Hinckley Legacy, Chapter 16: Reflections on an Era

The Hinckley Legacy, Chapter 16:
Reflections on an Era

Written by: hippielayla86

Hello everyone and welcome back to the
Hinckley Legacy for Chapter 16: Reflections on an Era!

I want to first thank you all for your patience in waiting for this
chapter! The holiday season seemed to keep me busier for
much longer this year sucking up all of my freetime, therefore
postponing the chapter. And then once I finished the chapter
back in May the exchange went on the fritz with that weird
“Error Code 5” issue, so I needed to find a new method for
uploading. That's when I found a tutorial by pettech68 – find the
link to the tutorial on my LJ page -- which led me to uploading in
this format you're seeing right now! So long story short, thanks
so much for holding out for the next chapter :)

Since there have been so many months in between chapters, this
chapter will give you first a quick update on who's who, and a
look into the lives of the generation 5 spares...

We are currently in the 6th generation of the Hinckley family, Lana (5th
generation's heiress) and Don's children. Pictured above is Lana, who has
recently been quite consumed with books after having a children's book she
wrote published. She is a sweet & thoughtful family sim, who wants nothing
more in life than to meet her future grandchildren (she wants 6 of them at the
very least). While she's away from home she is a Predestigator in the
Entertainment career, although she doesn't go to work often since she has 5
children. Next up we have Don...

Don is Lana's husband. The
couple met while they were
both attending university
after Lana's traumatic break
up with her first real
boyfriend, Hunter. Don and
Lana were just friends at first,
Don was Lana's shoulder to
cry on. Near the end of
Lana's senior year, Don
decided to take a leap of
faith and follow his heart
revealing to Lana that he
cared for her much more than
just as a friend. Once he professed his true feelings there was no turning
back. The two have been a very loving couple ever since.
Don's desires in life are to be able to provide financially for his family. In this
aspect he has been very successful. By reaching the top of the criminal
career track, Don has also achieved his lifetime want. His next desire is to
actually go into entertainment like his wife, but we'll have to wait to see what
he chooses. Especially since he has his eyes set on restoring the old junker
in the garage.

Lana and Don's eldest child is Edmund aka Ed (on the right). He has recently
had a birthday, and has found love with his childhood friend
Nicole/Nikki/Nicky. He and Nikki are both very into music and dance related
activities. They are partners on the school dance team.

Ed is a family sim, who also has a romantic side (secondary aspiration is
romance). He's very quick witted, and loves a good joke.

Their oldest daughter is Cassandra or as everyone refers to her, Cass.
Her birthday is coming up within the next couple of days. Her favorite
pastimes include playing her violin and reading a good book. She has
most recently gotten a new bedroom in which she chose her own
wallpaper and decorations. Her teenage birthday is only a few days
away.

Their middle child is Corin. He is quite a precocious child, who loves to
be the center of attention. Once bedtime hits, you can find him
avoiding sleep and playing with his favorite toy horse.

Corin is well known among his Aunts and Uncles, seeking out their
attention so that he can share gardening tips with them. Corin's
predestined hobby is nature.

The youngest two children are
twins Bree and Darrin. Being
infants, they don't really have
distinct personalities yet. ;)
Although, you may have
noticed a naming theme for
this generation, in that all of
the children are named after
characters in the Chronicles
of Narnia, primarily from The
Horse and His Boy while Cass
is named after Prince
Caspian. I had just finished
those two books and
decided on the spur of the moment to do a little naming theme.
I also want to mention that this chapter focuses a lot on Lana's sisters and
brother and their families, but there will be a main family update at the end of
the chapter. And now that you're all caught up with the main family, I'll hand
the narration over to Lana.
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Please note that if I have anything to add to a picture, I will add it at the bottom
of the slide, in italics underneath "---" :) Enjoy the chapter!

