Round Sixteen - Crosby-Gates & Ballard

[kayleigh83]

Last Round - The family moved to a new, larger house. ROS gave them a big development - taking in an orphan relation! Max Ballard, who I decided is Marie's first cousin twice removed, joined their household as a child. Max got really invested in the lemonade stand. Felix aged up to a cute toddler, and Sloane also aged up to a child! 

Who's Who in the Zoo?

Melena is the youngest child of founder Drew Crosby with his first wife Jane, before she passed away when Melena was young. She already had two older brothers, Oliver and Connor, and then her dad remarried and had her younger half-sister Louise. Her step-mom is Tessa. Melena stayed together with her teenage love Marie, and they've had two children, Sloane and Felix. They also recently welcomed Marie's distant cousin Max Ballard after he was orphaned, thanks to ROS.





This household got a double dose of tragedy from the local salon it seems!



A trip to wash their faces in the bathroom and everyone is back to normal again.



Felix snuck into his sister's room while she was still sleeping to play with her toys.



Sloane's up now too, and cramming that homework nice and early - on a Saturday no less!



Max meanwhile has his burgeoning business empire on his mind, so he's out at the lemonade stand getting a head start on the day.



Sloane, mommies are busy right now...



No chimes!



What must have been an awkward breakfast on the patio with Marie and Sloane after she walked in on that.





Melena brought Sloane with her to go get some produce from the community garden, where she also pitched in to do her part.



A little game of catch while they're there.







And a quick cast into the little fishing pond.



Melena was saying something to a bored looking Darius (with missing glasses frames).





Max is reluctantly doing his homework too, but only because he's been told getting a good education means he can make more money one day. As for money right now...



Extolling the virtues of his proprietary blend of fresh squeezed and from-concentrate, for a unique flavour.



Now hand over the Simoleons!



Upside down baby!









Time for Felix's birthday! 



Here he is!



Him and Max will be bunking together now.





Marie is off for a day of work at Root to Plate Market.



Bradley Woods looking for a gift for his parents perhaps.





Showing off the wares to nephew Paolo.



I just love the kids hugging <3



Sloane takes a whirl on the lemonade stand too.





Enjoying sparkly french toast.





The summer is hot, so the timing was perfect to make use of that water wiggler out in the yard.







Felix sees what all the hype is about with this dang lemonade stand.



Polishing up some kind of skill!



I guess the fact that he will be a family Sim when he's older really fits!





Raining on his parade.



The ROS for the round was to take advantage - meaning to use your influence points to get someone else to do something for you. Angelie happened to stop by, so Marie decided that was her opportunity.





Stargazing. 



Three kids in the house - of course they asked Angelie to clean the whole place!









Lovebirds.





Both are off to work today now that the kids are all in school.



Yay!





They arrive home at just the same time as the school bus.



Bradley Woods has come home with the kids too.





Fastest finger guns in the West!



An impromptu dance party gets going after this.











Bradley was busy outside with the water wiggler!





Study group!



I can't remember what made Max look so dismayed.







A few slight wrinkles added to their faces, very subtle.



Cheddar makes an appearance!





Lots of Melena's family is invited over for Max's birthday party!





There's even a pinata outside for the kids!







Max ages up to a teen! I missed getting a picture of his other stats though. He has the Fortune A aspiration (hard worker - of course, given his love of the lemonade stand). 



A line forming at the farmer's market again.





And only getting longer!



Teen townie Morgan joined Max after school today!





And another Woods child, Sally, came over too! She also went straight for the water wiggler.



A friendly contest of fists.





Tag, you're it!









Sally joins for dinner.



That ends things up for their round, pretty peaceful for the most part!

Comments

[deedee_sims]

So many kids! Must've been a busy round to play! And everyone got a turn at the lemonade stand 😁
Max looks cute as a teen!