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Luis picks up a baseball from his feet. He stands next to a mailbox, facing towards his his brother Rowan who is a few tiles away.

Luis throws the ball to his brother, who reaches up in the air to catch it.

Luis and Rowan play in the front yard before their first day of school.

Raindrop, a greyish brown cat, walks past the boys

Raindrop heads off to work shortly before the schoolbus arrives. I know she doesn't do anything super interesting, but I mention her in these updates here and there because I don't want to feel like I've forgotten about her. To be fair, pets in The Sims 2 can't really do much. Maybe there'd be more to show if there was another cat for her to interact with.

Charles digs a hole in the grass lawn with a long shovel

I hardly know what to do with Charles now that he doesn't have to supervise the kids during the day, so, digging in the garden it is.

Water sprays out of the hole. A golden retriever named Adonia stands behind Charles.

Not you again 😠 Sod off, Adonia.

Charles feels his pregnant wife's tummy. She is in her second trimester.

Georgie and Charles had a quiet day with the entire house to themselves. Enjoy the silence while you still can! It won't be long until there's another screaming infant around.

Georgie stands in the dining room and waves up at the viewer.

Her tummy suddenly expands in size as she enters her third trimester.

Not long to go now!

Luis and Rowan walk away from the door of a bright yellow schoolbus. They are both smiling widley.

Luis and Rowan must have had a good first day of school, because they arrived home with wide smiles. Or they're super happy to be home?

Luis stares confusedly at his report card. Rowan walks away, holding his homework.

Luis: Wait, what do these letters mean? We're being graded?

*facepalm* So it turns out I forgot to assign Luis and Rowan's traits when they became toddlers, and when they became children. Remember how long it took me to check Georgie's LTW? And I only remember one or two of Charles' traits (I think he's got the Vegetarian and Vehicle Enthusiast traits?)

Luis has the Computer Whiz, Loser and Vegetarian traits. Rowan has the Unlucky, Brave and Eccentric traits.

Anyway, Luis now also has the Vegetarian trait, but it wasn't inherited from his father, he must have developed that on his own. Rowan on the other hand, did inherit the Brave trait from his mother.

Those are some interesting traits. I'm not sure how I'll interpret them yet, but I'll try to do a better job than I have with Charles' traits.

Luis and Rowan talk. Luis is shy while Rowan is enthusiastic.

Rowan talks about a chair in a school classroom.

Rowan smiles at his brother, agreeing with something he said.

Luis holds his hands in front of him shyly.

From what I've observed of their personalities, Rowan is more loud and enthusiastic while Luis is more timid. I think it'll be easy to work their traits into that.

Georgie sits with her knees on the floor, washing a pet bed with a sponge. Her knees look pointy as they are bent to a sharp angle.

The evening passed with some uneventful chores. Georgie, you really don't have to do that, not in your current state. Her poor knees!

Charles waters some tomato plants in a multi-tiered planter. He is wearing only leopard print briefs.

I thought Charles might want a hobby to keep himself busy, and because they have no money or space for one of those restorable junk cars, I thought he might like to grow his own vegetables. It'd also be good for him to gain Gardening talent badges because I'd like to collect the fruits and vegetables required for making drinks with the juicer from Seasons. A few of them will be useful for Generation 2's challenge of gaining lots of skill points, such as Eggplant Juice and Veggie Cocktails.

Rowan catches a ball that has been thrown to him by his brother. A schoolbus pulls up on the road behind him.

Another morning, another game of catch while waiting for the school bus to arrive.

A close-up of Luis. He has sandy blonde hair, dark brown eyes, and light but tanned skin.

I finally remembered to take some close-ups of the boys! It's difficult to tell from Luis' expression here, but while he mostly takes after his dad, he's got Georgie's eye shape, and I think her eyebrows too.

A close-up of Rowan. He has yellow blonde afro-textured hair, dark brown eyes and dark skin.