Oh man, I hope we just have
poor lighting in here...
Oh! Hello everyone... um, you
sort of caught me off guard.
I'm just finishing up putting on
my face, you see I've been
invited over to Lacey and
Sam's for my nephew Gabriel's
birthday party tonight.... and I
guess I got a bit carried away
with my outfit and make up. I...
well I've never worn this dress
and I bought it ages ago, and I
figured you're only young once.
I guess I'm just nervous about my own birthday... I'm not ready to put away or
give away my current wardrobe... I don't want to be told that I 'need to dress my
age.' I just simply don't feel as old as the calendar* is telling me....
But, I shouldn't bother you with such things. I think I'm just over-reacting. I better
get headed to that party.
-----
*Lana's birthday to age to an elder is only 2 sim days away. I'm simply not ready
to see her as an elder, and she isn't ready either.

When I arrived at Lacey's she was feeding Gabriel some formula
before the rest of the guests got there. She handed Gabe over to Sam
and came over to greet me.

"Lana! I'm so glad you made it!"

" Oh sweety," Lacey exclaimed as
she ran over, "Look at you! You
look amazing!"
Blushing, but flattered I
responded, "Oh you're too much,
but thank you!"
"I simply love that dress! How
come everytime I see you, you're
dressed to the nine, how do you
do it?"
I thought about the most modest
response for a moment before
saying, "Well, now that I'm done
writing my book, I have a lot of free time to go shopping again."
"I bet! I just read the copy you gave us to Gabe for the first time today. He was
smiling the whole time, so cute."
They like my book! "Thank you so much, I'm glad you both liked it."
---
Dad, Leah, Ivy, Lacey's prof from uni Katy (Cosmos) Beasley can be seen in the
background.

After Lacey finished welcoming
everyone to the party, my
sister's family gathered around
Gabe's birthday cake. I quickly
snapped the picture above
which I simply love, my brother
in law, Sam looks so proud to
be helping his son with his
birthday.

Lacey told me that he's been asking her about having more children. She's a
bit reluctant because she wants to start another business, this one at home.
She's worried that another child mixed with another business will strain their
marriage... I told her not to worry so much, but maybe wait a few years. I really
hope they both get what they want soon. I love having more neices and
nephews!

Gabe is such a cute little boy. He looks a lot like Mom with his red hair... he's
even got Mom and Lacey's nose. I wonder if as he gets older he'll start to
look more like his father.
Little Gabe was soon ready to go to bed, but the party didn't end there.
Everyone ended up having a great time, chatting the night away until Dad
ushered us all out of their house. We had gotten carried away and hadn't
noticed Sam had fallen asleep in his chair.

My little sister Lizzie sent us a letter today in the mail. It turns out she
had quite a bit of wonderful news...

"Dear sis,
I don't even know where to begin, life is so good right now! First,
it's the last semester of our senior year. All of my professors love me,
I'm acing all of my tests, and the best news is that I made the Dean's
list again!"

"Second, I am so madly in love with Orion, I simply don't know
what to do with myself! He treats me like an angel -- makes me dinner,
gives me foot rubs, cleans the house, and even does the laundry! And
you know how much I hate doing the laundry... Since he's finished his
course work up before me, he's trying to make my last semester as
stress free as he can. But guess what, I have some even bigger news!"

"Orion and I are engaged! He
proposed to me Tuesday
night over dinner. You should
see the ring it's simply
stunning! It's an emerald cut
solitaire with a white gold
band. We immediately
started to talk wedding plans
and have realized that
neither of us really want a
big wedding, and I was
really worried to tell
everyone, so I tested the
water first with Mom. It
ended up that she was actually really understanding about us not wanting to
make a big fuss over it. She was just shocked that Orion didn't want to invite
the whole neighborhood to it*.
----
*Orion is a popularity sim, so him not wanting to throw a wedding party
immediately after he proposed was sort of a shocker to me! I took it as a
sign, and Lizzie and Orion will have a private ceremony once they return from
college.

