THE DOUBLE LEGACY CHALLENGE

This legacy challenge features TWO founders. They are two orphan brothers/sisters who, having been inseparable and alone since they were children, want to have a big happy family - they want to create their legacy together!

GOAL:

Essentially, this challenge is about one big family with two founders who are siblings. Their heirs will be cousins. And they will all live happily together in the same house! This is about having fun, so you can set the number of generations you want to play your legacy for (example: 10 is the usual for legacy challenges).

RULES:

- Start with two siblings. They got out of foster care as they reached the Young Adult age, so they have little to no possessions. And the money they have is what's left from their teenage part-time jobs. Begin with 2000§ (1000§ per brother), so that they can buy the bare essentials (use the money cheat to set your money at 2000§).
(Note: The lot can be whatever size you want, but the bigger the better, obviously, since you're gonna have a big family). 

- They must marry townies/NPC's (not sims you create).

- The family members (founders and spouses, even if they aren't the last generation's heir) must all live in the legacy household, until they die. The brothers who aren't heirs should move out at the Young Adult stage when the heir is picked to make room for more children.

- A difficulty factor is the maximum number of sims per household (which is eight). In the second generation, having the parents, heirs and their spouses all living in the legacy lot means they will reach the maximum number of sims allowed in the household (unless if you decide to use a Mod for this*). You can always wait for the parents to die to be able to have more than one child and use that time to skill your sim or work on their careers, for example.

- Your children's traits have to be randomly picked. You can do it with the founders as well, if you wish. You should complete your founder's/heirs' Aspirations.

- You can do whatever you like to make money: get a job, sell things, etc. Your choice!

- No mods or cheats allowed, apart from the Full house mod if you choose to use it and the money cheat at the beginning to set your money at 2000§.

EXTRAS:

*Mod - Full House mod by TwistedMexi at Modthesims (be careful with it, since the limit is there for a reason! The more sims in a household, the bigger toll it takes on your computer).
*Money Cheat - sims.modify_funds -[amount you need to reduce to make 2000§].

You are welcome to play around with the rules and even make up a point system if you wish (I didn't add that because I prefer just playing challenges for the fun of it). If you test it out, let me know if there are any changes or improvements that could be made! 

Have fun!

5. (Not so) Mysterious Aging

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Note: As I accessed my game, I realized I had been playing another family and I forgot to turn Aging Off for the non-active sims.

So, where we stand now, most of the kids entered teenage-hood and some of them even went and got jobs (even Jane went to the Comedy Career; they're going to quit - oops).

Also, this chapter was meant to focus a bit more on the children's personalities, so although they were autonomous, I'll start helping them achieve their whims.

Presenting the recently-grown teenagers:

Daniela - She now has the Nerd Brain Aspiration; Traits: Bookworm and Outgoing.

Terra has the Master Chef Aspiration. Traits: Foodie and Music Lover.

Bradly has the Big Happy Family Aspiration. Traits: Genious and Evil (nooo, the game ruined my kids!!) And that hair! Thank God it's hidden in a cap in the everyday outfit!

Little Andrea is still a child, but she's ready to age up! A quickly-arranged cake by Jane would do the trick, to avoid her sadness.

She grew up beautifully. I gave her the Party Animal Aspiration, which comes with the Gregarious trait (because, let's face it, she looks the part) and I gave her the Materialistic trait, as well.

As the Willow Creek Orphanage children grew up, they were becoming more and more different and their personalities shined through.

Antoine, who aspired to become a Painter Extraordinaire, began focusing on his painting skills.

But he also decided to take up the violin. What a creative sim!

Xavier, a Renaissance Sim, has been working on his painting skills as well, but he likes exercising too, especially when feeling energetic. Plus, he has taken a liking to the guitar!

And Jane is still cooking her great food! Recently, she wanted to prepare fried fish, so she even went fishing to make that dish. She has been focusing on her hobbies, while the children are out and stepping out ever so often to chat with the neighbors, so as not to feel so lonely during that time.

Meanwhile, being the oldest of the children, Xavier came from school earlier one day and grew up into a Young Adult, no party or anything (I gave him the Active trait).
Ready for Adult life, orphans must move out of the Orphanage. Hence, later that week the rest of the children said goodbye to Xavier as he embarked on the next phase of his life, away from the Willow Creek Orphanage.
As a Renaissance Sim, great things can be expected from him, after getting out of the Orphanage. Good luck, Xavier!

With a new slot in the household, the City sent another child to the Willow Creek Orphanage.

Meet baby Margarita, the first of the new Generation of Willow Creekers! (Here's to hoping she doesn't have black hair too!)

As teenagers, they come home from school exhausted and in desperate need of some fun. So, as time rolls by in the Willow Creek Orphanage, the children find themselves developing new hobbies.

 Tiffany has recently taken a liking to the Fitness skill, loving to be energized and working out while in that state.

As for Daniela, she has mostly been enjoying the swimming-pool...

As the week came to an end, it was time for various birthdays at the Willow Creek Orphanage. Jane was busy with all the preparations and cake-baking. She made an excellent Black and White cake! Way to go, Jane!

Our dear old Xavier attended the party! Adulthood had clearly changed him (cowboy hat and all) but the Willow Creek Orphanage was still his home. Jane was happy to be able to catch up with him. 