Rowan, on the other hand, has a lot more of Georgie's features, as I deducted from his face as a toddler. Look at those round cheeks of his, and Georgie's memorable nose. But that's definitely Charles' eyes, eyebrows and mouth.

Georgie took it easy for the final day of her pregnancy.

Georgie practises her charisma skill by talking in a mirror.

Though she did manage to spend some time to working on skill points for her next promotion. I think she might've gotten a promotion during that period where my screenshots weren't being saved, so I think she's currently an Obituary Writer.

Charles holds a fishing rod in his right hand, and a freshly-caught trout in the other hand.

I think I might've resorted to Charles catching and selling fish out of his inventory to make some extra cash while Georgie was on maternity leave. I mean, he's got the time to do it now that he doesn't have to supervise Luis and Rowan all day.

Georgie looks slightly panicked as she gets out of bed.

Georgie: Oh god, it's happening again.

She holds her stomach with a pained expression.

Georgie: CHARLES! It's time!

She holds her arms out, shouting in pain.

Remember Georgie, deep breaths... Please don't be twins again!

A pop-up says that there is one new baby being born.

IT'S ONLY ONE, THANK GOD.

Charles loosens his clenched fists, fool of relief.

Charles: It's only one, thank God!

Georgie: Hello? Back to me, please!

Georgie holds her stomach and starts to spin.

Georgie holds a nude newborn baby in front of her.

Georgie smiles happily while holding the new baby. Charles claps excitedly.

It's a baby girl! Welcome to the family, Avery!

I enter a cheat into the cheat console to remove 1000 simoleons from their family funds.

I subtracted the 1000 simoleons for her birth, as I did with Luis and Rowan. I hope this is the last time I have to do this.

Georgie holds Avery and gently kisses her on the cheek.

I forgot to take a close-up screenshot of Avery, but she has blonde hair (no surprise there), Charles' brown eyes, and the same skintone as Luis.

Georgie passes baby Avery to Charles. Avery has a thought bubble with her father's portrait in it.

Charles cuddles Avery sweetly, looking lost in thought.

Once Charles met baby Avery and held her in his arms, he realised that the life he wanted to give her was not the life they had now. In his wedding vows, he said he'd do whatever it takes to support his family. There had to be something more he could do.

Charles stands in front of a genie lamp that has been placed on the lawn. Through a window you can see Avery sleeping on a bed.

Charles: Can't hurt to give it a try...

Pink smoke billows out of the spout of the genie lamp.

A purple-skinned genie materialises from within the smoke.

Charles: Woah!

Charles speaks to the genie enthusiastically

He made two wishes, asking for simoleons both times. (I should have spaced them out so that he'd get the full amount of simoleons from the first wish over the day, then made another wish, and he would have gotten more simoleons overall. Oops.)

The genie fulfils his wish, casting pink and blue sparkles across Charles.

To be clear, I knew what I was doing in the previous part of this update. I didn't have Charles or Georgie wish for simoleons then because their Aspiration levels were too low, and I was worried they'd be hit on the head by the simoleon sack and killed. That is a thing, right? I waited until Avery's birth so that they'd both be in Platinum aspiration, just in case.

Charles looks at the genie, amazed, as a large bag of simoleons falls from the sky.

I also got Charles to make the wish, so that it'd contribute to his Earn §100,000 LTW. I haven't forgotten about his LTW, despite how he's not allowed to have a job. I think I'll let him get a job once Generation 2 takes over, though he'll be an elder by then.

A notification from the genie states that there is one wish out of three available.

I left another wish in the bank, just in case they need money again in the future.

Charles cuddles Avery, holding her close to his chest. The room behind him has been refurbished, with cream and lilac painted walls and pale purple curtains.

As you can see, I didn't wait long before spending their new cash.

Charles harvests simoleons from another sack of simoleons that has fallen from the sky.

Charles got some smaller bonus bags of cash over the rest of the day.

Charles and Georgie begin to sit on their double bed. They are both naked, but covered by mosaic blur censors.

The two talk calmly while lying on the bed. Georgie has a happy expression on her face.

