Ottomas Family Values

Three: “Can I go now?”

Last time...

Babies A, B and C (Annabelle, Buttercup & Cinna) grew, while the Ottomas family welcomed in some more children – babies D, E and F (Darcy, Edgar and Ford). Annabelle did some dating, Darcy found out where babies come from, Edgar was ignored, and Ford was declared awesome. Jason also didn't seem to mind that he was father to only one of the six children living with him. I'll recap who the father of these kids is as the end of the chapter, okay? :)

Onto this chapter...

“It's a beautiful day.” Annabelle commented, nudging her brother and sister, who were sitting on either side of her on the bridge of their family home.

“Uh huh,” Buttercup agreed, “perfect for trying to take your laptop off Darcy, ignore Edgar and coo over Ford.”

“Did you know Mum can't have more kids until we're gone?” Cinna asked.

“Should we leave?” Annabelle replied, “You know, go to uni or something?”

“Well, I can't imagine myself at lectures, writing essays, and wearing togas,” Buttercup replied, dreamily.

“Me either, really.” Cinna agreed.

“But let's do it anyway! It's something different, something new!”

“You don't want to wait for Darcy?” Cinna questioned.

“Mum could use the extra pair of hands.” Buttercup replied.

Before the afternoon was out, a cab was called to take the oldest three kids to university.

“You had better be right about university, Annabelle. It better be fun.”

Annabelle rolled her eyes, “Shut up and get in the car.”

This left Darcy as the eldest.

“They left without me, and my birthday is tomorrow...”

Needless to say, Darcy felt more than a little left out.

Edgar continues being ignored by his family, and takes up fishing. While it may look like he's terrible at it, he did eventually get rewarded with a bronze fishing badge.

When night fell, Jason headed out to the telescope, only to find a nasty surprise waiting for him.

Aliens.

“This can't be good.” Jason sighed.

“He better have a good reason for making this much noise at a stupid hour.”

Jason was returned later, at an hour that irritated his wife, and woke Darcy. Edgar slept through the whole thing.

“Yay! Sort-of Daddy went to space!”

Darcy was thrilled that Jason had managed to meet the aliens – she wasn't interested in learning and knowledge, but the fact he had met the aliens was too cool.

Eager to keep up with the fact that her husband was pregnant, Samantha decided to find her next baby daddy.

Jihoon Hsu was a tad confused how he had ended up by an enormous pond, attracted to a woman with six kids, but he decided to roll with it.

(Also – too many Goopy-faces! I need more variety!)

Not long after they met, Samantha was expecting her next baby, and Jihoon left.

Samantha was then struck by lightning, and her trousers turned invisible.

Awkward.

Later that day, Darcy grew into a beautiful teenager of the Romance aspiration.

She rolled the lifetime want of topping the Culinary career.

While Darcy celebrated her new age, Jason and Samantha slipped outside to spend some time together, watching the stars from the meadow near the wishing well.

Their peaceful couple time was interrupted byJason's pregnancy showing up.

Jason headed inside and started meditating, because the pregnancy turned out to be pretty hard on him.

Samantha found this amusing.

The Ottomas family always had visitors, such as Michelle Tse and Meadow Thayer.

Meadow seems slightly worried by Samantha's enthusiasm for babies.

Later that day, Samantha started showing signs of her pregnancy.

Later on, Ford grew up, still as awesome as ever.

The next day, Darcy, tired of spending time with her family, decided she would get a boyfriend – or three, because she was a romance sim.

The boy who was dropped by the family wishing well didn't stay long...

...and when he left, she found herself the next boy.

Though she had no one to talk about her boyfriends with – Edgar and Ford were not interested, not like how Annabelle and Buttercup would have been.

“So that's what the wishing well is best for.”

“Can I go now? Edgar has a bronze fishing badge, and I want one too.”

Despite her status as a romance sim, Darcy was exceptionally good with the family, and loved nothing more than entertaining her younger brothers. She even gave Edgar attention.

“Do either of you two know how to solve a rubix cube that's actually a ball?” Samantha asked her children, “Also, are you two getting along? I didn't expect that!”

Edgar seemed to have someone to play with at last – after the rest of his family had pretty much ignored him, Edgar found he was still cool to his younger brother.

The boys were the best of friends.

The week passed with the family preparing for the new arrivals – it had been a few days since the family last had a toddler, let alone more than one.

Also, a terrifyingly scary penguin wandered past the house during the night. It left before anyone could pet it.

Jason's pregnancy ended first, in the early hours of the morning, when Edgar was awake to pull inappropriate expressions in the back of the pictures.

Everyone else was either not interested, or only interested because the person in labour was male.

Jason brought a little alien boy into the world, named George.

George was quickly put in a bouncing chair, and forgotten about as the family geared up for the next arrival.

Samantha went into labour only a few hours later.

Samantha delivered the first girl since Darcy, a little girl who was named Hatter.

Life continued as normal once the pseudo twins were born – Darcy continued to find lovers through her mother's wishing well.

Edgar found some toys that nobody had used before, which was always a rarity for the family.

He also made time for playing with Ford.

“Haha, Ford, you look like you have a moustache!”

Samantha didn't get pregnant again right away, as Jason had taken a few days off work.

Eventually, it was time for the babies to grow into toddlers.

The Almost-Twins grew into adorable little toddlers whose personalities I didn't write down.

Samantha experienced the difficulties that Jason had been dealing with for the past six children. Instead of paying Jason's son, George, any attention, Samantha gave all of her attention to Hatter.

How had Jason managed to pay attention to all of the children, regardless of whether they were his or not?

At some point over the next twenty-four hours, Edgar grew into a teenager, but his birthday pictures have mysteriously disappeared.

Edgar grew up to be a romance sim like his older sister.

A couple of days after Edgar's birthday, on the next birthday of the Almost-Twins, Samantha decided it was time to find the next father.

She got the cafeteria dude from Annabelle, Buttercup and Cinna's dorm. His name was quickly forgotten.

It took them seven tries, but eventually, Samantha did fall pregnant with his baby.

As quick as quick, the twins had their birthday.

The Almost-Twins grew into really close children.

They weren't technically related, which may cause awkward in-the-family romances when they're older, but for now, they're the best of friends.

And that's it for this time!

Join me next time for baby I and possibly more!

Thanks for reading!