"What should we call this?"...the making of a Sims story

As Love Day approached, Z and I wondered if we were going to let Cameron actively seek romance. He's not really a party guy, so he hasn't been cruising the clubs looking for love. He's had many adjustments to make as he's gone out on his own.

One or two of the young women in our world have paid attention to him--Willow Petersen, in particular--but her interest has thus far seemed more friendly than flirtatious. So, since there wasn't an obvious target for Cam's advances, Z and I decided he would play it cool on Love Day. He could check off most of his "holiday goals" by being sweet to the members of his family.

We had played through Love Day before I wrote the post introducing Angie Reynolds, the ugly duckling who has turned into a swan. Z helped me come up with the connection between Cameron and Angie. We wanted Angie to have a richer backstory than "Cameron meets another random Sim." Cam grew up in the WC. He is a sociable Sim. We figured he would know nearly everyone in the neighborhood, and they would know him and his family. He wouldn't realistically be meeting most of the Willow Creek residents for the first time.

Zuzu Bailey is, of course, borrowed from our family's favorite movie, It's a Wonderful Life. We brought the Baileys from our Gallery into our save, just because. Zuzu's arrival, and the departure of Summer and Halle, were all autonomous. Z and I decided we had to roll with that. Then, after Angie left, Zuzu was being so cute that we had to have Cam give her the strawberries. <3

The two older Bailey kids are Teens in this version, because we felt like we have Children running around everywhere, and not as many Teens. Halle and Patrick Ross needed more Sims their age to interact with.

Speaking of Halle and Patrick, we're thinking about giving the other Ross family members some adventures of their own. We don't want Cameron making a mess of things while we follow other Sims, though.