The Appleton Family (A Sims 4 Realism Challenge) [Last Update]

In a few hours a beautiful baby was born.
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"Okay, Connor, thats it- i bought the plane ticket, i'm on my way-"
"Dad! Its okay, dad! I think we did it. Its a girl!!"
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"She's so precious" smiled Susan.
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Connor agreed. "I'm gonna be the best dad ever-"
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All of a sudden, the baby started crying.
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"What? What'd i do?" Connor panicked. "I'm a horrible parent. My kid is only two minutes old and i already managed to make her cry!"
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But it turned out the little girl simply needed her mommy.
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Connor and Susan smiled, looking at their newborn daughter. She was so precious.
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At last, she fell asleep.
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Connor smiled and kissed his wife, realising that he finally understood what true happiness feels like. And it felt wonderful.
"We are going to have the best life ever." he whispered. "Just you wait and see - one day we'll live happily ever after."
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Meanwhile Susan decorated their room with photos, smartly placing a few of them so they would cover the ugly crack in the wall. That will cost a lot to get fixed... or they could possibly cover it with wallpaper.
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"Geez, Connors photos definitely need new frames!" Yes, Susan, they mostly certainly do. But we're playing in realistic mode so i can't just delete those and buy new ones... but the pain is real, i get it!
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After lots of hours of hard work, Connor got himself a pretty good-looking garden. I honestly didn't expect it to be so huge! I only bought six packs of seeds...
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While Susan watered the plants, Connor entertained his new baby who wouldn't stop crying if she wasn't held.
Its a girl, dad, he thought to himself. Its a girl. Im going to be the best dad ever, just you wait.
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Then he decided to bake some cookies...
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But the baby started crying and he once again had to rush into the bedroom and cheer her up. This happened three times in a row! IN A ROW! I've never had such a troubled baby in the sims. Ever. :expressionless:
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In the evening Connor finally managed to get the baby to sleep and finished his cookies. Just in time for Susan to finish watering the plants!
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Of course, about what else could parents talk during dinner then about their child.
"What are we going to call her?"
"Delaney."
"You've already came up with a name?" Connor was impressed. Susan nodded.
"Oh, I knew what i'll call my firstborn since i was seven!" her eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Well... What if it would be a boy?"
Susan looked at him slightly puzzled.
"I highly doubt that. It could be only Delaney. Delaney Appleton." she shrugged. "Sounds wonderful, don't you think?"
"Sure. Wait, Appleton..? Since when were we-"
"My last name. And yours, after we get married! You don't want to be a Smith your whole life, do you? Connor Appleton sounds wonderful! Look, i've got it all planned out-"
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"Yeah, i'm sure you did." Connor smiled too. Susan was an incredible perfectionist, she planned out everything. But he didn't mind at all. He learned to love her little flaws, because thats what made Susan Susan - the girl he fell in love with. The girl with whom he brought to this world beautiful little Delaney.
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"Where's the baby? Is everything okay? I brought diapers and if something-"
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"Wow, steady there... i told you everything is okay but you still flew all the way from San Myshuno to Windenburg just to give us diapers?"
"Well what'd you think - you move out of town and I'm not worrying for you anymore?"
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"Hey there, kiddo, aren't you just the most adorable thing ever... Connor?"
"Yeah..?"
"Why is your baby so unhappy?"
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Pretty soon in turned out, that everything was a disaster. The crib was the wrong size, the lightning in the room was too bright, the baby clothing was uncomfortable. At least Angel thought so.
"Terrible parenting, Connor. Terrible parenting!"
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To Connors relief, Susan swooped in to save the day. She assured Angel that its been proven that smaller cribs are better for babies, the lightning is perfectly fine and the clothing is perfect. Little by little, Angel began to admit that he's been slightly overreacting.
"But only slightly!" he added. "Im still leaving you diapers cause the ones you're using are just... just wrong, okay?"
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Then they all had cookies. Because what else can you do on an empty farm.
"She's beautiful." said Angel. "What'd you name her?"
"Delaney." replied Connor with a huge smile.
"Delaney? The poor kid, why would you name her with a surname?"
"Thats not a surname!" Susan was obviously hurt.
"Hey, i'm Irish and i know an Irish surname when i hear it. Thats called terrible parenting and she's going to be teased at in school and everything will turn out horrible and- don't you think Jasmine just suits her more?"
"No." said Connor and Susan in one voice.
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After lunch time Susan went to feed Delaney, Connor was on dish-washing duty. I have no idea why, but my sims refused to wash the dishes in the old sink so i had to replace it with this one. Those sims bugs are deeply annoying!
"So." started Angel. "Hows your life here so far? Enjoying living off the grid, far away from civilisation?"
"Its not that bad, dad." Connor laughed. "We have electricity, the plumbing is fine, the internet is quite laggy but still works... plus, Windenburg centre with malls and fancy restaurants is only a couple of miles away."
"I guess I've just lived my whole life in the city, so i can't possibly understand this stuff. But i mean- you don't have a computer, your house looks like it'll fall in pieces any minute!.." Angel sighed.
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"Look, all I'm trying to say, is that if you ever have problems- financial, for instance, because you're obviously struggling with money-"
"I'm fine, dad. Honestly. Everything is fine."
"But you can always count on my help. You know that, right?"
"Yeah. Thanks." Connor smiled. Surely his dad was one of the overprotective types. And who could blame him? He missed out on ten years of his sons life...
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After a few days of gameplay my sims finally started brushing their teeth and drinking water twice a day. This is harder then i thought!
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After those stupid decisions mine, to be fair, because i didn't know they get seed packs for free on the gardening career! Could've saved lots of money..., Connor realised that they are broke. Brilliant.
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"Hey! You're new around here, aren't you?"
Connor turned and saw a middle-aged Swedish-looking guy.
Or maybe not Swedish-looking. thought Connor on second glance. "Me and my finance just moved in here a couple of days ago. But I'm not "new", i lived here for ten years and-"
"Ten years and i haven't seen you around? In what kind of a hole did you live?" before Connor answered, he continued. "So i s'pose you're the ones who bought the old Apple farm? Your into farming, aren't you?"
"Yeah... How'd you know?"
"Got that farm-boy look written all over you. I once wanted to be a farmer... now i've got a whole farming corporation! The whole country feeds off my fields. I could get you and your wife a job if you want!"
"That'd be nice." Connor smiled.
"Good! We'll discuss the details tomorrow."
"My address is-"
"Why would i need your address? Everyone knows when the Apple farm is. A name would be nice though! I'm Bjorn, by the way. Bjorn Bjergsen."
"Connor. Connor Smith. Apparently becoming Connor Appleton after the marriage."
"The Appletons on the Apple farm... i like the sound of that!" Bjorn smirked. "Well, see you tomorrow then, Connor Smith-Appleton!"
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Later that day Connor told Susan about the good news. Susan was delighted!
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The next day Bjorn appeared. And not alone! He brought his wife Clara and daughter Elsa with him!
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"This is just half of our family." he said, grinning. "Not counting the animals, of course."
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Susan immediately began chatting with Clara and Elsa as if they were good friends. Connor and Bjorn went inside to talk business. The idea was that Connor and Susan will take turns working out on the main fields and also, if they need extra money, Bjorn would buy products off their patch.
"Of course, you could sell them at the market, but that requires something you young kids don't have yet. Skill."
"Hey, i've done it as a kid-"
"Things changed in ten years, son. So, you taking the job? We'll start at 20 per hour. Gonna do a good job - i'll raise you up to 25."
"That'd be great!"
"Good. Say," Bjorn suddenly smiled, "you need told me you're marrying Susan."
"Is there something wrong with that?" said Connor defensively.
"No, no, good choice! I bet you'll live a happy happy life together. I just can't picture myself living with someone so... bossy."
"Yeah, well, Susan is a brilliant person and you- you shouldn't call her bossy!"