I hate to cut this short, but I've got class in ten minutes so I've got to get
going...
With love,
Lizzie"

I am so excited for Lizzie, I just know she and Orion will be so happy
together!

And since that letter has brought you up to date with Lizzie, I thought it might
be a good time to bring you up to speed with the Langeraks -- my eldest
sister Leah's family.
Since I've last told you about them, Paul, their youngest son has a had a few
birthdays. Here's a picture from Paul's birthday 3 years ago. Little Paul is
being held by his sister Natalie while his Mom and brother Nova look on.

Right before my twin neices left for college, Leah and Kaylynn
arranged for a family picture. You probably all know Leah's family, but
if not, I'll name them off from left to right back to front: Their friend
and bigfoot Armando, little Paul (he's the toddler) being held by his
mother Leah, Maia, Natalie and their cat Bailey, and in the front are
Nova and Kaylynn.

My twin nieces have started attending SSU. They currently live with
their Aunt Lizzie and Orion.

Once Natalie (seen above) and Maia moved in with Lizzie, they started a
garden. A very successful garden which merited them a present of a
well from the garden club. Natalie was very quick to investigate the
well, and made a wish to find true love.
She was an introverted knowledge minded teen, who hadn't spent
anytime finding love. So, she figured she could use a little help from the
well...

The well did bring her a good match in personality, and a possible best friend
in Elliot. But there was to be no true love* since Elliot is Natalie's Great Uncle...
he's one of my cousins. Poor girl, I hope she finds love soon.
---
*I am very glad I was paying attention when the well produced Elliot as
Natalie's true love. I was quick enough to cancel the kiss interaction and
prevent any incest! Yikes!

Shortly after the twins moved in it was time for Lizzie and Orion's
graduation. They both ended up getting top honors, and are
planning to move back home with Mom and Dad. Hopefully they
won't find them as much of an interference in their lives as Don
and I had.

Lizzie and Orion promptly moved back in with Mom and Dad upon
leaving college. And started to settle some unfinished business...

As a child, Lizzie was haunted
numerous times by our
ancestors, so she decided
that with her money she
earned with scholarships to
purchase a garden for our
ancestors to finally have a
resting place worthy of them.

Once construction was
finished for the mausoleum
she took all of the urns and
portraits to the gardens.

---
Since the main legacy family doesn't live with Amelie and Peter anymore, I
didn't see a point in having all of the ghosts on the lot slowing the game
down. So Lizzie purchased the community lot that comes with Mansion and
Garden Stuff and all of the Hinckley ghosts moved there. I included this
picture mostly because I thought it was cute that Madison and George were
waving to one another as they left the legacy lot.

The following day, Orion and Lizzie got married. They choose to just
have Mom and Dad present at the ceremony. Since we didn't get to go,
Mom sent me some pictures right away.

Aren't they an adorable
couple?

Mom also told me that she and Dad made themselves scarce after the
ceremony, but couldn't help but hear some private celebrations being
started in Lizzie and Orion's room....

Apparently their private festivities ended up with a pregnancy for
Lizzie. She and Orion are currently expecting twins.

The next few months flew by and before we knew it Lizzie was giving
birth to twins. Their first born is Deanna, a beautiful girl with dark hair
and Lizzie's eyes.

Deanna's twin is Derek, he also has dark hair and Lizzie's eyes. Mom
and Dad were the ones to call me, they are so happy to have
grandbabies living with them again.

Mom sent me this hilarious picture along with Deanna and Derek's
birthday pictures the other day. All of the cats in the household, our
little Risa's parent's Coda and Fante, and her brother Toby can often
be found surrounding little Deanna's crib protectively during the night,
too funny!

Speaking of the birthday pictures, here they are. You can see that Dad
helped Deanna with her cake while Mom helped Derek blow out his
candles. It's so sweet of Lizzie and Orion to let Mom and Dad help out
so much.

The twins have aged into charming young tots who enjoy making
messes for their Grandpa and Grandma to clean up... and just think I
have Bree and Darren who will be their age pretty soon!

Moving right along to Luke's family... I know it's been a while, but you
may recognize the young boy on the left of this picture, but if you
don't this is a picture of my nephews Gavin and Emmett. They are
Luke and Ivy's youngest children. Ivy finds her two sons hanging out
together constantly, surprisingly the two of them get along really well.

Luke and Ivy have raised quite an intelligent and creative young lady
in their eldest, Loralie. She is already painting like a young Monet, and
with her birthday coming up soon they had better watch out so as she
doesn't paint images of love into the minds of the young men who
may pursue her!

Cass is the one to change the focus this time since it turns out that
lately my little Cass has been a social butterfly. Apparently she and
her cousin Paul (Leah's son) have orchestra together now and spent
half of the class today arguing about who was better at chess.

Cass, wanting to prove that
she was better ended up
going home with Paul to
challenge him to a game. But
during the game Cass
discovered that Paul had
ulterior motives.
"So Cass, I was wondering if
you could listen to a solo that
I've been working on?"
"I suppose, but this better not
be a gimmick to get out of
me beating you at chess!"

"Nah, chess was actually the trick to get you to listen to my playing..." Paul
said sheepishly.

Cass laughed and responded, "You know, you're a funny kid! All you had to
do was say that you wanted to play a duet with me or something and I
would've come over anyway. You didn't have to challenge me to a game of
chess."

"Oh" Paul said with a smile spreading across his face, "Awesome, do you want
to now?"
"Of course, show me the way"
Then Paul led Cass to his shared bedroom with Nova where he kept his violin
and played her the solo he had been working on. Cass stood and listened to
him, every once in a while he would stumble on a passage and Cass took note
each time.

"So... be honest, whatdya
think?" Paul asked nervously.

"All in all a very good effort,
and for someone who doesn't
take lessons, impressive.
Although you could definitely
use improvement. I can totally
tell that you would benefit from
some lessons..." Cass said
with a sly smile.

"But who would give me
lessons?" Paul questioned.

"Well me of course!" Cass said recommending herself as she puffed out her
chest. At this Paul laughed.

"You? Well, I guess that would make sense. You are first chair afterall."

The two continued this conversation for a while, and ended up agreeing that
Paul should take lessons from Cass.

Leah's eldest son Nova is continuing to grow into a charming young man. He's
told his mothers that they had better be planning a big party for their upcoming
birthdays. He of course wants to meet some girls. I don't think he's quite thought
it through that they'll all be related to him!
---
Nova is a popularity sim, and wants to throw a birthday party of course. He's in
luck because both of his mothers are planning a big shindig for their transition to
elders.

It turned out Nova got his wish. His mothers did end up throwing a
party for their birthdays and of course we were all invited.

The best part about the party for me was that it was comforting to see
my sister and her wife so calm. I'm getting very nervous for my
milestone of a birthday myself, so its nice to have some older sibling
getting there before me.

When I finally got the flirting
couple apart from each other
and started talking to Leah
one on one, I asked her,
"Leah, how can you be so
calm? If I were you I'd be all
nerves!"

"It's simple - I'm very happy
and content with my life. I've
got a wonderful wife, and
four wonderful children who
are growing up so well. It's
just the natural progression of life for me to get older. Plus, with Maia and
Natalie cruising through college I should have some grandchildren soon!"

"I guess I can see where you're coming from..."

I've never told anyone, but my biggest want in life is to see my
grandchildren*... now that Leah put it that way, I guess I've looking
forward to my 50th birthday all my life! Haha, imagine that...
"Hey, lets get out back before my cake starts a forest fire!" - Leah
joked grabbing me by the hand leading me to her back yard.
---
*Lana's LTW is to have 6 grandchildren.

