Silver Variety Stories

Hello rosemow​ , lisabeesims​ , CathyTea​, Simslover163​   

Hope you're all having a great holiday weekend.   

Today, I'm introducing one of my 'Orphan' households.  Over the course of playing in my main game save, "Valley Ventures',  I notices that due to the 'neighborhood stories' deaths, especially of the townie households,  children were being left orphans so I decided to give lives to some of these children by either creating for them a new parent(s) in CAS using genetics and/or by creating their stories to create an aunt or uncle to be their new parent(s).  For teenaged Sims, I just gave them their own lives and added many of them to my active households. This update focuses on one of my early orphans before disabling the 'death by accident'  part of the 'Neighborhood Stories' for the 'In World' households as well as some of the 'Not in World ones with young kids.  because. the game was generating too many deaths for my liking.  I play with long lifespan but modify the days to the Sims 3 long lifespan which I feel is more sensible.

Anyways it's time to introduce my "Orphan Trey' household.

TREY’S  STORY

This story begins with a young boy named Trey Douglas whose mother, Natasha, had anger issues which led to her tragic getting so angry at something that she exploded (according to the game).  To make it sound a little more realistic, we’ll say that she suffered a massive heart attack in a fit of rage.  Thankfully Trey did not have to grow up alone as he had a uncle, Leroy, who had just joined the Strangerville military in his quest to discover the truth behind the mysterious illness exhibited by the locals.  Leroy had a nice home built in the Strangerville Plaza across from the local library to raise his new family in.

After being notified of his sister’s (See notes below) tragic, Leroy was more than happy to adopt Trey and raise him as his own.  Although Leroy is a single father, he is very family orientated and has a soft spot for orphaned children and over the years has adopted three other orphans.   Shortly after adopting Trey, Leroy found out about a young boy named, Arjun Parikh whose father was killed in a house fire that left the boy not only an orphan but also homeless. Leroy’s heart went out to Arjun and adopted him on the spot.  Over the years, he has also adopted another child, Darnell, and a newborn baby girl whose mother died in childbirth and named her Mariah. Oops almost forgot, Leroy also adopted a mixed terrier dog from the shelter named, Scotch.

(Notes:  I created Leroy using the genetics option in CAS and the random button for his traits and aspirations.  See the captions below for the traits and aspirations of each family member

These first two photos are the front and back views of Leroy Douglas' house that he had built when he adopted Trey . The house uses mainly decor styles mainly from the Farmhouse, Queen Anne, Suburban, Basics, Mission, Modern which are Leroy's favorites, Oher styles used, especially in the upstairs include, Island, Garden, Storybook, Shabby, Industrial, Cute, Vintage and am sure others will be added when little Mariah grows up and develops her favorites.

It's time to introduce the family.

Meet Leroy Douglas who adopted his 'nephew', Trey when his mother passed away suddenly while shortly after he started grade school. Leroy is very "Family-Orientated' and loves each of his adopted children as his his own. He is 'active' in his military and balances working from home and at the military based while his children are growing up. He now has two nannies to help him out while he is at work. Since he's a 'perfectionist', Leroy likes make sure he does his job well and wants to ensure his children learn the value of a job well done as they grow up. His 'cheerfulness' always manages to brighten the days of everyone he meets.

Here is a candid picture of Trey just getting home from school. He is currently an A student and has completed hi s first childhood aspiration of becoming a 'Social Butterfly' and since he has maxed his creativity skills, Trey is working on a second aspiration, to become an 'Artistic Prodigy'. He also 'Loves the Outdoors' and likes to tend to his father's plants. Trey is good friends with all of his siblings and has a "Jokester' relationship with both Arjun & Darnell'

This is Arjun as a child and during New Years Eve, he celebrated his teenage birthday. He managed to complete his Creative Genius aspiration before aging up. In addition to his 'Active' personality, Arjun has become a 'Maker' and hopes to become a 'Master Maker' someday. Arjun also gets along well with his siblings and is looking forward to his high school years of studying, making new friends and attending prom. His favorite colors are Red, Pink, Green, Gray, Orange and likes the decor styles of

Basics, Farmhouse, Cosmolux, Storybook, Industrial, Shabby, Luxe, and Mid Century..

Arjun sporting one of his stylish 'Formal' outfits. He prefers the Boho, Outdoorsy, Polished, Sporty, MeUndies styles although the last two are not listed in CAS.

Meet Darnell who is busy doing his homework.  Like his older brother, Arjun he also wants to become a 'Creative Genius'.  He has the 'Practice Makes Perfect' and has found out the he loves to play the piano and plans to focus on fitness when he grows up.  Nothing is really known about his background as he was adopted  from the local orphanage.  

Darnell getting his new clothes

Me

Meet little 'Mariah' who is a cautious little girl who has the infant can be quite 'Gassy' at time and is a ' Feeding Tinkler' much to the dismay of those her feed her, none the less, her new father, Leroy loves her to pieces

Here are a few pictures of the interior of the Douglas Family home.  Most of the bedrooms and bathrooms are in my gallery under SilverJanSims.

This is the main floor living room area that is off the kitchen area in the next picture

Sorry for the darkened cabinets but the lights are aet for 'Auto-lights' to help keep the power bill down,'

These next two photos are of the upstairs family area.

This is a partial view of the downstairs hobby area. There's space for a future bed and bathroom where I may put a hot tub.

Poor Scotch, I almost forgot to post a picture of him. Scotch is a terrier mix (I think as he didn't come with a specific breed). He loves to play, go on adventures when someone has time to take him and loves to talk (Vocal).

That's all for now and hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend