Building a Generation

The evening after the cousins became friends, the family experienced something that I had been waiting for for a while: a burglar. This is the cop beating up the burglar. He had stolen the computers off the desks right nearby. Luckily, I could just replace them.

Of course, immediately following this, Alexa went into labor for the third and final time, and there was much mutual freaking out by the family. Notice no one doing anything useful at this point. Originally, I had only planned for this generation to have two kids, but as Zoe and Buck both headed off to the great digital beyond earlier than I expected, I decided to add another family member.  Both Michale and Alexa had a want for another baby anyway, so I decided to oblige them.

A few hours later, Alexa brought home Bethany, who is, at this point, competition for heiress with Blythe. Note Blythe playing it cool by calmly doing her homework as the potential interlocutor arrives for the first time.

As time marches ever forward, Beckett becomes a teenager, and I realize exactly how far apart Bethany and Beckett are in age. Oh well, they just have a kid sister, I suppose! Too late now. I’m not sure if I mentioned his stats, so as of this point:

Beckett Washburne – Brave, Excitable, Good and Charismatic. His lifetime want is to be an International Super Spy. I realized that this unintentionally makes him an homage to one of my favorite TV characters, Kate Beckett of the show Castle, who is a badass female cop. Anyway, he is my tribute to that awesome show. He is going to do the Athletic Challenges (like his aunt Arianna) and if I can, the logic ones. I haven’t attempted those yet, so we’ll see how that goes.

Just a day after that, Bethany became a toddler, and, therefore, much more interesting (it’s true).

No one else was awake for her birthday, so it was an intimate affair between her and mom.

Okay, so Alexa still wins the heirship because of the awesome hair and eyes, but her genetics are pretty awesome too. Anyway, her favorite color is purple. She is Brave and Loves the Outdoors. And will be the adorable younger sister. I am thinking she will do well to take over Aunt Aurora’s garden, when the time comes. Not sure what her LTW will be!

Another thing I loved after the update? Kid-Toddler interactions! Check out this peek-a-boo action! Bethany’s social was getting low, so I had Blythe play with her little sister, even if it did interrupt the little bit of the TSAL she had left.

As usual, birthdays come in threes – this time Blythe’s birthday. She clearly had a raucous party, rocking out with her aunt, mom, dad and brother.

And is a totally reasonable looking teenager. Her LTW is Culinary Librarian. She is Brave, Virtuoso, Athletic and Friendly. She will be going for the cooking challenges, like her grandmother before her, and maybe the Athletic ones, if I’m feeling it.

Score: 23!

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