Yes, we're still working with the first generation here. Or, as I was fond of saying, "Will these frickin' kids ever grow up?!" And I thought my kids drove me nuts! Ha!
When we last left the Asherwood clan, Buckeye, the second child of Erin and Allem, had just phased into a toddler. Let the good times roll!
Oak informs Buck of the teachings of Xenu.
"And one day Xenu will come down and crush us all, but it's ok because that means he'll rule the earth!"Xenu: Ruler of Crushed Humans Everywhere. Maybe he'll lord over the cockroaches instead. Which means Tom Cruise will still be alive.
I totally missed Buck turning into a kid. Oops. He's cute though, and I love that robe! It matches his eyes.
Allem still dreams of Tally Ho on a regular basis. Poor Tally. Maybe one day someone will resurrect her. /possible foreshadowing
Another possible heir is on the way! Erin obviously thinks that if she can't see the belly pop, then it can't be true.
This is Erin's official legacy portrait. Allem did a nice job, I thought, but I have no idea why I decided to have him do it while she was pregnant. *sigh* Oh well.
Buckeye got an A+ report card!!! Doesn't he look thrilled? And he's adorable in his pirate outfit.
He's also quite the little artist himself. Although his paintings show he may be mentally disturbed.
Pop! I don't know why she looks all confused. She's done this twice before. You'd think she'd have clued in by now, you know?
"Owie! Ouchie! Owie!"
It's another boy! Same genetics, blah blah blah. They named him Aspen.
But it must have been Tuesday because they had a Twofer! Meet Maple, Aspen's twin sister! Yes, I know they look just alike, but I promise you it's twins!
See? I told you so!
Shortly afterward, Oak had a birthday.
He's pretty cute. I can't remember what he rolled. I want to say he's a Family Sim, but I could be wrong. I meant to write it down. Oops.
He's a good big brother though. He's forever helping out with the twins.
Tom Cruise in "Tron: The Next Generation".
I just IMDB'd and there really is going to be another Tron movie apparently. Dear god, someone is taking my sarcasm seriously! If they cast Tom Cruise, I better get a portion of his paycheck!
They remodeled the house again. I'm still not happy with it and fully plan on building them a new one in the future. I hate making houses.
Kennedy came over for a visit, and Erin could only think about sex. She has lousy taste in men.
Meet Blossom Spruce. This is yet another Sim that was deleted permanently and yet somehow made it back into my game. She followed Oak home from school one day. Obviously the entire family has a close relationship with aliens, being that they're Scientologists and all.
Holy crap! She's got Aspen and plans to take him back to Xenu as a sacrifice! Quick! Someone save him!
Hey Blossom! Aspen is
not Soylent Green! Put the baby down s...l...o...w...l...y!
Kids grow up so fast, don't they?
Which is my subtle way of saying that I missed the notice that the twins were about to grow up, so here's Maple in mid-toddler toss.
There she is! Isn't she adorable? Squee!
Aspen has some major jowls going on. Perhaps he has the mumps.
Buckeye the Pirate! Aarrr!
Yeah, I just thought he looked cute. I should have gave him the hat to wear with it, huh?
Oak spends a lot of his time playing the new Indiana Jones pinball game. This is actually a foreshadowing of the next Harrison Ford movie.
Indiana Jones and the Pinball of Doom. 'Cause let's face it, I don't think Harrison Ford could do another Indiana Jones movie more strenuous than that.
Hey! Hey, you two quit that! Aren't four kids enough already? Stop doing that!!!
Awwww...damn!
Isn't Aspen just precious? This is such a surreal picture.
Now this is a more accurate picture of what a toddler is really like. God, I love Maple!
Isn't this just adorable? Honestly, what is wrong with these kids? Not a one of them is truly evil. I've obviously done something wrong in this game.
Shazam!
Tom and Katie...um, Allem and Erin share a quiet moment as the twins get ready to celebrate their birthday.
Could she be any cuter?
I get the feeling that Aspen could be a nerd.
Here we go again. Not that Buck cares in the slightest.
It's a girl! They should have named her Rerun, but instead they called her Elm.
Buckeye decides he's had enough of this kid stuff and has a birthday.
Why do I suddenly feel the urge to start singing Village People songs?
Oh, that's why. Poor Buckeye.
Somewhere out there, some disturbed individual has probably done a legacy on these men. If so, they're probably locked in a place where they can only write with crayons now.
I love the detail on this chair!
Um, yeah, I'm still digging the new graphics card. I'll eventually get past all of this nonsense. Just not in this episode.
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Doctor Sam Beckett led an elite group of scientists into the desert to develop a top secret project, known as QUANTUM LEAP. Pressured to prove his theories or lose funding, Doctor Beckett, prematurely stepped into the Project Accelerator and vanished. He awoke to find himself in the past, suffering from partial amnesia and facing a mirror image that was not his own. Fortunately, contact with his own time was made through brainwave transmissions, with Al, the Project Observer, who appeared in the form of a hologram that only Doctor Beckett could see and hear. Trapped in the past, Doctor Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, putting things right, that once went wrong and hoping each time, that his next leap will be the leap home. 