Leah wasn't joking about the candles! And I wasn't surprised to see her
soaking up all of the attention and teasing shouts.
"Hey old lady, get a move on it before the cake melts away!" - Kaylynn, Leah's
wife, teased.
"Yeah Mom, blow 'em out before the fire department shows up." - Maia
said as she giggled.
Leah just smiled as she bent to blow out the candles.

"Don't worry ladies and gents, these old bones have enough energy in
them to chase you all off." - Leah said back as she turned to age.

It's been a few weeks and Leah has settled well into her "golden
years." Kaylynn has done a lot less taunting seeing as her own
birthday is only days away. Leah has even been considering retiring
from her job serving as the city mayor so that she can spend more
time with Nova and Paul before they get too old and move out for
college just like the twins.

I just got off the phone with Liza... and Mom and Dad are no longer
with us.

Liza told me that Mom went first this morning while tending to the
garden.

And old grimmy came back that night to take Dad away right after he
stepped out of the car from work.
---
And now I'll narrate for the next few slides.

Peter and Amelie were one of my favorite couples. Amelie was the fourth
generation's heiress being the most attractive of the two red heads of that
generation. She was originally a pleasure sim during her teen years, loving to
dance with her father Gavin. But once she reached college, her personality
changed and she became a romance sim -- although one would never know
it. She was both a dedicated mother and wife, who doted on her
grandchildren contentedly in her elder years.
Peter was Amelie's husband, a local bartender. The couple was introduced to
each other by Amelie's grandmother Madison. Peter was a popularity sim
who doted on his wife, even though he always had a thing for blondes. He
was a very successful sim, gaining his LTW early on by becoming the
General of Pleasantview's armed forces.

These two will both be greatly missed by me... And their many
grandchildren. Both Derek and Deanna toddled out to the front porch
to watch as their grandpa left them.

Life must go on though, and it is certainly continuing, and continuing
well for Lacey and Sam. Lacey has gotten her home business in which
they sell items that Sam crafts at the pottery wheel, and collectible
items great for home and garden.

And if you take a look at Lacey's belly, you can see that Sam is on his
way to getting his wish of another child. Sam and Lacey are quickly
turning into one of my favorite families to play.

The next simday, Sam and Lacey welcomed their second child, a
beautiful girl they named Shauna. She, like her older brother Gabe,
also has her grandparents' red hair.

Shortly after it was Shauna's birthday. Sam took her to her cake while
her mother and brother cheered her on.

Shauna grew into a very cute toddler, and as you can see, she and her
brother both look a lot like their mother only with red hair.

A few simdays later, Sam and Lacey had their third and final child, a
daughter named Cynthia, Cindy for short. She is their first child to
have blonde hair. She is also currently a toddler, but this is the most
recent picture I have of her.

A few more simdays pass and Gabe, their eldest, aged into a geeky
teen. I think he's quite adorable, and you can expect to see him once
we get to the main family update.

Gabe wasn't the only one with a birthday. Liza and Orion's twins,
Deanna and Derek have also had birthdays. Deanna is a fashionista,
while Derek is more concerned with figuring out how mechanical
objects work. Despite their differences, they are very close friends.

Now here's a another set of cousins to start off Luke and Ivy's update,
that's full of surprises. First, everything started off normally, Emmet
(pictured above on the left) had his birthday, and Loralie (also pictured
above) was to have her birthday next.

But before that happened, Ivy had an accident with pesticides! Yes,
Ivy, a sim with a quite fitting name for a plant, became a plantsim. Now
I had already decided that 3 kids was enough for Ivy and Luke, but I
decided to let Ivy have a plantbaby.

You can imagine my reaction when she had twins, I definitely said out
loud and with a volume, "WHAT?!" out of the blue while playing... this
normally would be fine, but my boyfriend had a friend over. Keep in
mind I hadn't said anything at that point for about a half hour... pretty
humorous. Anyway, the twin girls were named without much
imagination (though I think the names are cute) Lily (in the front of the
picture) and Daisy. And the family loves them.

