#Team Building Activities for toddlers

[kidsworldfun]

With respect and teamwork, you can establish an enjoyable learning atmosphere in the classroom. Your kids will learn these skills best through team-building exercises. To help your kids get to know one another better. Kids Park is a beautifully maintained park where children can play and stroll.

[bradshawssugarbaby]

High On Lovin' You - Bob Floyd x Reader

a/n: this is an entirely self-indulgent fic inspired by a dream I had the other day, not beta read and may have some errors? I tried y'all. also inspired by h.o.l.y. by florida georgia line

pairing: bob floyd x wife! reader

warnings/content: bob as a dad, mentions of pregnancy, breeding kink, p in v, creampie, smut, fingering.

word count: 2.1k

The Californian breeze was warm and refreshing as it blew in off the coast of Coronado, brushing against your skin. You followed Bob up the brick-laden steps of Rooster’s seaside home, your daughter, Sunday, balancing on Bob’s hip as he jogged up the steps. You couldn’t help but admire the way he managed to make something as mundane as running up a couple of steps holding a baby effortlessly attractive.

His sandy coloured hair had been brushed back slightly, a change from his normal, military-approved style, and his wire framed glasses had been replaced with a pair of prescription aviator sunglasses. His baby blue polo shirt hugged his figure, accentuating his toned chest, his biceps flexing against the sleeve of the shirt as he held Sunday. He’d dressed her this morning, in a baby blue gingham dress that matched the hue of his shirt perfectly, with her curly blonde hair pulled back off her forehead with a coordinating headband, adorned with a bow.

“You ready to go see Uncle Roo, Sunny?” Bob cooed at your daughter, stroking her cheek gently with his index finger as he spoke to her.

Sunday giggled and cooed at her father as the three of you walked around to the side gate of the house. Bob reached around over the gate door to unlatch it, and as you watched him, you couldn’t help but notice that his normally slender build was appearing more and more muscular and toned. You knew that Bob had been spending a lot more time with Rooster lately, and by extension, Hangman, who’d convinced all the guys to start hitting the gym with him before trainings under the guise of “team-building” but you were convinced it was because he didn’t want to work out alone anymore. The gym sessions combined with carrying an almost toddler around were enough to have an impact on Bob’s upper body strength.

Bob looked over to you for a moment, flashing you a smile before walking up to Rooster with a firm handshake and a hug. Bob set Sunday down on the grass to play, watching as she started playing. He’d insisted on giving you a break for the day, feeling guilty for spending the last week and a half working overtime and putting in longer hours as they trained for an upcoming mission. You knew there was no use in arguing with him about it, and the extra time spent with Sunday meant the world to him. Besides that, something about seeing Bob take on the role of doting dad was driving you crazy with arousal, and you were going to make sure you did something about it later tonight.

“Sunday, come here, honey!” Bob called as he chased after your now very active and mobile 11 month old daughter. 

Later that night, you watched as your husband whispered goodnight to your baby daughter over the monitor on your phone, your heart fluttering at the sight of him leaning his tall, slender frame down to kiss his little girl on the forehead, murmuring sweet sayings to her that were barely audible over the noise of the sound machine that was playing.

 “Ok, I think Sunday’s finally gone down for the night. They aren’t kidding when they say that sleep regressions are the worst, are they?” Bob chuckled as he bounded down the stairs, shaking his head as he gently wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you in tightly towards his body. 

“Have I told you yet that you’re the best husband in the world?” 

“You might have mentioned it earlier when she spat up on my shirt right before Rooster’s party for his promotion, but I’d be ok with hearing it again.” 

A cocksure grin appeared on Bob’s face as he nuzzled into your neck, placing soft, gentle kisses against the curvature of your body. A soft, surprised moan fell from your lips as his mouth made contact with your skin, but that was all the encouragement Bob needed to start kissing a trail from the top of your shoulder up to your ear. His movements were playful and light-hearted, but he knew that was what drove you wild. His hands caressed at your waist, sliding down to your hips as he pulled you in closer to him with a gentle yank, the curves of your ass now pressed firmly against his body. You could feel the fabric of his dress pants beginning to tighten against you as he began hiking up the skirt of your dress, giving your ass a firm squeeze.

