned from vacation. They are now an engaged couple and will have their wedding ceremony in this episode.

The final two teenaged sisters of Alecia will age up to Young Adult and graduate.

Alecia and Dennis move into their new home after Alecia picks the forbidden fruit seed she planted before leaving for their vacation.

Ben moves out to become a townie - he moves from the house I put him into.

Sharonda finally is able to use the potion she made ages ago to turn her imaginary friend real.

I hope you enjoy the video.

Happy Simming

30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt Part 21 is now available for you to view on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/ZrbNXAvX9dE

In this episode Alecia and Dennis go on their vacation to get to know each other and decide if they want to spend the rest of their lives together or not. It is up to them. They have a very busy and at times scary vacation. It turns out they are devoted to dancing with each other. It continues to be their number one joint default activity. In this video they learn surprising new skills and have some adventurous new experiences they are not likely to have back at home in Cake Island. The video begins as they travel to their vacation location and ends with them traveling back to Cake Island.

Next episode will include their wedding plus the preparation for the next couple, Larry and Lynette, to go on their vacation.

I hope you enjoy this video.

Happy Simming.