The other good news is that Luke has a fear of Ivy being cured from
plantsimism, which isn't surprising seeing as the couple are both
knowledge sims.

The next event in the family was Loralie's birthday, and shortly after
her new boyfriend. She got lucky and the gypsy gave her a good blind
date for her $3,500. Her boyfriend Dylan is a family sim, the son of
Remington the maid and his random CAS wife in my game. The two of
them have 3 bolt chemistry since Loralie is a fortune sim, and loves
charismatic blondes, while her boyfriend loves creative girls with
black hair. They're a very cute couple!

Right when I thought things were getting back to normal -- Gavin, the
newly teen knowledge sim got abducted by aliens!

When he got back from outerspace, both his parents cheered the
aliens, while his older sister laughed her head off. You see, Loralie
being a fortune sim, and a sim with only 3 nice points isn't very
sensitive when it comes to embarassing things her siblings do.

Loralie eventually stopped laughing for long enough to give her
brother a hug. Gavin was very relieved to be home.

And also shocked at seeing his Father embracing a strange green
woman -- he hadn't seen his Mom as a plantsim yet.

Lily grew into adults, and moved out. Daisy is a family sim who
immediately wanted her plant sister to not be a plant anymore, and
Lily was a romance sim who immediately wanted to woohoo.

But before doing so, Emmet insisted on taking a family picture.
Ordered from Left to Right, Front to Back:
Gavin, Loralie, Ivy, Luke (now as an elder), Lily and Daisy.

And now ladies and gentlemen, it is time to take the second half of the
chapter to update on Lana's family, at the main household! I will also
be handing the narration back over to Lana :)

As I stood there holding Darrin in my arms, staring at my cake and all
of its many candles, I decided then what I had been putting off. Darrin,
our fourth child, just as I was my Mother's fourth child, would be my
heir. I love all my children so much that I hadn't been able to decide,
and I think reasoning is perfect, I hope the rest of my children
understand... I think I should wait a while to tell everyone though.

After I put Darrin down for a nap, I went back to the kitchen, to the
birthday party being held for me. All of my siblings were there, but I
was still nervous until I remembered what Leah had said to me on her
birthday, "I've lived a good life... plus think about the future
grandkids."
It seemed a bit silly to be thinking about grandkids while my own
children were still infants, but this thought is what got me to complete
the motions...

I quickly blew out all of the candles (thank goodness they all went out,
how embarrassing if they hadn't!) and turned to face the inevitable. It
was my turn to pass on the torch in my family, it was my turn to grow
up.

After changing I came back out into the kitchen where Don pulled me
in for a kiss.

"Don, be honest, how do I look?" I asked nervously.

"Darling, you look wonderful!" he said without hesitation and with love
in his eyes.

Cass quickly butted in and asked for a dance with her Daddy which
gave me a chance to sit down with my sons and have some cake. I'm
glad that Don still thinks I'm pretty, but I'm just not sure about this
white hair myself... I think I need to book a hair appointment.

Once we finished eating some cake, Ed came over to me.

"Hey Mom, happy birthday!" Ed said as he hugged me.

"Thank you dear"- Leah was right, it's only the natural progression to
life to grow older and let your children have the spotlight.

My birthday wasn't the only one to be celebrated today though, today
is also Darrin and Bree's birthdays. While Don and I went to go grab
the twins, Cass, Ed and Corin continued to entertain our guests.

Don and I helped our twins to their cakes, they both helped blow out
their candles, and then both aged up beautifully.

A few days have passed since the party, I'm still not sure about my
hair, and I still haven't told anyone about my decision to make Darrin
my heir. I just don't know when to do it, I don't want to hurt anyone's
feelings or expectations.

