Wonder Child: Childhood

Here is our wonder child Lila as a child. She is currently enjoying her birthday party and talking to her cousin Elliot.

They officially became best friends.

Lila’s birthday earned gold and she reached social level 5.

Lila decided to enter scouts.

The fitness badge always seems to be the last one my sims earn, so I had Lila do some dancing.

Before going to bed on Friday night, Lila got a jump start on her homework.

On Saturday morning, Lila set the table and worked on her manners. I also thinking setting the table helps towards one of the badges.

The father daughter trio had breakfast together.

I admit I can’t remember what badges she earned but Lila is already a Griffon Scout.

Lila helped her dads build a tree house in the backyard.

Then she did some family friendly yoga.

Lila created a club called the “Cousin’s Club”. So far the members are her cousins Elliot (Simon’s sister Lacey) and Ellie (Tommy’s sister Chelsea). Lila also invited her aunt Adelyn to join. Adelyn is Tommy and Chelsea’s much younger sister. She is being raised by Chelsea and her husband Derek.

Lila started a club gathering and spent hours talking to her cousins and aunt.

I can’t believe how quickly she maxed the social skill.

It was a nice night, so Lila went swimming (not pictured) and then played with Patches.

Before going to bed, Lila completed the first phase of the rambunctious scamp aspiration by playing on the jungle gym while feeling playful. She also reached motor skill level 4.

On Sunday morning, Lila practiced her typing.

Lila’s uncle Derek walked by the house, so Lila switched back to the social butterfly aspiration and started working on making an adult friend. Unfortunately, she didn’t have a lot of time to chat as it was time for scouts.

Derek was still there when Lila got home from scouts. They chatted over some grilled cheese sandwiches.

We switched over to the Whiz Kid aspiration while Lila and Derek play a game of chess.

Lila reached level 5 in the thinking skill. She also became friends with Derek.

Before going to bed, we switch over to creative prodigy and she makes two drawings while feeling inspired.

All in all, Lila had an amazing new skill day.

On Monday morning, Lila went to school so I don’t have any photos until she gets home at 3 pm. We check the scout board and see she has earned some more badges. I think it was the Give Back badge as she had donated some old toys and maybe the Academic Scholar (or whatever it is called) badge. Lila is now a Unicorn Scout.

Lila had brought home a school project and started working on it carefully. Tommy and Simon sit down and help her. Lila’s castle diorama turned out excellent.

On Tuesday, while Lila was in school, I decided to take some pictures of the guys. I saw a YouTube video that explored different ways for sims to loose weight and/or gain muscle. According to the video the fast way was to “juggle the soccer ball”. Tommy had one his inventory still from back in college, so he gave it a try. Meanwhile, Simon had to give Loki a bath after he got sprayed by a skunk.

Tommy also finished another gig and completed his aspiration.

Lila brought this random girl home from school. I can’t remember her name. They played chess and became friends.

Lila also reached mental level 6.

Lila’s aunt Chelsea stopped by for a visit.

While playing chess Lila became friends with her aunt Chelsea and completed the Social Butterfly aspiration.

She also acquired her first Charisma skill. I really like that since Growing Together children can earn more skills.

Before going to bed, Simon read to Lila for 2 hours and then she did her homework while focused.

On Wednesday morning, we got a big surprise. Apparently, Patches was pregnant which I didn’t even know was still possible since Patches is an elder cat.

Patches had two kittens, a boy named Oscar and a girl named Onyx.

After school, Lila did her homework and then went fishing. She reached level 7 in the mental skill, acquired her first fishing skill, and earned her outdoor badge for scouts.

On Thursday, Simon and Tommy took advantage of the empty house and had some alone time together.

After school, Lila crafted some emotion potions and earned her young scientist badge.

She also reached logic skill level 3.

Lila is now a Pegasus Scout.

On Friday, Lila is up early and does a Family Friendly Yoga routine before school.

She reached level 8 in the mental skill.

After school she plays pretend in the tree house and does some stargazing.

Lila spends Friday night sleeping in the tree house and completes the Creative Genius aspiration.

On Saturday morning, Lila gets up early and plays some typing games on the computer.

Lila reached level 8 in the motor skill. Her aunt Adelyn is now a teenager.

Lila spends some time practicing the piano.

Before calling a club gathering and going to splash at the nearby water park.

After scouts, Lila hosted a sleepover. She invited her cousins Ellie and Elliot as well as her friend from school, whose name is Juniper Pumpkin. She also invited her aunt Adelyn who recently aged into a teenager and is not pictured here.

Lila told stories from her sleeping bag.

Everyone danced to the stereo.

Before turning in for the night.

On Sunday, Lila pulled Elliot aside and offered him a friendship bracelet that he happily accepted.

She then had a pillow fight with her cousin Ellie.

The party was a hit and Lila completed the Slumber Party Animal aspiration.

Sadly, shortly after the party Loki passed away. I am surprised he went first as he was actually younger than Patches. Maybe cats live longer in the game than dogs or maybe it is because Patches stopped aging while pregnant.

Everyone is very upset about the death of Loki. On the plus side, Lila got to meet the grim reaper.

Lila is feeling sad but tries riding bike anyway.

She rides for four hours and completes the playtime aspiration.

After scouts, Lila spends more time riding bike and eventually learns how to ride on her own.

She rides over to the nearby playground and goes across the monkey bars 3 times.

She completes her third aspiration of the day and is now a Rambunctious Scamp.

On Monday, I didn’t get any pictures until Lila came home from school. She brought her friend and they worked on a school project together.

The project turned out okay.

Lila worked on some drawings.

She earned her arts and crafts badge and is now a Llamacorn Scout.

Lila then quit scouts and joined the drama club.

On Tuesday, Lila spends some time playing Piano before school. She reached level 10 in the creativity skill.

She also completed the Creative Prodigy aspiration.

After school, Lila went to her first day of drama club and came home with a promotion to Line Learner.

She also managed to go 48 hours without an negative moodlet which means she completed the Mind and Body aspiration.

On Thursday morning, Lila does some family friendly Yoga and reaches level 10 in the mental skill. She earned an A in school a few days prior (didn’t get a picture) so she is also able to complete the whiz kid aspiration.

With that, Lila has officially completed all of the child aspirations.

Look at all of those Child traits!!

Since Lila has an A in School, she took a vacation day on Thursday. She spent the morning practicing her lines for drama club.

I then sent the family to volunteer together.

Lila gained some empathy and responsibility for her efforts.

Then during drama club, Lila followed the director’s advice with regard to a stage fight. The fight went well, no one got hurt, and the show was a success.

Lila came home promoted to practical performer.

Late Thursday night/early Friday morning (around 2 am) Simon got abducted by aliens but did not come back pregnant.

Onyx and Oscar aged up into adult cats.

After school, on Friday, it was time to celebrate Lila’s birthday.

Lila aged up into a teenager with High Self-Esteem.

I think she is a very pretty teenager.

I was pleased to randomly roll the overachiever trait as I think that is perfect for Lila. We are starting out with one of the teenage aspirations but will probably jump around to others as we go.