Buck and Oak's bedroom got a makeover.
As did the twins'.
I *lurve* this lamp!
Did I mention I got a new graphics card? Maybe once or twice? In each installment?
Seriously, I will get over this. It just may take a few generations.
Elm has a birthday.
Awwww....she's cute!
Erin kept rolling the want to serve food, and I thought it would be a great way to have some leftovers stocked up in the fridge. However, there are so many people in the family, and there's always at least one guest around, so the food gets eaten without any chances of leftovers.
See the girl in the purple shirt on the right side of the table? That's Marsha Bruenig. She's always at their house. Always. She may have to be killed off.
Ooooo.....Sparkley empty plate!
Kennedy came by looking all pissed off.
What the hell is your problem, dude?
"Erin should have been mine!"
You do realize that would mean all five of these kids would have been yours, right?
"Damn, didn't think of that. Good point. Gotta go!"
Kennedy hasn't been back since. Guess he wised up.
I decided things were getting way too hectic in the house, so I sent Oak off to wait in the college bin while his siblings grow up.
Buck too even though I really like him. It's not his fault I keep singing Village People songs whenever I play the game now.
Maple brings home a perfect report card. I just love the look on her face. She and Buck are definitely my favorites.
Aspen also brings home a perfect report card.
What? Oh, the smock. Yeah, he chose that himself. I had nothing to do with it. Aspen is definitely the nerd of the family. I think Blossom Spruce did something to his mental faculties when she tried to abduct him.
If this was my kids' school bus driver, I'd drive them to school myself. He scares me.
Happy Birthday to Miss Elm!
Not horribly bad, I suppose.
Notice Marsha is there. Again. I can never get rid of her. She follows Erin home every single day. I'm seriously going to have to plot her demise.
Elm moved into the older boys' room and it became decidedly more girly. I love that wallpaper. Butterflies!!!
It became too much of an effort to buy birthday cakes, let them blow out the candles, only to trash the cakes soon afterward, so here's Maple ready for her teenage birthday.
Here she is post-makeover. I *love* her! Oh sure, she looks a bit slutty with all that make-up, but I still love her!
Aspen ready for his teenage growth spurt, even if he does look bored with the whole thing. You'll notice Maple with her pre-makeover hairdo. And Elm is being eaten alive by the toy box, but no one cares. Actually, it almost looks like Maple may have shoved her in.
He's still not impressed. Neither am I for that matter.
Looks like Maple managed to finish shoving Elm into the toy box.
Here they are in their normal clothes. Maple looks like a slut for sure. I am also starting to suspect that Aspen may really be a gay nerd. That's an interesting combination for twins. The slut and the gay nerd. I wonder how their parents feel about that.
Erin decides to give Maple the talk about how babies are made. Aspen looks confused, further proof that he must be gay.
"Noogie, noogie, noogie, pansy boy!"
"Noogie, noogie, noogie back, skanky slut! And I'm not gay!"
I love that they have pet names for one another.
Elm plays with an invisible toy. She has such a good imagination.
She does, however, seem intent on doing her best to keep up with the Village People theme.
Aspen doesn't do a whole lot to prove his manhood. Doing yoga in the street certainly doesn't help anyway.
Dude, take some yoga classes where you can at least pretend to be looking at the women, will ya?
Erin turned into an elder before I had a chance to realize what was going on. I love that she picked out the vampire outfit! Go Erin! She's cool even as an old person.
Which means it's time for Allem to have a birthday as well. Look at all those candles!
I wonder if Tom Cruise will age this badly.
Also, at some point I downloaded a new set of eyes for my Sims, so you'll notice some differences in the pictures. For some reason though Erin's eyes went from blue to default brown. I think I may have that fixed now, but I've not played her to find out for sure yet.
Aspen got tired of everyone thinking he was gay, so he called the gypsy over for a blind date. He was a bit offended when she asked if he preferred that his date be male or female.
Tosha Go dropped out of the sky as his perfect match. The date was dull and nothing exciting happened. He didn't even get a kiss.
Erin got a new robot making station and has been pounding on blocks of metal every now and again.
She also likes to dig for treasure in their yard. She found a rock.
The lights in Elm's room remind me of something from
Amityville Horror.
Eep!
It's no wonder she spends so little time in her room.
Tom reached his Lifetime Want of becoming the leader of Scientologists everywhere.
Katie was finally able to get her divorce from Tom and celebrated as soon as she got home.
Wait, I mean, Erin also reached her LTW as well.
Well, this was interesting. Aspen brought home a friend from school, and it was his brother Buck! Never mind that I sent Buck off to the college bin to wait for his siblings, he decided to come back for a visit. It was so weird having him go all about the house and I couldn't tell him what to do.
Elm teened up and and was prettier than I expected she'd be.
Generation 1 has gone on way too long, so bye Maple! Have a good time at college!!!
You too, Aspen! Hope you find a boyfriend!
"I'm not gay, dammit!"
Bye, Elm!
Poor Erin and Allem. What will they do with the kids all out of the house?
Never mind.
Next segment: The Boring College Years!
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