“Bobby!” You giggled, shaking your head as you felt your heart race as if this was your first time being intimate with him. 

That was the thing you loved about Bob, he made every time feel as great as the first - the passion, love and excitement of when you’d spent your first night together, recaptured as if it was happening all over again. Bob had always been a passionate lover - your first night together he’d sheepishly confessed to you that he’d only ever had one girlfriend before, and he dated her throughout his high school years until he graduated and left for the Naval academy at 18. He’d been worried that his lack of variety in the field had made him inadequate, and he assured you that, if there was anything he was doing that you wanted him to do differently, he’d learn it for you. It’d been nothing short of perfect - you teased him that he must have been reading Cosmopolitan or something to know all the right places to touch you and kiss you, to which he just shrugged, pushing his glasses up on his nose with a grin.

Since that day, it was clear to you that Bob was a people pleaser, and there was no one on earth who he wanted to please more than you.

“You looked so hot in that dress today, babe. You’re stunning, you know that?” He purred into your ear as he continued to run his hands along your body, his breath hot on your neck as he spoke in that low, seductive tone he knew drove you crazy.

“Robert Floyd, you’re pushing it,” you teased, shaking your head.

“Now, now, darlin’, that’s Lieutenant Commander Robert Floyd. If you’re gonna use my full name, better be using that rank too, got it, pretty girl?”

You gave Bob a mock salute, a shit-eating grin on your face as you looked at him. Bob pulled you in closer, holding your hips firmly against him, your dress hiked up to your midsection as he gave your sides a gentle squeeze, his fingers digging into your flesh ever-so-slightly as he held you. Grinding your hips against his, you grinned wickedly as Bob let out a groan. He spun you around quickly to face him, his blonde eyebrows raised quizzically at you. His bright, deep blue eyes were locked on yours and you felt like you might melt right there on the spot.

“Now, a pretty girl like you, she deserves to be treated right by her husband, doesn’t she?” Bob hummed, his fingers toying with your inner thigh. 

“Mhmm, is that so?”

“That’s what I reckon,” Bob smirked, his accent shifting, becoming thicker as he slipped into his natural Kentucky drawl, his fingers brushing against your wet slit.

“Bobby!” You hissed, unable to stop the soft gasp that came out of your mouth with it. 

“I think, since you do such a good job taking care of Sunday and I, I should return the favor, don’t you?” 

Before you could open your mouth to speak, Bob pushed two of his long fingers past your folds, pumping them into your core at a tantalizing slow pace that left you practically aching for more. He smirked as his fingers worked at your core, feeling your body clench at the movement of his hand. 

“Fuck, Bobby,” you mewled, feeling yourself tensing up at his touch, “Feels s’good.”

Bob pulled his fingers out of you, your body aching at the loss of contact. He stood upright, quickly undoing his belt at a break-neck pace. He smirked as he noticed you biting your bottom lip, watching him as he shimmied quickly out of his khaki coloured dress pants and boxer shorts. Reaching into the pocket of the now discarded pants on the floor, he pulled out a shiny foil square of packaging. As he started to open it, you shook your head, whispering in his ear, your voice in a breathy whine as you spoke.

“We don’t need to use that if you don’t want to, baby. I wanna feel you.”

“That so, baby? Thought you wanted at least two years between kids?” He laughed softly, raising an eyebrow quizzically at you.

“I know what I said. That was before I saw you handling Sunday so well at Rooster’s this afternoon. Now I’m thinking 20 months is good enough,” you replied with a shrug, your lips curling into a smirk as you tried to convince your normally level-headed and rational thinking husband to forgo any form of contraception. 

Bob furrowed his brow in thought for a moment before tossing the condom wrapper behind him with a grin.

“What the hell, I’m on board,” He shrugged as he lifted you up, causing you to squeal in surprise as you wrapped your legs around his waist.

