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The Harding Baby Boomers [COMPLETED April 14, 2018]

Posted: December 17th, 2017, 10:04 pm
by simsterlyrock
Welcome to my latest challenge that I'll probably not complete, but I'm going to try anyway! I'm giving the Baby Boomers challenge a shot. I just have to have one couple have at least 24 children, or however many it takes to have 12 girls and 12 boys. I'm hoping that I won't have to go too many over 24 kids, but we'll see what fun my game decides to throw my way!

u p d a t e s
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight | Part Nine | Part Ten | Part Eleven | Part Twelve | Part Thirteen

s c o r i n g
Spoiler:
Countable Births: +30 x 25 = 750
Fully Skilled Toddlers: +15 x 4 = 60
Parent LTWs: +30 x 6 = 180
Countable YA: +12 x 25 = 180
Aspiration Award: +5 x 6 = 30
Topped Careers: 4 = 50
Maxed Skills: +10 x 60 = 600
Mini-Challenges: +20 x 3 = 60
Every 25k Net Worth: +10 x 13 = 130
TOTAL POINTS: 2,040


m i n i - c h a l l e n g e s
Spoiler:
Not the Bs!: Have all your children's names start with B, for extra props and credit but also extra confusion!
Family Gallery: Set up a family gallery somewhere on your lot with PAINTED portraits of both your parents and all their kids! OR only make painted portraits when the kids are YA/Adult, before they move out.
SimShare!: Upload your parents and all their kids for a nice points bonus. (+10 points)
StoryShare!: Like SimShare, but upload your story to Boolprop and let us all read it. (+10 points)


c h i l d r e n
Spoiler:
Boys: 12
Girls: 13


Blanche
Bellatrix
Bonnie

Benjen
Bitterblue
Barristan
Beatrice
Baldor
Ben
Brian

Brooke
Billy
Birgit
Barb

Bianca
Bilbo
Bill

Beth
Boromir
Belle
BerĂșthiel

Bartemius
Bev
Barliman
Barney

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 17, 2017]

Posted: December 17th, 2017, 11:22 pm
by snazzle
Oh man, starting off quick! I love it! Can't wait to see what the newest one looks like.

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 21, 2017]

Posted: December 21st, 2017, 9:38 am
by simsterlyrock
snazzle:
Spoiler:
I am incapable of taking things slowly. XD I always try but I make them try for a baby or ACR has them woohoo and suddenly they're pregnant within an hour of moving in. It'll work well for this challenge since they need to have so many kids, but it's a problem with other challenges. :lol:

And I've got a new update today!

Part Two

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 26, 2017]

Posted: December 26th, 2017, 12:59 pm
by simsterlyrock
I've got another update today!

Part Three

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 26, 2017]

Posted: December 26th, 2017, 1:09 pm
by Livvielove
I love your family! Also, I'm super glad I found this comment thread, I don't have a live journal so I couldn't comment before! Your sims are gorgeous and I love the house! I'll be reading! ^^

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 26, 2017]

Posted: December 27th, 2017, 9:16 am
by simsterlyrock
Livvielove:
Spoiler:
Thanks! I'm loving the family too, and the house! When I saw it on tumblr I was like, "I gotta recreate that!" I'm really excited to see how it turns out as the family gets more money. :)

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 29, 2017]

Posted: December 29th, 2017, 5:49 pm
by simsterlyrock
I've got another update today! It's a really long one, so sorry about that. I probably should have broken it up into two, but too late now!

Part Four

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 29, 2017]

Posted: January 2nd, 2018, 12:52 am
by dbars107
Loving it! :)

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [Dec. 29, 2017]

Posted: January 2nd, 2018, 9:58 am
by simsterlyrock
Thanks! And I've got another update for you today. :)

Part Five

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 2, 2018]

Posted: January 2nd, 2018, 10:56 am
by dbars107
So many birthdays, lol

And so many kids...wow! How do you have so many in the house at once?

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 2, 2018]

Posted: January 2nd, 2018, 2:10 pm
by simsterlyrock
I have a mod that allows for more than 8 sims in a household. I've been using it for years and couldn't stand to get rid of it, even if it does mean I can get through this quicker than if I was playing without mods.

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 2, 2018]

Posted: January 2nd, 2018, 3:27 pm
by Abby
Just read all five updates at once. I love this challenge, and admire you for doing it. You make it look so easy in your updates haha, I know one of my sims would have died or something by now. I dont know how you manage to keep them all alive, never mind all the challenges and skilling you're doing too!
Good luck!

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 2, 2018]

Posted: January 2nd, 2018, 8:08 pm
by dbars107
simsterlyrock wrote:I have a mod that allows for more than 8 sims in a household. I've been using it for years and couldn't stand to get rid of it, even if it does mean I can get through this quicker than if I was playing without mods.
My computer barely handles 8 Sims in a house, lol. Props to you!

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 2, 2018]

Posted: January 5th, 2018, 4:51 pm
by simsterlyrock
Abby:
I honestly don't know how I'm doing it either. It's easier now that so many of the kids are teenagers and can take care of themselves, but whenever they're not eating or sleeping, I make them skill mostly so that I KNOW they'll be okay. XD

dbars:
Having a lot of Sims in a household slows down my game a little bit, but it's not too bad. Or at least it's not too bad right now. It might change as they keep having kids and there are more Sims in the neighborhood and stuff. We'll just have to see!

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 7, 2018]

Posted: January 7th, 2018, 11:35 am
by simsterlyrock
I've got another update for you! It's another long one too, with 60 pictures. Sorry about that, but all the birthdays really bump up the number of pictures I take.

Part Six

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 15, 2018]

Posted: January 15th, 2018, 4:38 pm
by simsterlyrock
I've got another update today!

Part Seven

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 15, 2018]

Posted: January 15th, 2018, 6:49 pm
by dbars107
Your landscaping is gorgeous!

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 15, 2018]

Posted: January 20th, 2018, 7:06 am
by Little White Comet
You make such beautiful houses and I'm insanely jealous :misspeak:
Not but seriously you're doing amazingly in this challenge! The girls have clearly overtaken the boys here though, which is the same problem I had for the first couple of challenges.
I'm looking forward to your next update :)
Happy Simming!

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 15, 2018]

Posted: January 20th, 2018, 9:14 am
by simsterlyrock
dbars107:
Spoiler:
Thank you! I'm trying to try new stuff in the game, and part of that is making landscaping look nice and not just be a tree and some flowers lining the path to the front door. So I'm glad that you think it looks good. :)
Little White Comet:
Spoiler:
I can't take full credit for the house since it's a TS4 house made by someone else that I'm recreating in my own game. I really like how it turned out though, and I might end up recreating it in a blank neighborhood so I can use it for a legacy challenge (which I want to attempt after this). I'm also really hoping that when I play today or tomorrow, they have some more boys. For a little bit, the ratio of boys to girls was even, but now the girls have pulled ahead again and I'm nervous because I have more boy names than girl names. :lol:

Re: The Harding Baby Boomers [January 21, 2018]

Posted: January 21st, 2018, 2:19 pm
by simsterlyrock
New update today!

Part Eight