the jenkins legacy: chapter three

The Jenkins Legacy: Chapter The Jenkins Legacy: Chapter ThreeThree

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“Nom nom nom.” Emery especially enjoys playing on her kiddie table. Playing is a tad misleading though, Emery would rather chew her crayons and gnaw on her

blocks than actually be creative with them. It can’t be good for a toddler to constantly have toys in her mouth. Lead

poisoning can’t be too far away.

Elijah, the youngest Jenkins member, enjoys all the attention he can get from his siblings, parents

and grandfather. Eli is the only son to Alon Jenkins and it shows! Alon is constantly holding,

feeding and talking to his little guy.

Ellis, the oldest child of Adelle and her ex-

husband Avri, is a very disciplined child. Ellis

rather enjoys working on his skills, but he finds

entertaining ways to do so. Instead of working out to the radio, Ellis

uses his grandfather’s old military training

equipment to learn his body skills. The

telescope is helpful to Ellis when learning his

logic skills.

Adelle attempts to pry Emery away from putting crayons, blocks and other non edible items into her mouth by

offering to teach her a nursery rhyme. It is a good distraction from her toys and Emery really enjoys the

bonding time with her mother. They both learn a new song and dance as well!

“You know Grandpa, I already have two best friends at school. But, you can be my best friend too if

you want.” “Really Eliza? Score!!”

Oh, the silly pleasures of a Popularity sim.

There is never a dull moment in the Jenkins family home. There are, however, a lot of birthday

moments! With five kids that stuff is bound to happen Today Ellis, Emery and Elijah are all

growing into their next life stage.

Ellis aged into an extremely attractive teenager! He completely looks like his mother, but with the color eyes

and hair of his father Avri. Ellis rolled a Popularity/Knowledge combination. His secondary

aspiration is fitting because, for a teenager, he overly enjoys reading and skilling.

There is no way on earth Alon would be able to deny Emery as his child! She looks just like her dear old dad.

Emery is the only child of the five Jenkins children to have the same blue eyes as her mother (which were passed

down from her mother Georgia Jenkins, the founder of this legacy).

Last, but not least, on this long birthday list is little Elijah. The youngest of five, Eli resembles his mother in his

features at this point. Alon’s hair color and eye color are dominant over Adelle’s though. Elijah is already an active

little guy – as soon as he was set down from blowing out the candles, he shot off to go play with his Wobbly Wabbit.

Emery is also an active child! She sat still to take her post-birthday makeover photo. As soon as that was over, Em was up and shaking her “thaaang” to

the tunes on the radio. Cute little girl, isn’t she!?

After Elijah has a few hours of laughter playing with his Wobbly Wabbit, Grandpa Alvin gets him all jacked up on smart milk! Everyone knows what this means – that’s right! It’s time for Eli to start

learning how to walk and talk

Adelle teaches her little man how to walk (and earns some aspiration points along the way) while her darling husband Alon sets the table with four servings of pancakes for the

older kids to eat before school. Adelle and Alon are wonderful parents (they are both family aspiration sims)

and saying they love their current lives is an understatement.

“You know, Eliza, if you want to get anywhere in life you’ve got to ace your math classes. Math is

everywhere around you! It’s fascinating, isn’t it?” “Whatever, dweeb!”

Total opposites those two are!

Ellis is a very smart teenager! He is currently working on maxing out all of his skills so he can

get as many scholarships for school as possible! In addition to his brains, Ellis definitely has looks.

He is a great potential heir!

Then again, so are all of his sisters! Especially Emma – she is proving to have quite the intelligent streak

herself! After school she never fails to complete her homework, eat a snack and then work on her skills. She’s almost as far as her big bro when it comes to

skilling.

“Eliza, what would you think if Daddy and I had another baby brother or sister for you? I’ve been wanting to have ten kids ever since Emery

was born, you know. And Daddy feels the same way.”“Jeez Mom, we already don’t have enough room for all us kids as it is!

Eli sleeps in your room for crying out loud AND me and Emma already share a room. Just cause we’re twins doesn’t mean we should

be shoved in one room together. And now you want to add another kid into this mix? Yeah right!”

Well, I guess that answers Adelle’s question!

