Dagmar and Ethan's marriage continues to struggle under the stress of raising triplets. Dagmar leaves Ethan, taking some of the children with her. Ethan is heartbroken but focuses on caring for the children who remain with him and improving their home.

1. ~The Seventh Season~
~Smithe~
By: Pony(formerly CanImarryapony)

2. Welcome back to Arbor Watch. It’s finally the Smithe’s
turn and last rotation Dagmar gave birth to triplets;
Benedict, Cassie and Leon. They pretty much have to
have a nanny at all times because of the chaos.

3. Days started early to make sure all the
kids got fed and changed. Ethan and
Dagmar are such doting parents.

4. After the sun came up I sent Ethan to The Toy Chest.
Him and Dagmar still aren’t really getting along so he
may spend a lot of time at work this chapter.

5. When Ethan returned home, Dagmar picked a
fight with him about being gone too long.

6. Every now and then when the kids were asleep
Dagmar and Ethan actually got a long together.

7. All too soon it was the triplets birthday. I can’t wait to
see what they look like.

8. Aww Benedict and Leon
grew up in matching outfits.
Benedict-5/4/5/4/5
Leon-3/10/7/7/7
Cassie-3/5/8/4/5

9. After the kids were settled, Ethan escaped to
the Underground. Though his customers
didn’t appreciate open mic night all that
much.

10. Benedict is quick to find the closest dog and
smother Joy with cuddles. Lucky she’s as good
natured as Bane.

11. I don’t know what’s worse, toddlers without toys, or
dogs. At least they’re having fun.

12. Poor Dagmar can’t take it anymore.

13. She snuck to the Underground for a few hours. She hit
it off with Joe Carr. Too bad Ethan couldn’t be as easy
going.

14. Eventually she got a little bored with Joe, mainly
because he’d rather dance with Amber Vega than with
her. Dagmar ended up just spilling her sorrows to
Ethan’s bartender. Who looked rather uncomfortable
by it all.

15. When she got home, she ignored Ethan and sat down with paper.
The Slacker career was bound to have an opening any day now.
Ethan ate his breakfast without commenting on Dagmar. The kids
were finally asleep and he didn’t want to wake them up with a fight.

16. Dagmar settled down for a nap while Ethan cleaned.
Now that Dagmar was home and the nanny here. It
was his turn to sneak away. He didn’t really wanted to
leave his kids alone, but money was getting tight with
having the nanny there all the time.

17. The Toy Chest was booming, Ethan had to
dig in between sales for extra inventory.

18. He closed the store when the sun set. But he
couldn’t bring himself to go home yet. So he
called Lilla.

19. He shouldn’t have invited her over, shouldn’t have
asked for a date, he was so lonely and she was
there.

20. Blissfully at home it was like nothing had happened.
The kids were up and tormenting the poor puppies.

21. The kids kept everyone busy for
awhile. Eventually Dagmar locked
herself in the bathroom to get
away. She searched the
newspaper in vain for a job
opening. There was no way that
she was going to be a house wife.

22. Day Three began with a huge mess. The nanny pulled
out several bottles of milk and left them on the floor
and then had an accident herself. Ethan let her go
home for a bit, clearly keeping her at such long hours
was taking its toll.

23. Ethan spent the morning with his kids, while
Dagmar slept him.

24. At 11 the puppies
grew up to dogs.
Clockwise is
Pepper, Cola, and
Pepsi.

25. Of course that led to another argument on what to do with the
pups. The house was too small or five dogs and five people. Ethan
suggested that they give the dogs to the neighbors. But Dagmar
wanted to keep them, they were like their own kids. And Ethan
would not want to get rid of their kids.

26. To escape Ethan went back to the toy store. I
was doing fairly well and he finally got
enough money to get a toy making bench
there too.

27. He went to the club after, still not ready to
deal with Dagmar. Ethan knew it was petty
to leave her with the children and he
missed his kids, but he just needed to get
away.

28. Watching his patrons smustle in the
most random places cheered him up.

29. Komei Vega showed up and wanted to know
how Joy was doing. It took some convincing, but
Ethan got the man to stop talking enough so he
could close up the bar.

