Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Sims 3 The Price-Bull Family (part 45)

Unaware of Terrance’s struggles with bedtime last night, Lexus is up early on her last day off from work.
The babies are still asleep, so she takes care of some small household chores.
Finally, she spends some quiet time playing chess on the computer.
Her peace and solitude is soon interrupted by Joshua’s cries.
He quiets down immediately when Lexus lifts him out of the crib. “You just wanted your mama, didn’t you?” Lexus whispers.

Joshua appears to be thinking her question over.
Lexus changes Joshua’s diaper and dresses him for the day.
Joshua is placed in his highchair for the first time. He sits there looking unsure.
That is, until Lexus gives him his bottle. 
Ethan remains upstairs, fast asleep.
This allows Lexus some quality time to spend with Joshua. She attempts to teach him to speak.
However, Joshua doesn’t appear to be very interested in saying anything that Lexus instructs him to say.
With Lexus busy with Joshua, Terrance comes to Ethan’s rescue when he wakes and begins crying.
He too, sits down to perform toddler skill training.
Lexus finishes up with Joshua and quickly dials her brother Clark to see how things are going with her father.
Leaving Terrance once again in charge of bedtime.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Sims 3 The Price-Bull Family (part 44)

Lexus chickens out and decides not to visit her father.  Instead, she changes back into her pajamas and crawls back in bed to get some much needed rest.
 
 A well rested Lexus wakes up hours later and greets her equally well rested babies.
 
 First she checks on Joshua.
 
 Once Joshua has had his diaper changed, she turns her attention to Ethan, who waits as patiently as a toddler can wait.
 
 She holds him close, taking in his sweet baby scent.
 
 Downstairs, Terrance tries out a new recipe.
 His cheese steaks come out perfect.  His mouth waters just seeing them.
 
 Lexus joins him downstairs, glad that she married such a great cook, because she definitely enjoys a good meal.
 
 Terrance, inspired by his perfectly made lunch, works on adding the recipe to his cookbook.
Lexus takes advantage of her 2nd to last day of maternity leave.  Her task…teach Ethan to walk.  She just can’t bear the idea of him taking his first steps while she’s away at work.
Her persistence pays off as Ethan takes not only his first steps, but many more.  Lexus lifts him into the air, “That’s mama’s big boy!”
Terrance, also taking advantage of the last few days before Lexus returns to work, attempts to get as much writing done as possible before his days are filled with diapers, bottles and crying toddlers.
He’ll soon have his work cut out for him, because before long, Ethan is a official toddling toddler.
Time flies and before they know it, the day is over.  Lexus reluctantly gets into bed; wishing she could make her last days of maternity leave last forever.
Terrance still has baby duties.  He goes in to check Joshua’s diaper and assist him as he ages up.
Joshua is now a cute toddler.
After Joshua is dressed for bed, Terrance attempts to get Ethan ready for bed.
Ethan decides to toddle away just as Terrance attempts to grab him.  He turns his attention to Joshua instead.
He places Joshua on the potty.  Joshua slides off and looks around as if wondering exactly what his father expects him to do on the potty.
Joshua begins to get whiny and tries to wiggle out of Terrance’s arms.  Terrance is having a hard time holding him.
Feeling a little overwhelmed, Terrance places Joshua on the floor to finish his tantrum.  He cries and cries until he poops, successfully messing up his pajamas.
Frustrated, Terrance cleans him and places him in his crib where he soon falls asleep.
Ethan is placed in his crib, but is much more reluctant to stay there.
It seems like ages, but Terrance finally manages to get both babies dressed and in bed.  For the first time, he begins to doubt his ability to be a good stay-at-home dad.
Exhausted, he passes out as soon as his head hits the pillow.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Sims 3 The Price-Bull Family (part 43)

 Despite the fact that she just delivered a baby, Lexus’ mind is not on her new son.  She’s thinking about her conversation with Clark regarding her father being sick.
 Now that she’s a mother, it boggles her mind that her father was able to turn his back on his child, his own flesh and blood and never look back.  Now he wants her sympathy.
 She walks into the nursery and looks at the two cribs; still thinking about how her own father never held her as a baby.  He never changed her diapers or gave her a bottle.  This job was all left to her mother.   
 Lexus holds her son close and whispers into his ear, “You are so blessed to have a father that loves you so much.”
 As the words leave her mouth, Lexus is overwhelmed with emotion, as the little girl in her longs for a father’s touch and kiss on the forehead.
 To make up for it, she kisses her own son on the forehead and places him in his crib.  “I love you so much,” she says before leaving the room.
 Joshua appears to understand his mother’s words as he lays there in peace; with a content expression on his little face.
 Lexus lies down to try and get some rest; despite the heaviness that she’s carrying in her heart.  Terrance takes over baby care by giving Ethan a bottle.
 After his bottle, Ethan spends some time playing with his toys.
 After he loses interest in playing, the whining begins and Terrance gets him ready for bed.  He reaches out for his father one last time before sleep takes over and he falls back on his bed.
 Before long, both babies are fast asleep.
 Lexus manages to get a few hours sleep before Joshua is up demanding his bottle.  Still in a contemplative mood, Lexus doesn’t mind the lack of sleep if it means spending time with her baby.
 Her cell phone rings.  To avoid waking everyone else up, she rushes downstairs to answer it.  Once again, it’s her brother Clark.

“Dad wanted me to call you.  He really wants to see you
Lex,” Clark says in a voice that’s close to pleading.
 “Clark, I hate that you’re in the middle of this, but I just can’t.  Please tell him that!”
 Lexus ends the call feeling bad.  She knows Clark is trying to make sure she won’t have regrets, but she doesn’t want to hear what she should be doing right now.
 Still, she knows that her mother taught her to be a forgiving person.  Isn’t it time for her to forgive her father?  She wonders if her mother has.
 She goes through it in her mind; playing out what would happen if she did go and visit her father. 
 She places Joshua back in his crib and dresses, seriously considering a visit to her father.  Just as she makes up her mind to go, all of the anger built up over the years resurfaces.
“You know what you need to do Lex,” her reflection seems to say to her.

“But I can’t,” she squeaks back.