Season One - Summer - Dreamer

Dreamer Family of Pleasantview

The house in it's original format.

The ground floor.

Second Floor.

Darren Dreamer - 15 days til elder - Knowledge - LTW Media Magnet

In love with Brandi Broke and Cassandra Goth.

Dirk Dreamer - 13 days til adult - Fortune - LTW Hall of Famer

Darren sales a few unnecessary items and pays his delinquent bills.

All of Darren's first wants had to do with Brandi Broke.  So he invited her over for a date.

While at the Broke lot, Brandi had rolled up the want to become engaged with Darren.  Darren chose to make that wish come true.

The couple saw no need for a long engagement.  They were married immediately.

Brandi moves in with her youngest three children: Beau, Harden & Hallie.  Her oldest son Dustin is in the college bin.  The Broke house is now empty but Dustin will hold on to that slot in the rotation.  

Darren helps Hallie settle in.

Brandi plays with Harden.

The downstairs bedroom is turned into a nursery for the twins.

Aren't they adorable.

The upstairs is reconfigured to hold the new larger Dreamer family.  Dirk settles into his new roll as the older brother.

Brandi has a big announcement at dinner.

Yes.  Risky has gifted Brandi and Darren with a baby of their own.

Darren is having trouble finding a job in journalism.  He spends his spare time studying and looking after the kids.

The family builds a small pond in the corner of the lot.  The kids are enjoying fishing  and it's a great way to get to know the neighbors.

The twins, Harden and Hallie, become children.  

Birthday dinner is homemade soup.

Darren teaches the kids to study.  Brandi is having a hard pregnancy.

Beau becomes a Pleasure loving teen who likes blonds wearing makeup.  He doesn't like custom hair.  He wants to be a professional party guest.  Dodged a bullet with that one.

Brandi manages to get some studying in for a future promotion.  Now that the kids are a bit older, things have quieted down some.

But the quiet was short lived.

Brandi gives birth to a son, Broken Dreamer.

Yes, I went there.  I can't believe I saddled the kid with that name but I did.  

Brandi and Darren leave Dirk in charge and head downtown for a little kid free time.  They caught up with friends and had a little fun...if you know what I mean.

Darren finally gets a job in Journalism.

Darren is such a good father, but hopefully this is his last child.  Please be nice risky.  Please.

As the summer comes to an end, Dirk heads off to the college bin. 

I would just like to say that I could have sworn I took pictures of the newly remodeled house.  I am either losing my mind or my pictures.  I'm not sure which.  The downstairs wasn't changed much.  I added the small bathroom in front of the kitchen.  Upstairs I made one long bedroom with four single beds for the kids.  I left half of the upstairs as an open room to be finished later.  I'll try to remember to take pictures of the houses each time I enter them.  Then maybe you'll get to see it.  

Season One - Summer - Broke

Broke Family of Pleasantview

Brandi Broke - Family - LTW Captain Hero - unemployed

Dustin Broke - Fortune - LTW Hand of Poseidon - working in the criminal field

Beau Broke - toddler

We begin out journey just before 8 am.  The family has recently lost their husband and father Skip Broke.  But life goes on.  Dustin heads off to school.  Brandi sits down to teach Beau how to talk without the use of smart milk.

I've already started rearranging the house.  I didn't think to take a before picture.  Sorry.  I sold anything decorative of value.  Surprisingly there was a lot of that.  I added a porch.  I divided one huge bathroom and made two small bathrooms.  

Later I did more.  I added a back porch for the kitchen table which means I added a back door.    I'm a tweaker by nature.  I will tweak these starter houses until they scream.

Getting back to it:  in a move I've never seen before, Brandi goes off on Dustin for his bad grades.  I'm assuming that this was something Maxis tossed into this starter family.  I've had kids with much worse grades who never got a lecture before.  And to do so right in front of his girlfriend.  Harsh.

Even Brandi wasn't sure what had gotten into her.  Then she suddenly realized that her dead husband had left her with a little something extra. 

A few hours later, Brandi gets a call to head downtown.  I swear these things come at the worse possible moment.  Maybe that's why I  started ignoring them in the first place.