30. Feeling better, Ethan was able to get a smart milk
machine. Only the best for his kids.

31. Or at least he tried to give the best to
the kids, but he was exhausted even
with the nanny’s help.

32. Dagmar was at her wits end, Ethan was asleep
leaving her to clean up the mess the triplets
and dogs made at four in the morning. All he
did was run away to his stores when she
snapped at him.

33. Well she could escape too. Sunday be
boolproped. Not working on Sunday was a
stupid rule.

34. She flirted outrageously with Peter Sims, one of
Ethan’s bartenders. Though the silly man was too shy
and afraid of Ethan’s wrath. Bartenders were stupid.

35. Peter Sims was so naïve. Fed up with men in
general now, Dagmar closed the club and
went home.

36. Pony back, I have to admit I’m a bad person, but everybody was in the red and
Ethan and Dagmar were at the cusp of starving. So I maxmotived, only once,
so they didn’t die and the kids get taken. I know that I could’ve have adopted
them out to another family, but I have plans for Ethan and Daggie dear. Big
plans, huge even, okay not really, it just sounds nice on paper.

37. Ethan taught the kids their skills while Dagmar
cleaned house. The day was almost normal.

38. Alas the peace didn’t last long before Dagmar
laid in to Ethan for not helping with the
housework. Of course he retorted that she
should of help with the kids so they didn’t grow
up without any skills.

39. They managed to finish when six rolled around
and it was time for birthdays. Dagmar with
Benedict and Ethan holding Leon.

40. The boys looked at lot like their father.

41. Cassie did too for that matter.

42. Day Four soon came to an end, Ethan sent
the kids to bed and went there himself.

43. On Day Five shortly before dawn, Dagmar
picked up the newspaper one more time.
There were no job openings, but she took
another.

44. The kids rushed out to stop her, but she didn’t look back in fear her
resolve was going to weaken. She loved them and Ethan but there
was no way living here, in this house and chaos was going to work.
She took Joy, Pepsi and Pepper with her. One day the kids would
understand. One of them was bound to be romance too.

45. Ethan sent the kids to school and sat down in a numbness. He had
messed it up big time, and his biggest regret was he didn’t regret
anything at all. He was family sim, he shouldn’t have cheated on Dagmar
and ran away from their relationship. But he had made a mistake by
inviting her to move in with him too soon and now his kids had to pay for
it. He’d make it up to them somehow.

46. He went to work like always when things went badly. He’d
have to stop eventually, his family, his children needed to
come first.

47. He went home and washed the numbness out of his
soul, Dagmar was gone, and he wasn’t going to
chase after her. She deserved someone who loved
her completely, unlike him.

48. He spent the money earned from his business to
expand the house and get the kids into bedrooms
instead of them sleeping in the living room. He ran
out of money before he could finish it, but it was a
start.

49. The kids came home and he helped them
do their homework.

50. And fixed them dinner. Life was good.

51. Rotation: Fall 2 CAS Available: 3/5 Businesses:
Households: 2 of 3 Amber's Tales - Amber
Playable Sims: 14 University Funds: Vega - 10
# Of Total $1674 More than Food - Julien
Residents(PS + Cooke – 5
Gravestones): 14 # of Fires: 5 Komei's Klothes –
# of Burglaries: 0 Komei Vega – 3
Community Lots: 5 # of Electrocutions: 0 Smithe's Underground –
Business Districts: 0 # of Graves: 0 Ethan Smithe – 2
Universities: 0 The Toy Chest- Ethan
Downtown: No Smithe- 2
Careers:
SM: 3 Business – 1/1
Law Enforcement 1/1
Population: 42 Slacker 1/1
*Stat sheet inspired by THEOlive211

52. I’m sorry for the flip-flop writing in this chapter. I shadn’t do it often, but
Dagmar and Ethan’s story was best told from their POV. I should be back in the
normal style for the next chapter. And I want to admit that Dagmar was a
really great mom and the fighting was my thing because after she moved in
Ethan didn’t have any bolts for her. But don’t worry Dagmar was something
special planned.

53. And Steve gimme back my computer!