the Smith zoo

June 2035 - Pierce Phillips is 26, Jamie Phillips is 25, J.P. and Jodie are 2.

Parenting twins isn't easy, but it's even more challenging now that J.P. and Jodie are rambuctious toddlers.

J.P. and Jodie are very close. (I love it when they huggle. I think it's the cutest Sim interaction.)

On top of having twin toddlers, Jamie is also expecting another baby. She and Pierce worry about how the twins will deal with having a younger sibling, but they don't even notice she's pregnant.

With another baby on the way, Pierce decides it's time for him to quit his soccer career and get a more stable job. With the most recent baby boom heading to kindergarten in the next few years, the elementary school is eager to find new teachers. Pierce was never an exemplary student, but he loves kids, and he has a lot of fun teaching.

The baby is born at the end of September. It's another boy; they name him Parker. He has his father's brown eyes, but his hair is lighter like his mother's.



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Lately I've only been updating when my Sims have babies. It's really due to two reasons. First, my neighborhood is going through a substantial baby boom since the first generation's kids are now adults. Second, I have a hard time writing stories for families with lots of toddlers, like the Gaunts and the Coopers. I've updated the Gaunts' family picture to show that Cassiopeia grew up to a child, but I haven't been able to take many more pictures while playing them. I haven't taken any pictures of the Coopers in several rounds because their house is just too hectic; Rose wanted another baby after the twins, but they ended up with another set of twins, another boy and girl. Their names are Christopher and Hadley, and they're really cute, but it's just too hard taking care of two toddlers and two babies to also take pictures. Hopefully in a few rounds things will get less hectic as the toddlers grow up to children.