"Wow, kid, calm down. I've known her since she was an itty-bitty child who came to visit her aunt mrs Munch every summer. And what a pain it was for the whole town! I've never seen such a perfectionist in my life. Every single person on this land knew about her "epic life plan"! Im not surprised if it hasn't changed a bit since she drew it for the first time.
"You know, i'm getting the impression you don't like her too much-"
"I never said that. And i'll gladly have her at work. Tomorrow, 7 PM! Now, i'd love to stay and chat a bit more, but really gotta go. See ya tomorrow!"
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Connor never told Susan about that little talk they had.
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Meanwhile, their patch grew bigger and bigger...
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"Hi, honey, i'm home!"
"Hey... um, who's that weird guy and whats he doing in our house?"
"Oh, thats Sheldon and he's a professional designer. He's going to help us with the room for Delaney!"
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But first Susan showed off the new desk she bought.
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"Well, what do you think?"
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"Hmm... i think we can work with this. Plenty of space, enough sunlight, a pretty high ceiling..."
After making a few checks in his notebook Sheldon said that he'll check out the nurseries they have in stock and see what suits them the most.
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"Nice meeting you, thanks, goodbye!"
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"Okay, seriously, who was that guy?"
"The shops owner, i told you!"
"I don't know... seems kind of weird that he would help us out just like that."
"Or maybe he's just a nice person, don't you think?"
"Maybe... maybe i'm just being a bit paranoid." Connor laughed. Yet for some reason he was still quite unsure that this was a good idea...
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ate it,
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then one of them went to work and the other one would garden at home,
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then something would break and Connor had to fix it,
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then Bjorn would come to buy their vegetables.
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then they would kiss little Delaney goodnight and go to sleep.
Not much fun.
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Of course, sometimes things would brighten up a bit. Susan began practicing being a florist.
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She even made a few bouquets from bluebells and posted them on a few websites,
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But unfortunately no one was really interested in buying her flowers.
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Of course, they still had time for a bit of romance...
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But usually as soon as they'd start getting flirty with each other Delaney would start crying or something would break once again.
You get the impression. Life is a pain for those two.
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"Hey, how are you?" asked Connor once while Susan was creating another bouquet.
"Well, how do you think? Fine, i guess." she sighed. "You know, i think something gone a bit wrong in my plan. But i can't figure out what exactly... I don't know why, but i just feel so down and tired the whole time!"
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Connor sighed too.
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"Oh Delaney, if only you wouldn't cry this much." muttered Connor, once again hushing the baby.
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"I wonder what my dads would do in a situation like this?"
And suddenly, Connor got an idea...
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"Wear your prettiest dress tonight." said Connor. "We're going somewhere special!"
"Huh? But what about Delaney..."
"Oh, don't worry, i've got a babysitter. Everything is handled!"
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Connor took Susan to the Windenburg restaurant. It was nothing special, really, but Susan was still delighted.
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"Ohhh, this is wonderful! I can't remember the last time i went to a restaurant!"
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"Can we get a table for two please..."
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Can we have some white wine and spaghetti?
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"This looks delicious."
"It sure does!"
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"Look, i know that wasn't anything much, but... i mean, this is our first official date, isn't it? So i thought-"
"It was perfect. Thank you."
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"Also i got a mistletoe, ha!"
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"A few days ago I got this awesome thingie at work. Gets all the weeds in a few seconds! Im in love, honestly."
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"I officially started working as a florist. Thats why i began planting flowers on our patch for my new bouquets!"
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"Connor began upgrading our plumbing system. Finally no more breaking toilets!"
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Unfortunately the bills, transport cards, insurance and taxes ate up all the 4000 simoleons we had, but we still managed to start working on Delany's room. I've got two tree stickers from my co-workers which look so adorable in it!
Seriously, why would they get stickers for a promotion? I understand when i get seeds or sprinklers but this..? WHY? :D
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"Yesterday my family came to visit."
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"Aunt Mila almost strangled Connor while hugging him! You know she loves him very much. Sometimes i feel like she loves him even more than me. Which is impossible."
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"On the other hand, Uncle Gunther is very skeptic about him. Uncle Gunther is very skeptic about everyone."