As much as I love playing families with a large amount of kids, Eliza is right – there are already way to many kids for the amount of space

and money this family currently has. Adelle will just have to be happy with her brood of five kids. Her five very smart and hard working

kids! From the oldest to the youngest they are all working hard to earn their skills for college. Even little Elijah is working on his charisma

skills with his favorite toy the Wobbly Wabbit.

Okay you two! Don’t get any ideas – we’ve already concluded that there will be no more children from you

this generation!

“We’re just expressing our love for each other. Sheesh.”

Oh, well then, carry on love birds.

Aw, how cute! Alvin really is a fantastic grandfather. Mainly I use him as the nanny/maid/cook, but he really does have a lot of love for all five of his grandbabies. Makes me feel bad for him because his long time love Georgia died in the

last chapter. At least he has the diaper changing, flower watering, toilet scrubbing and meal making to keep his

mind off those sad times!

“Hi, my name is Marsha. I’m in your social studies class at school and I just moved into this neighborhood. Just thought I’d introduce

myself!” Oh no, oh no, oh no! I can already hear the phone ringing off the hook!

Against my better judgement, I let Marsha stay to play with Eliza. Immediately upon meeting, Eliza wanted to befriend her. Who am I to say no to my cute little redheaded Eliza?

Marsha and Eliza actually get along pretty well! They played a few hours of cops and robbers and then gossiped about all the girls in their social studies class. Maybe Marsha won’t constantly call the house and their friendship can be allowed to continue throughout their teenage years?

“You know Eliza, I’m glad I came over today! Usually when my friend’s parents see me coming, they lock the doors and then I try to call them at their house, but somehow the phone always answers and hangs up on me. Weird.”

“I’m glad you came over too! We should hang out more often. Like everyday after school! And feel free to call me whenever, I love making friends!”

Great Eliza, really great. Thanks – now she has your permission to pester us!

Baby crazed Adelle continuously walks around thinking about having more babies or adopting them. I think it’s safe to say she just wants another baby – she doesn’t care about how it gets here. Next thing you know we’re going to see her on one of those shows about the crazy women that abduct babies from the hospitals and run off with them!

It’s birthday time in the Jenkins home again and Eliza, Emma and Elijah are all growing older. The whole family gathers around to celebrate the triple birthday!

“It’s very important that when you grow up, Emery, you need to roll a family aspiration so you will want lots and lots of children. Maybe ten will suffice. Your father and I want five more, did you know?” “Mom, please stop talking about babies. You’re almost old enough o be a grandmother. You’re not getting more kids!”

Wow, Eliza is stunning, don’t you agree!? At least Avri did something right while he was running around whoring up the town and cheating on his wife. Look at the beautiful daughter he and Adelle made! Eliza rolled a Romance/Popularity aspiration.

Emma, the spitting image of her mother, rolled a Family/Popularity aspiration. Maybe all this baby talk finally rubbed off on one of Adelle’s kids. Emma is definitely an attractive teen – she looks so much like her mom!

Last, but not least, on this birthday makeover train is little Elijah. Not so little anymore, Eli completely resembles his dad, but with a lighter skin tone. Isn’t he adorable!? And smart too, right after putting on his new argyle shirt, Eli heads to the bookcase to work on his skills for college.

There were no more bedrooms in the house for Eli to have his own room, so Ellis decided it was high time to move out and start his college career. This left Ellis’ old bedroom behind for his little bro.

It’s a good thing Ellis decided to give up his old room – he was probably too old for the racecar bed and matching décor!

Well that’s a cute face if I ever did see one! Ellis is all grown up and in college now – no more race car bedroom for him. With all of the scholarships he earned, Ellis was able to purchase a two story two bedroom home to live in. Immediately his secondary knowledge aspiration kicks in and he rolls the want to complete an assignment.

Ellis may have a secondary knowledge aspiration, but his primary is popularity and that soon makes itself known. When the dormies start walking by Ellis’s home, he rushes out to greet them. Ivy and Ellis hit it off right away by sharing a few jokes and Ivy even did the school dance!

Which apparently Ellis wasn’t into at all! When Ivy was done with her cheer, Ellis just walked silently away and headed off towards his first day at class as a college freshman!