Little Margarita was the first to grow up into a child (with black hair, yes! I'm thinking glitch. Next time, I'll adopt a child with another hair color, instead of a baby). She is very cute, nevertheless.
I gave her the Rambunctious Scamp Aspiration and the Outgoing trait.

Then, it was time for Antoine to grow up. He looks just the same as a Young Adult (although he was a little sick). I gave him the Art Lover trait, since he wants to be a Painter Extraordinaire. Something good to add to the Gloomy and Squeamish traits.

Then, it was Tiffany's turn. I gave her the Loves Outdoors trait. Maybe I should have given her something like Evil, she always has that face!

The two new Young Adults enjoyed their party and the company of their foster brothers, until they had to set out into their new life, away from the Willow Creek Orphanage. Good luck!

And here's a pic of Bradly and little Margarita. I thought it was super cute that they got along so well.

To be continued...

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4. 'Twas the Week of Birthdays and Broken Plumbing

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The week began with Xavier growing up into a teenager. Because he had the Artistic Prodigy aspiration as a child and he always loved books, I gave him the Renaissance Sim aspiration, which comes along with the Quick Learner trait, and also gave him the Bookworm trait. Let's see what lies in store for Xavier in the future!

Jane used her new-found cooking skills to bake him a birthday cake. He was very happy to celebrate his birthday and he had a party with the Orphanage kids.

They all had some cake together and a fun afternoon at the Willow Creek Orphanage!

"Happy Birthday, Xavier! I'm so proud of you!" Xavier couldn't have been any happier, that day. Even though he wasn't spending his birthday with his parents, because they couldn't take care of him properly, Jane and the kids were his family now and despite his hot-headed tantrums, he genuinely felt at home.

Meanwhile, every plumbing object in the house was getting dirty or breaking down, more than once. The kids were already playing among the wreck that was left after repairing the plumbing.
Jane had her hands full cleaning up and repairing plumbing. Since she had been building on her repair skill, I had her upgrade a few faucets to avoid this happening so frequently.
The fridge also broke down a few times, but that I refuse to make Jane fix (I just replaced it) - I can't have her dying from electrocution!

Xavier was beginning to dabble with cooking, now that he had grown up into a teenager and Jane let him use the stove. Teenagers would be a big help to the Orphanage, since they are more self-sufficient.

After all the craziness was done, Jane was able to get back to her routine. She woke up early and made eggs and toast for the kids and managed to have a nice breakfast with, well, at least some of them. It's hard to catch seven kids in the same place at the same time.

Then, after the kids had gone to school and with no babies to care for at the Orphanage and no more plumbing to repair (for now!), Jane decided to take a stroll in town. She had been so immersed in the Orphanage and the kids that she was going stir crazy (thank god this isn't a thing anymore or I'd have to get her out of the house more often!)

She ended up going to the Museum. It was nice to have a peaceful day out and be able to look at some art and discuss it with someone with a common interest.

Having the Orphanage was her dream and she was happy as ever, but she'd never thought that it could get lonely sometimes, even though she was never really alone and she loved her Orphanage kids to death. 

Little did she know, that little trip to town was what she needed. On the next day, someone she met at the Museum paid her a visit. Jane had never really thought about it, but maybe making a friend was what she needed. No one said having an Orphanage meant you couldn't have any friends! Jane and her new acquaintance, Annabeth, spent the afternoon chatting.

When the kids got home from school, they were very curious to know who the strange lady was and they joined the two women in the living-room, trying to listen in to their conversation. Eventually, Annabeth had to go home and Jane went to cook dinner for her and the children.
Her needs were all finally fulfilled and she poured her contentment into her cooking. She made an Excellent Pan Fried Tilapia, and is now able to cook gourmet meals! Way to go, Jane!

As another weekend made its approach, so did birthdays at the Orphanage. Two of the children were going to age up and Jane had planned a party for them.
She made one chocolate cake for Antoine and one strawberry cake for Tiffany - they were both growing up into teenagers.

When it was time for the celebrations, the kids were all super excited. The birthday girl and boy made a wish and entered teenage-hood (or teenagedom as the game says...).

Tiffany was first to blow out her candles. She grew up into a beautiful young lady. 

Since she was a Social Butterfly Aspiration kid, I continued the trend by giving her the Friend of the World Aspiration, which comes with the Gregarious trait. Then, I added the Romantic trait for some 'flavor'! Happy Birthday Tiffany!

As for Antoine, he always seemed like the creative type to me, so I gave him the Painter Extraordinaire Aspiration, which comes with the Muser trait and I also gave him the Gloomy trait, that fits well with the painter character I'm picturing him to be. Happy Birthday!

As it turns out, he grew up looking like a bit of a jock. Even Jane was confused, look at her face! 

After that, some of the kids took the party outside, to the pool or the monkey bars.

Others to the experiment table!

And so, another week came to an end at the Willow Creek Orphanage. Time is flying by - it's like they say, "Kids grow up so fast!" 

To be continued...

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Note: All the birthdays in this chapter made me realize that time is flying by at the Willow Creek Orphanage and we didn't really have time to get to know the kids. Next chapter will be focused on that, I'll develop each kids' story a little bit more. Can't wait!