So, you've probably noticed my hair... well, I'm not a grandma yet, so I
shouldn't look like one, so they grey is out! Don't be fooled though, the
moment there's a grandbaby I'll stop dying it.
In more practical news, I'm really starting to settle into my golden years. Life
has been much more relaxing, and I've been finding time to sit down and read
the paper everyday. I had been rushing around so much before that I hadn't
gotten the chance to really have alone time.

In my new found "me-time" Don has been helping more with the twins.
Just tonight, Don sat down with Darrin, said "Dad" twice and got
Darrin to speak in no time! We've been noticing that Darrin is much
more outgoing than Bree, while quiet Bree seems to get into more
trouble.

It's nice to see the two of them being self sufficient, and it's also nice
that Darrin is a deep sleeper meaning Bree can still play in their room
while her brother takes a nap.

Bree and Darrin are reminding me a lot of the pictures I used to see of
Luke and Lacey as children. They are really good pals, and I hope they
can continue to be as they get older.

Don has been doing a lot of thinking lately about what he wants to do next with
his life. He can't decide if he should follow his wallet and continue on with his
new position in the entertainment career, or if he should pursue a new career in
education.
While he's making his decision he spends a lot of time on the computer giving
financial advising to his clients. I wonder what they would do if they knew
everyday at home at work for Don is a very casual Friday.

Don and I have talked it over, and have decided that it's time to get Ed, Cass
and Corin into the private school I went to as a child.

"Mr. Jitmatsuku*, it is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Edmund Hinckley."
---
*That's definitely not the right spelling! lol, there's no way I'm remembering that
off the top of my head.

"Nice to meet you Edmund, are
your parents in? They've
requested that I come to your
house for dinner to discuss
getting you and your siblings
into my school."
"Yes sir, my Mother is in, she is
making dinner, but my father is
at work so he's asked me to
take his place in giving you a
tour of our house while Mom
makes you our family favorite,
salmon and rice pilaf -- my late Grandfather Peter's recipe. Would you like to
come in and see our home?"

"Oh, what initiative on your part, a tour of your home would be lovely while
we're waiting on dinner.”

I was indeed in the kitchen preparing the salmon just the way my father had
taught me. I can remember perfectly how much the headmaster had liked it
when Dad made it, I figured I'd stick with what worked. I was a bit reluctant to
have the headmaster over while Don was at work at first, but Ed is certainly
stepping up to the task, I can't help to think what a wonderful husband and
father he'll make some day. I really do hope that he and Nikki end up together
some day...

The tour went off without a
hitch! You could see the look
of satisfaction in Ed's eyes as
he continued to chat with
Korey -- the headmaster
insisted I use his first name.
"I must say Mrs. Hinckley, that
this is the best dinner I've had
in a long time. Being an old
bachelor, I've never really
gotten the benefits of a home
cooked meal. Now Ed, what
were you saying about your
ballet class?"
"Well sir, I was wondering if my current dance partner could continue to be
my partner at your institution." -- Ed was a bit hesitant, fearing that Korey
would say no. But, the headmaster seemed to be in a very good mood
tonight...
"I wouldn't see any problem with that, being as it's extracurricular."
"Oh thank you sir!"

My dear Ed was thinking of his lovely Nikki. I wouldn't have been
surprised if the answer would have been no, if Ed would've wanted to
stay at his current school, just to be with his girlfriend as much as
possible!

Once Korey had finished dinner, he greeted Don and informed him
that he would be happy to accept Ed, Cass and Corin to his school. He
also told us, "Once young Bree and Darrin are old enough, I would
love to come over again for some salmon!" he winked as he said this
and then wished us a good night.
Don and I were very happy to have our children in private school. A
good education for our children was always one of our top priorities.

Having taken care of our older children it was time to start focusing
more on helping our youngest. That night I helped Bree learn how to
walk.

Cass decided she had enough partying recently and while we were all
asleep in bed, she crept out of hers to play some piano, while she was
playing she felt the tingles that accompany birthdays. The only person
there to watch her age up was our maid BJ.