Ellis has a great first day of class and manages to make friends with his math professor. After hanging up the phone with his new friend and professor, Ellis heads out for a night on the town – a very tame night on the town! Ellis went to eat dinner at a local family diner and enjoyed a bowl of chili all alone – kind of sad to watch him eat lone actually.

Ellis wasn’t alone for long though! Jan Tellerman – who can’t put together an outfit to save her life apparently – joined Ellis later that night for an intense game of chess. Of course smarty pants Ellis won the match.

Ellis never stayed out too late or went to any parties his first semester. He lived alone and liked his quiet life doing assignments and painting on his easel. Maybe his primary aspiration should have been knowledge instead of popularity! This kid is all mixed up.

And of course as soon as I say that, Ellis has to prove me wrong and roll the want to meet someone knew just as Dagmar is walking by. I think they would make a cute couple in the future. I’ll definitely have to make them fast friends.

Back at home Grandpa Alvin plays the part of the mechanic. The kids break and Alvin comes to the rescue. It’s a rather dull life, but he enjoys running around after his five grandchildren.

Alvin’s job is never done. Once he finishes cleaning the house, fixing broken tubs and toilets it’s time to start cooking dinner for the family and get ready to start all over the next day.

Adelle has been enjoying her time with her young ones lately. Instead of constantly wishing for a new baby, she’s been bonding with Emery and Elijah. The kids seem to enjoy this time with their mother as much as she does.

“Emery, it’s important that you grow up and be smart like your big brother Ellis. You need to go to college and make something of yourself. Be a math major – that will get you far in life!” “Thanks for trying to give me this chat and all dad, but please shush. The new episode of iCarly is about to start and I don’t want to miss it because of your yapping about math.”

Well then!

One of the children in the house that does seem interested in more than iCarly is Emma. She’s a family/popularity aspiration, but she does an exceptional job at school and can’t wait to leave for college. She’s finished earning her scholarships for school and is just waiting on twin sister Eliza to get her act together so they can leave for school together.

“Oh gross! I just saw Mr. Humble naked! Oh gross, gross, gross!”

Eliza doesn’t seem to worried about rushing to finish her skills though. Guess you can tell the twins have different life goals for themselves.

“Yeah, I know right. Mr. Humble! It’s a good thing his name isn’t Mr. Ego, because he sure doesn’t need an ego for what I saw, Marsha.”

Still not worried a tad about working on completing her skills. I knew letting her become best friends with Marsha Breunig was a bad idea.

While Emma is waiting on her twin sister to finish her skills – which might take a while judging on how it’s going so far – she decides to enter into the world of dating. Of course the helper of all legacy teens is called to the house. Emma hands the matchmaker five thousand dollars and crosses her fingers for a good match!

“So I’m completely fascinated by the paranormal. I think if we could ever make contact with them, they could teach us a lot about outer space. It’s interesting to ponder, isn’t it?” “Dude! Hush, iCarly is on!” Emma’s first date isn’t going so well. Meanwhile, Eliza is still engaged in her phone call to Marsha. Looks like this could take a while.

Eliza is finally torn away from the phone when the Grim Reaper busts into the living room with his two hula girls. Grandpa Alvin’s time is up and he is leaving the family for good.

“N-no! Why did this have to happen! N-now I only have th-th-three best friends!”

How sensitive of you to note that at this time, Eliza.

Probably not the best time to break out a cake and balloons, but life must go on right? Emery’s birthday just happened to fall on the same night that Grandpa Alvin died. Everyone but Alon was too busy crying to make it to the party.

Emery rolled a Pleasure/Wealth aspiration combo and immediately began working on her skills for college. The only two skills she has left to max are her logic and charisma skills. At this rate she might be leaving before Eliza and Emma.

Okay, maybe that was an exaggeration Eliza finally gained the last logic point she needed during Emery’s birthday. She and Emma packed their bags and headed out to move in with their big brother Ellis at Sim State University.

“Emma, it was so gross. I’m telling you, his name is Mr. Humble for a reason. No wonder he gives out so many computers to people for free – he won’t keep friends around for long once they seem him with his shirt off!”

Eliza has always been such the gossiper. It’s a good thing she rolled a secondary popularity aspiration – it fits her completely.

Eliza stops talking about Mr. Humble’s repulsiveness long enough for me to snap a picture of her. Isn’t she gorgeous!? Eliza has called the college and declared a drama major – fitting, right?