Bob carried you effortlessly over to the couch before dropping you gently down on to the leather sectional. He grinned as he hovered down over you, lining himself up with your entrance. He dragged the tip of his cock against you in a teasing manner, causing you to shudder and whine as you felt him make contact with your clit. He gave you a wicked grin as he watched you squirm before gently pushing himself forward. He paused for a moment for you to adjust to his size - something you should be used to by now, but yet, each time your body needed that extra moment or two to stretch around him. 

“That’s it, pretty girl, taking my cock so well,” Bob cooed as he pushed himself further into you, maintaining the slow pace he’d begun with. 

“Bobby,” you whined as he filled you, your fingers gripping his shoulders tightly.

Bob began thrusting into you at a leisurely, slow pace, his voice low and husky as he grunted in your ear, reminding you of how good you feel, how you were all his, and how your body felt like it was practically made for him. You squirmed and shuddered with each thrust becoming harder and sharper, perfectly calculated to hit exactly where you wanted each time, something that was to be expected of a man who’s job entailed precision and skill when it comes to angles. 

“You feel so fucking fantastic, honey. Can’t wait to put another baby in ya. That’s what you want, isn’t it baby? Want me to give you another baby?”

Bob’s hips crashed into yours repeatedly as he thrusted, his sharp, quick movements beginning to grow sloppier as he edged closer to his orgasm. You tossed your head back in ecstasy as he bucked his hips into you, the combination of his words and his movements just about pushing you to your orgasm. 

“C’mon honey, tell me what you want from me,” Bob husked.

“Need you to put a baby in me, please, Bobby,” you cried out, unable to hold back any longer as his latest thrust pushed you to your boiling point.

As if your words flipped a switch inside of him, Bob’s hips bucked forward once more as he grunted, spilling out inside of you as your body clenched around him tightly.

Breathless and panting as you both rode out your orgasms, Bob couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at you, shaking his head.

“So what was it about my parenting that got you worked up?” He smirked, unable to shake the grin off his face as he leaned down to kiss your collarbone.

“Honestly?”

“Honestly, I know something got you worked up today, and I doubt it was the backyard barbecue at Rooster’s.”

“Your biceps have gotten huge from carrying Sunday around everywhere, and with the polo shirt and the aviators today, and you were all proud of yourself for coordinating your outfit with Sunday’s, it was a combination of things, but,” you breathed, shaking your head as you grinned, “imagine how you’ll look balancing two toddlers on your hip.”

[yandere-paramour]

Hello! So I don’t know if you already done this but can you tell us more about Ata’s childhood?

You're right, I need to compile all of the tiny bits of lore I can together.

Atalanta's Childhood

Atalanta was born sometime in early January the late 90's.

She was a normal Montclair baby, the spitting image of her mother and her father's eyes.

She initially imprinted on her Father the most as he (apart from her nanny) spent the most time with her, but she loved her Mother too.

She was an extremely stroppy toddler, prone to large screaming tantrums because she absolutely HAD to get her own way all the time. She also dragged her stuffed elephant around everywhere.

As you know, she started to notice and ask about her parent's relationship when she was about 4, leading Jamie to try and abscond with her unsuccessfully.

After that, Jamie was basically grounded for several months except for dinnertime which was the only time he would see Ata, but she didn't notice anything was off because she was a young child and also starting school (and she knew her father was always a bit delicate).

Atalanta attended a private girl's day school in the city every day, and she went to her parent's townhouse after school where she would be looked after by her nannies or Jamie. She would go to after-school activities, do her homework, have dinner with her parents, and go to bed.

Yes, she did wear a cute little kid's school uniform with a skirt and tie and everything and her hair was fairly long at this time. She actually dressed pretty girly when she had to go to formal events as a child.

Jamie would tie up her hair in a ponytail with a matching ribbon every morning.

Sometimes on school holidays she would go out with Jamie or the nannies, or even go to the Montclair building with her mother and see what she would grow up to inherit (obviously she was in awe of her mother and idolized her as she always did).

At age 11, Atalanta graduated from day school, cut her relatively long hair, ditched the skirts, and went to the same girl's boarding school her mother attended a few hours away from the city.