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"Little Lucas is growing bigger and bigger. And he's soo adorable! I just wanna pinch his cheeks all day long. Okay, that came out weird... but you get it!"
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"Of course, as soon as dinner time came about and we got out our grilled cheese sandwiches..."
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"they all suddenly had to go home. Weird!"
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"Overall, as you can see, everything is wonderful. Right now my life is simply perfect. Every day i wake up, every night i lie down, i feel perfectly happy. My life couldn't have been better. Everything is absolutely perfect."
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Delaney is officially a toddler! (I decided that i'll have babies for one season and toddlers for the rest of the year because with this challenge you have to change your sims appearance every season. But you can't change a babies appearance! So turning them in a toddler and paying 700 simoleons for 7 outfits makes sense. I also was very tempted to change her hairstyle but figured it's not worth the cost. Besides, right now her hair is really growing on me and thanks to it i came up with her whole personality but thats a different story ANYWAY I'm gonna stop rambling now, sorry for that :p )
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"You can do it, honey! You can do it!"
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"Thats my girl!"
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Yep, sweet little Delaney started walking and talking. She's turned out to be a very active and wild toddler, but calm at the same time. You'd think that doesn't make sense but it actually does. She's got a bit of Susans hyper energy and a bit of Connors "go with the flow" thing. She matched them perfectly.
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Very soon Delaney grew out of her crib so Susan successfully (all thanks to that yellow dice i rolled which gave me an odd number!) sold it. Since they didn't have money for Delany's room, she now alway slept in their bed. (or next to the bed since thats not an option for toddlers... I'm a horrible person, i know.)
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Just like his father, Connor was trying to be the best father ever. He'd read Delaney books,
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he'd teach her how to garden.
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Delaney got very into gardening you know. But when Connor asked her: "do you wanna be a gardener like your daddy?" she shrugged and replied in her own language something that stands for "i don't know yet".
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Also, Connor would never let her play in the new sprinkler he got from work.
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"Oh, come on, honey! Its fun!"
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"Well, only you say so..."
"See? Fun!"
"Maybe, but I'm still not admitting it... no, stop splashing, Delaney! This was a new shirt!.. Haha, i'm gonna get you now!"
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One day Bjorn invited them to come over for dinner.
"I've got someone your little Delaney would like to meet!" he said with a smile.
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So they agreed to meet after work. Today it was Susans turn, so Connor was looking after Delaney and gardening on their patch. Delaney helped a bit...
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...But it was so much more fun to play in the sprinkler, so she decided to do that instead!
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Also it was lots of fun to eat fresh vegetables while daddy harvests them...
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Mommy came home! She's going to finish up gardening while daddy takes a short break.
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The patch is now absolutely huge!
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Evening was close, so they all went across the street, through the park, all the way down the hill to get to the Bjergsen's house.
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Clara Bjergsen took Delaney to meet the Bjergsen twins - Taylor and Tyler. Delaney was shocked by their room - and no wonder! She never even thought it's possible to have a room all for your own as a kid. She knew that her own room was "under construction", but she was pretty sure it would stay that way till she becomes as big as mommy and daddy and won't fit on their bed anymore.
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The tots started interacting with each other in their baby language... i figured i'd translate what do they talk about.
"Hi! I'm Taylor!"
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"And i'm Tyler!"
"I'm Delaney."
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"Who's this?"
"Oh that's my puppy, Diamond."
"No, that's my puppy, Diamond!"
"My puppy!"
"My puppy!"
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"Gee, i like him." Delaney giggled. "I want a puppy too!"
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"We also have a cat, Crystal." said Tyler happily. "But she won't ever play. She's boring. Who do you wanna be when you grow up? I wanna be a firefighter. Taylor will be on my firefighter team too!"
Delaney thought for a minute. Suddenly, she remembered a book daddy read her about Indians. They rode horses and lived in sort-of-tents.
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"I'm gonna be an Indian." she replied proudly.
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"Who's going to be in your tribe? You can't be an Indian without a tribe!" laughed Taylor.
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"Why not?" Delaney became very sad.