And her twin sister Emma cleaned up nice too. Emma declared a philosophy major because she really doesn’t care about college. She’s only here to find a smart man to marry and produce children with. All she really cares about is getting three of her own kids through college.

Eliza immediately heads out for a night on the town. I’m very surprised she didn’t start gossiping about Mr. Humble again. Instead it looks like she is on a hunt for a new best friend to replace her dead grandfather.

Looks like she may have found a new best friend! That was rather quick. Brenda Dalton and Eliza danced the night away and had a great time together at the club. They really hit it off from the start and quickly became friends.

“You know Brenda, you’re pretty hot! You could be more than my best friend if you wanted.” And there is that romance aspiration finally showing itself! Looks like Brenda is considering the offer. We’ll have Eliza keep her number – she is cute and they would have beautiful children together.

“So in my trigonometry class we’re learning about triangles. We have to find the different angles and sides lengths using SohCahToa. It’s so interesting! You’d love it, Dagmar!”

That’s the key to a girls heart – nerd talk!

“Oh Ellis! You’re so cute when you talk math to me.”

Apparently for Dagmar nerd talk is the key to a woman’s heart!

“Dude, nothing you’re trying to show me right now is scary. I’ve seen Mr. Humble naked through my telescope. Move along now, buddy, I’m trying to study for my acting class.”

“Young lady! Get up – stop studying and get up! It’s time to do some push ups, let’s whip that body into shape!” “Why won’t you freaks leave me alone!? I’m trying to freaking study!!!” Poor Eliza. She can’t catch a break with these college sims.

Mom is right – babies are the key to happiness. I should have ten. That would make my life perfect. . .

Oh God, she is completely her mothers child in looks and thought processes. Now I have two baby crazed sims in the family.

I want to suggest that everyone get their college going legacy heirs/heiresses an ant farm. It’s a good break from the never ending painting and you’d be amazed at how quickly just playing with the ants will boost the fun bar!

“Young lady! Get up – stop flirting and get up! It’s time to do some push ups, let’s whip that body into shape!”

Poor Eliza, apparently the gym teacher thinks she is out of shape. I don’t agree and neither does Brenda who is completely wrapped around Eliza’s finger right now.

The gym teacher leaves Eliza and Brenda alone long enough for them to share their very first kiss together! How cute! Nerdy McNerdface Ellis is so wrapped up in his studies that he doesn’t even notice his sister kissing another girl right in front of him.

Dagmar called and asked Ellis if he wanted to accompany her downtown. So he agreed to the date and took her to a very high end café where they ate lunch. They flirted throughout the entire meal. It was so cute

“I had such a good time! I never knew a sim could be this much fun. Let’s do this again – please, oh please, oh PLEASE!?!”

Needless to say, they had a dream date together. And it was obviously too much PDA for their waitress to handle!

Before Veronica the waitress exploded, Ellis and Dagmar moved their public displays of affection outside to share their first kiss together. Right in front of the chess table – Ellis being true to his inner nerd self.

Back in Tiza Town where the Jenkins live it is time for Elijah to age into a teenager! This is the very last child in this generation to age – once he and his big sis Emery head off to college it will be time to vote for the next heir!

What a handsome guy Eli aged into. He rolled a popularity/romance aspiration combo. Popularity seems to be the aspiration to roll this generation – four out of the five kids got it as either their primary or secondary aspirations.

Now that all of her babies are grown – and she has finally accepted that I will not allow her to have any more children – Adelle finds a job working as an artist. Alon stays at home during the day to do all of the womanly duties – cleaning, cooking, fixing things around the house and watering the flowers. It works out well for everyone.

Emery and Elijah are the last two children still living at home. They pack their bags and head out to move in with Ellis, Eliza and Emma at Sim State University. You know what this means – it’s time to vote for the next heir!

You can cast your vote for the next heir at www.invisionfree.com/sim_mania/index.php Ellis, Eliza, Emma, Emery and Elijah are all the choices to continue on the Jenkins Legacy. There will be pictures and profiles on the site under the heir poll section.

Of course I can leave without saying thank you for reading this chapter. I hope that you enjoyed – see you next time with a new heir!

Bye!