She excelled as always, making perfect grades, working with the debate team, and starting her own martial arts club. She visited her parents some weekends and most school holidays and they always came to Parent's Weekend and to see her martial arts tournaments.

She was acquaintances with some other girls and even kissed some but never became super close to them (even though many tried because she was the Montclair heir).

She never really came out directly to her parents but it was clear she was gay.

Not much teenage dirtbag behavior from her, she was always too mature and they didn't really see her for weeks at a time. They did call often though.

At age 18, she graduated from upper school and left for college at an extremely prestigious private university where she studied business.

After college, she came back to the city to work at Montclair Industries and do her heir lessons.

[lizablee]

I think I've worked out a way to make an FCG reincarnation attempt satisfying.

Reincarnate obviously needs to be attempted. The party is not going to do any less for FCG than they did for Laudna, and they will have access to the spell through Fearne or Keyleth. Having said that... it might be a mixed success.

Here's what could play out:

1. Choice Matters

FCG chose to sacrifice themself. Reincarnate requires a willing soul. Matt could rule that as FCG's soul departed willingly in their sacrificial death, it would not return during reincarnation. This could be pointed out gently by Keyleth.

2. Core Problem

Maybe, unlike regular humanoids, the only body part an Aeormaton needs to live is their core. Maybe the metal plates and wires and shit are all just cladding, able to be removed and replaced at will. Maybe that means the parts of FCG the Bells scavenged are not enough - maybe it NEEDS to be the core, because the rest is the equivalent of clothes.

Trying to reincarnate FCG based off anything but their core would fail, and their core was incinerated. They are gone.

3. Aeormaton based complications

When originally deactivated in Aeor (probably by the Calamity) FCG lost their memories almost completely. They were reborn with no past just a few years ago.

There are a few options here. FCG could reincarnate with no memory, just like before, and the Bells could mercifully let them stay on Exandria in safety, making a sacrifice of their own and hopefully leaving FCG to start a happy new life as a flesh-and-blood being.

Secondly, FCG could reincarnate using their current, reborn age - a 2-4 year old child. They come back with a mess of memories in the body of a toddler, knowing they want to help but realising they can't. They are emotional and confused but a cuddle and a drink of juice helps them cheer up. The Hells realise that FCG deserves a real childhood (instead of being thrown into service from the point of creation) and refuses to take them, leaving them with a trusted adult... like the fate-stitcher Morrigan. FCG gets to have a whimsical Fearne-like childhood with the hag they once designed team-building exercises with, and Nanna gets a fascinating reincarnated centuries old robot-turned-mortal with a heart of gold. The Hells can visit whenever they want, and if Orym's deal somehow hasn't broken, he can raise FCG like a son.

Finally. Okay here's my theory. It's possible that a unique type of resurrection applies to Aeormatons, given it was still possible after centuries to start waking them up. It could be that an intact core is required to link soul to body, so without their core, there would be no resurrecting FCG. On the other hand, as cores don't decay like regular humanoid bodies, they don't have a time limit for resurrection - hence FCG's activation a few years ago. Maybe D casts resurrection-related spells on all the Aeormatons with cores to wake them up. If the process fails, they sell the Aeormaton body to keep funding their efforts to search and rescue their people. Maybe selling FCG was an honest mistake - they thought resurrection didn't work, but FCG just needed a little more tuning to wake up - or maybe they wanted FCG to be cared for by someone with mechanical skills so they could have regular tune-ups. We haven't seen any resurrection or revivify spells cast on FCG - who knows if they would work? Maybe reactivation is always a challenge for Aeormatons, and the Hells just hadn't encountered it yet. Maybe getting in touch with D is the ONLY way to bring FCG back, core or no core.

In meeting D, the Bells could learn that a core is required for reactivation, and that there never was a hope for FCG. It would be cathartic because they'd know they had done everything in their power, but FCG would be allowed to rest.

-

I don't think Matt would have put such weight on making sure Sam understood his decision if this was going to be a simple case of casting a spell to fix it. But the table has to try. Don't be discouraged when they start pursuing reviving FCG, just know it's a pathway to more storytelling. Really, everything is.