Georgie and Charles immediately wanted to celebrate their new fortune...

Georgie bares her teeth and lectures baby Avery, who is surrounded by a green cloud of stink.

*snort* But of course, they were rudely interrupted by their newborn.

Georgie bathes Avery in the bath of their new refurbished kitchen.

Avery's first bath! Also, this gives us a good opportunity to show off their new kitchen:

A wide view of their new kitchen. The oven, stovehood and fridge are stainless steel. The far back wall of the room is the same brown brick as the house exterior. There is a floating island counter and two barstools. The countertops are dark brown wood and the cabinetry is white.

I had to gut the entire kitchen for it to look any good. I really, really tried to make that purple tile work, but it had to go. I had wanted the kitchen to have a purple colour scheme, because as I explained in the first update, the first generation's colour scheme is inspired by the purple properties on a traditional Monopoly board.

But again, as I said in that update, I'm young enough to have only ever known them as brown properties, so I'm treating brown as the secondary colour scheme for this generation. Also, it makes sense for the kitchen and other living spaces to be a more neutral colour, now that Generation 2 is here.

A cookie jar and two pale purple mugs sit beside a hot chocolate maker. Through an archway you can see the end of a white spiral staircase.

They even had enough simoleons to splurge on a hot chocolate maker! But that'll have to wait until summer's over to get some use. Oh, and as you can see on the left, I've finally added a staircase so they can use the second floor. Luis and Rowan have already moved to a bedroom upstairs.

Raindrop eats from a green pet food bowl, which was placed on the floor next to the fridge.

I also decided to move Raindrop's food bowl inside, after the incident with Adonia.

A burglar dressed in a black beanie, black sweatshirt and gloves sneaks onto the lot.

Dammit! I forgot this would happen.

The buglar takes a purple three-seater couch and puts it in her bag.

Really? I didn't even get the chance to show off the loungeroom, and you're already stealing their brand-new couch.

Psst, Charles, wake up. Do something!

Charles groggily pushes the bedcovers back.

Charles: I'm up, I'm up.

Charles looks tired and weary as he walks out of his bedroom, towards the phone in the kitchen.

Charles: *yawn* What's going on?

Charles walks into the kitchen, where the burglar is stealing the new stovehood.

Charles: Fuck.

Charles reaches for the phone, as the burglar holds up the bag of stolen items gleefully.

A close-up of Charles on the phone with a vacant expression. The burglar giggles in the background.

Charles, thinking: Maybe if I stay still, she won't see me.

The burglar looks at Charles, unimpressed, as she leaves the kitchen.

Burglar, thinking: Loser.

The burglar escapes through the front door, but runs towards the lemon tree in the yard.

Hey, where are you going? The lot portals are in the other direction, dumbass.

The burglar steals the wedding arch beside the lemon tree.

NO!

The burglar proudly holds up the bag of stolen items again.

You put that back right now! That was meant to be a family heirloom :(

The burglar runs past the front of the house as a police cruiser pulls up.

The useless cops finally decided to show up...

The burglar runs past the house, towards the end of the lot. The police officer looks towards the burglar.

The burglar disappears off of the lot. The police officer looks the opposite direction, confused.

Officer Curry: Huh? Where'd they go?

A one-point perspective view down the road, in the direction that the burglar left. A tree on the right has dark red leaves, and trees in the background begin to turn brown.

Sigh. As the burglar runs down the road (couch, stovehood and wedding arch in hand), leaves on the neighbourhood trees started to turn brown and fall to the ground. Autumn has finally arrived, which marks the end of this update.

This will be the last Amandine Legacy update for the year. We don't really do seasonal celebrations in my family so I never know what to say come end-of-year-seasonal-celebration time, but I wish you all well, for the rest of this year and beyond.

The Amandine Legacy will continue in 2022. I'll add a link to the next update here: The Amandine Legacy 1.08 Thank you so much for reading, liking, sharing, commenting on, and enjoying this little passion project of mine.