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"Because thats not how it works. And thats also why you won't be an Indian. You will be a firefighter - just like us!" said Tyler with a commanding voice. "This is our firefighter house," he pointed at his bed, "it has plenty of room for the three of us."
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"But i don't wanna be a firefighter, i wanna be an Indian!"
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"Why can't you be Indians with me? We could be a tribe together!"
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"Because thats stupid! You don't even have a house for Indians! How can you have a tribe when you don't have a house?"
"I don't know!"
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So they all started shouting and screaming and Delaney got very sad from all of this nonsense.
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She ran away from Taylor and Tyler in search for her mommy and daddy. (i have no idea why she suddenly changed into her hot weather outfit)
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"Whats wrong, sweetheart?"
Delaney didn't say what was wrong. She was pretty sure the whole thing was stupid. But it still made her sad.
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"I think we better get heading home." said Susan. "it's getting pretty late. Thanks for the delicious dinner!"
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"Also, you've got a wonderful cat... Honey? I think we ought to get a cat."
"Yes yes yes!" squealed Delaney in excitement. She was pretty sure she wanted a cat.
Also she was pretty sure she doesn't want to be friends with any firefighters. Ever.
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They also had time for a few cuddles!
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And Susan also had time to finish her new bouquet...
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And after all of that they finally were off to Windenburg centre, where they went to the furniture shop.
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Up the stairs they went and came to the most gorgeous place on earth in Delaney's eyes - the place where they sell rooms for toddlers. And didn't it just look wonderful! (Okay, i know that everything in here is CC, but i've overused the toddler furniture from the base game so much that I'm honestly just sick of it! Even with toddler stuff pack no beds were added!)
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"You're right on time!" Sheldon appeared behind them. Susan and Connor greeted him warmly.
"Now lets go pick something just right for your little girl!" Sheldon smiled at Delaney, but she quickly hid behind her mommy's leg. Delaney didn't like Sheldon that much. He came to their house every now and then and spent an awful lot of time in her "under construction" room. Also he had a funny sort of smile and always wore sunglasses.
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"I think this will match your room just perfectly." said Sheldon as he showed Connor and Susan a toddler room. "One of our oldest and most favourited projects, if i do say so myself!"
"I don't like it." said Connor quickly.
"Why not?" Susan was surprised.
"It's just so... i don't know. Meh? I can't see Delaney living in something like this."
"Well, don't you worry. I've got plenty of more projects you might like!" said Sheldon with a huge smile.
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"How about this one? Got that rustic sort of feeling your house has. It'll blend in perfectly!"
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"No, thats not it." Susan said.
"Why? I think it's pretty nice." Connor shrugged. "I like rustic, don't you like rustic..?"
"Hold on. Where's Delaney?!"
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"Delaney! Where are you, Delaney?"
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There she is! Look at that happy grin on her face.
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And my, what a wonderful set of furniture is she looking at...
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"Ah, our latest product." smiled Sheldon. "Your child has good taste... good taste indeed."
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"Do you want this room, Delaney?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
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"Well, then i guess you'll have it!"
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"Can we afford that..?"
"Well, it's about 2000 simoleons for the whole thing."
"Perfect!"
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So they bought the whole furniture set and spent the last money on a potty, since Delaney was growing out of diapers,
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and a highchair. Now the household had only three simoleons in their budget. It was still worth the cost though.
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"Thank you so much for all your help!"
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"Yeah, thanks a bunch!"
"You're welcome, you are absolutely welcome..."
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As soon as they got home they began setting up the new furniture.
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And didn't it just look wonderful!
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Then it was time for dinner.
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And off to bed! This was Delaney's first time sleeping in her room. She loved it but she still was a bit nervous.
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So Connor stayed with her till she fell asleep.
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When little Delaney finally drifted in her dreams, Connor quietly shut down the lights, leaving only the little stars to sparkle.
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It was a wonderful room, really...
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But Delaney still didn't feel comfortable to sleep there just yet.
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"Oh fine, come on here!"
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(And Connor got sick. Great. Just great.)
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