She has just moments to see her toddler turn into a child before hauling her tired pregnant self into the taxi.

It was a casual outing with a bunch of townies she didn't know. At this point Brandi has only found one bolt attractions.  She's looking though.  Brandi is not the kind of girl that does well single.  Eventually she's going to roll up the want for a new love.  I'm scoping the possibilities and getting ready for the inevitable.

Being exhausted, Brandi headed straight for the strong stuff.  I'm not sure this much caffeine is good for baby but she didn't care.  All that extra money I got from selling her curtains will be gone soon. 

Brandi stayed for a while.  She met everyone she could.  She found someone she had two bolts of attraction for but he's married.  So she bought herself a cell phone.  She then splurged and bought one for Dustin.  She presented his gift in hopes for making up for being a right witch earlier.  Maybe bribery will help Dustin turn his life around.

With mother and son a slightly better footing, Brandi teaches Dustin how to study.  Dustin already longs to go to college.  He'll need to get those grades up though.  I don't have a hack or anything to prevent him from heading to school with bad grades but personally I just don't like it.

Dustin got a call from Angela asking if he wanted to sneak out with her.  He knew his mother wouldn't like it if she knew.  He'd just have to make sure she doesn't find out.

Unfortunately for him, Dustin was caught.  They brought him home in cuffs.  Yes, he's been working as a criminal for extra cash but he never thought he'd find himself in this position.  The cops dropped him off but never actually talked to Brandi.  She was asleep and has no memory of the event.

The next day after school, Dustin headed off to buy a new handheld gaming system.  He'd been wanting one for a while.  So he took the money he needed and tried not to feel guilty about it.  Dustin met a really cute girl, Tristin (I think).  He spent some time getting to know her.

But when she leaned in for a kiss, Dustin suddenly remembered his girlfriend Angela.  He leaned away from the kiss, rejecting her.  Maybe it was time for him to head home.

Beau brings Tina home with him from school.  Tina seems to be popping up everywhere.

Brandi is constantly tired.  The kids are driving her nuts.  She makes herself a little treat to make her feel better.  (I don't know why.  I think I temporarily lost my mind.)

Brandi was outside, meeting yet another married man she was attracted to, when she went into labor.

Brandi gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.  She named them Hallie and Harden Broke.

Within an hour after giving birth, Brandi was headed to her first day of work.  Brandi had found a job in the  law enforcement field while pregnant.  Once again, Dustin is left in charge of his younger siblings.

After getting the twins taken care of, Dustin teaches Beau to study. 

Harden Broke - Gemini - 3-10-9-3-3

Hallie Broke - Gemini - 3-10-10-3-3

Before you know it, the twins became toddlers.  Now the fun truly begins.  Brandi and Dustin started teaching the twins to talk.

Brandi got a promotion.  She hired a nanny to watch the kids while she worked.  The nanny wasn't half bad.  She did bathe Harden three times in a row but later she made the beds.  I'll take that.

Brandi is doing well at work.  Her kids aren't getting much of her attention.  Brandi wants to fall in love and have a baby.  She also wants to work on skills for promotions.  I've pushed her towards the promotions.

Dustin is still taking up the parenting slack.  He would have been a good family sim.

The TV had been broken for a while.  Dustin finally tackled it and managed to fix it.  It was the last skill point he needed for a promotion.

Dustin tops out his teen career.  He has worked hard and now has excellent grades at school. 

Brandi's want to fall in love is holding strong.  She has found three men that she has two bolts of attraction for.  She invites over the only one who isn't married.  This is Darren Dreamer.  He is a widower.  He brought a friend with him, Cassandra Goth.  I'm not sure she liked Brandi's interest in her friend but we really don't care.  I'm trying to save marriages here.

Eventually, Brandi got her want.  She is in love.  Darren also loves her.  Her want for a baby has temporarily taken a back seat to her want to become engaged.  Unfortunately for her the twins needed attention.  She didn't get the chance to pop the question she was just dying to ask.

Dustin's friend, Ginger (maybe?), stopped by for a visit.  He had met her when he went downtown.  They have two bolts but they are strictly friends.

As the season comes to an end, Dustin heads to college.  I have no idea which college yet.  I'll figure that out later.