Cass aged into a lovely
young woman obsessed with
her piano. Don and I have
decided to give her her very
own piano when she moves
out.

As a child, Cass rarely
showed any interest towards
something other than music,
but now as a teen she has
informed us that she has
been inspired by the
headmaster's visit and wants
to become the Minister of Education when she is an adult. She has also
decided that its time to come out from under her musical rock, and meet some
new people.
---
Cass is family sim, who's LTW is to reach the top of the Education career. If
you can remember back, she is a copycat of her older brother Ed, who is also a
family sim who wants to reach the top of the education career....

She is different from Ed in that her secondary aspiration is popularity.
Which seems to be a much better combination than Ed's family and
romance.

P.S. I love how sims with max Music and Dance enthusiasm will
change into formal wear to play the piano! I'll have to see if it just
happens with the grand piano.

Everyone continued to sleep on that night while Cass played her heart
out. I'm really relieved that my relationship with Don hasn't changed,
even though our age difference is more apparent now to everyone. He
and I are in love now more than we were when we were younger.

When I woke up that morning
I found a grown up Cass
reading some of my old cook
books. I decided to test the
teenage angst waters by
interrupting Cass while she
was preoccupied..

"Good morning dear, you look
lovely."
With a heavy sigh, Cass
responded, "Thanks Mom...."

"Which recipe are you looking at?"
"Mom, less talking more reading!"
"I was just curious dear."
"Mu-ooom! I am trying to read!"

Well... the teen angst has indeed hit, although she didn't go storming off to
her room like I had expected.

She just continued to sit there
and read. And you know
what, I found it quite
humorous that she didn't
want me to interrupt her
reading yet she didn't give
me that same courtesy! -

"Mom, have you ever made
baked Alaska before?"
"Hmm.... what was that
saying of yours, oh yes, 'less
talking more reading' "
"Mu-ooom!"
I laughed and responded, "No, I actually haven't, would you like to make one
later?"
"Yeah... that'd be nice"
So, my sweet child was still in there some where. It's still frustrating to know
that our relationship is never going to be simple again though with those
hormones raging through her body.

While Cass and I continued to pretend the other was in the same
room, Corin was out in the greenhouse tending to the garden. He's
pretty much taken over that job. Since my birthday, I feel a lot stiffer
than I used to, so its nice to have Corin so happy to do most of the
yard work and weeding.
---
Corin, as you can see, has gotten his silver gardening badge.

Later I found some time for my darling Darrin, and taught the little guy
how to walk.

While I was doing this Cass had called up the local matchmaker and
asked for a blind date. She figured her cousin Loralie had been lucky
with her date, so she might be as well.

When her date turned out to be Alvin Futa, a guy from her old school,
Cass wasn't too hopeful. The only time she had ever seen Alvin
outside of class was in the local library when she had gone to check
out a cd of the Pleasantview symphony.

She decided to give the date a chance, but realized she and Alvin
didn't really have that much chemistry. She also decided it was much
more fun to hit him over the head with a pillow than to talk to him
about neutrons.

I've dedicated today to spending time with the little ones. I couldn't tell
you how excited I was when Bree's first word was, "Momma." Our time
together that afternoon seemed to be interrupted 100 times!

It seems my elderly body got the best of me that afternoon though, as
I ran for the bathroom, Bree made it into Corin's bedroom and took
great pleasure in playing with Corin's favorite toy horse.

And, regretfully, this is where I'm going to conclude this chapter. I want to thank
you all again for waiting (hopefully patiently?) for this chapter! I'm looking
forward to writing the next chapter, and playing more for this family. If you're
interested in keeping up to date with sneak peaks on the Hinckley legacy, visit
SiMania, a Sims 2 & 3 chat forum that focuses on talking about all things Sims!
The address is www.s12.invisionfree.com/Sim_Mania and don't forget to
introduce yourself in the introductions forum.
Thanks again for reading, I hope you enjoyed it!
Take care,
Hippielayla86

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