[delta-pavonis]

Hiii, I would love to know about you dreamling inception au :0

So I actually have two separate concepts for this NEITHER OF WHICH I CAN FIND THE TUMBLR POSTS FOR, but I have one of them copied to that doc in the picture for this meme, so here it is:

The King of Dreams is starting to get angry with the humans meddling in his realm via this PASIV device. At first it was cute, like a toddler with Play-Doh in the presence of Rodin or a sand castle at the feet of the Leshan Giant Buddha. It is easily contained and barely needs monitoring. Then humans start layering dreams, one within another within another within another. It is stressful for Lord Morpheus' dreams and nightmares, requiring three, four, five of them at once to maintain stability. Further, they start to subvert the very essential function of dreams, twist them into something no longer helping humans, but in some cases outright harming them. Dream decides that he must move to protect his creations and humanity at large. He enters some of the layered dreams himself. Enter a dream architect, one Hob Gadling, who not only is in-demand for the most elite and elaborate cons, but creates some of the most beautiful things Dream has ever seen in the Dreaming. They're usually in the background of the dreams he builds, little things, a new constellation here, or a piece of artwork there, an absolutely perfect sunrise, or a devastatingly graceful willow tree.  Hob takes his time with each of these bits, a sort-of signature of his, a little private gift to himself. Except a dark figure starts appearing in the dreams he builds, always in the background when the dream has been made its most complicated, when they are actively using it to run a job. And he is always always looking at Hob's signature.  The Stranger starts appearing more and more often in Hob's work. No one else on his team sees the man in black and Hob thinks he might have truly knocked his last screw loose. Until this... being... his Stranger... not only allows Hob to approach, but speaks to him…

Alternatively, a version that is more crossover than AU, would be canon Hob becoming a dream architect...

PASIV technology was developed while Dream was in the fishbowl and shit hits the fan-ola when he gets out to find humans mucking around in his realm, digging shit up, moving things around, just making an absolute mess of the place. He is able to get most of them out when the ruby breaks and he is able to rebuild his realm, but Dream is worried that new technology will soon allow humans to invade once again. Feeling a strong tug at someone(s) interfereing with the Dreaming, Dream storms into the manufactured dream to give the interlopers a piece of his mind and possibly to rip them to shreds, but finds only Hob, gently creating these sweet little pieces of dreams that he doesn't have any purpose for yet, but just loves building dreams so much that sometimes he goes under with the PASIV just to create. Dream realizes it is Hob far sooner than Hob realizes that he is being watched, which means Dream gets to observe how carefully and artfully Hob crafts things of dreamstuff. It is... stunning... to see someone care for the Dreaming almost as much as Dream himself does. He pretty much falls in love then and there. Now what does he do about all the other humans he does not want to have access to his realm?

[imagobin]

🐲Grandpa Zeno HCs🐲

Because Zeno is unironically one of my favorite HxH characters, idk why, this grandpa's vibes are immaculate. So I tried imagining how it'd be like to be his grandkid! Don't judge me fhgjkd I know I got requests to work on but I need to write some sillies for me as well çwç

A new Zoldyck is born:

Zeno prides himself on being a cold blooded assassin, laser focused on his job, but old age has definitely mellowed him out a little when it comes to his daily life.

He's definitely a lot less strict with his grandkids than he was with his own son, just like any old man. Though he has a tendency to play favorites even among his beloved family.

The day you were born, he took one look at you and knew from that moment that you were definitely going to be one of his favorites. Just that peculiar glint in your eyes was enough to activate his caring grandpa side.

Even Silva and Kikyo were surprised at how his personality seemed to flip every time he got to hold you as a baby... it was an odd, but sort of sweet sight to see Zeno behave like an actual grandpa, bouncing you on his knees or telling you stories from his younger days.

Of course, that's not all he ever did. He's a Zoldyck, and his idea of 'fun with his grandchild' went on to include flying on a dragon's back, teaching you what each torture tool does, and showing you where human weak points are. Even when you were a toddler, he was already thinking of useful things you had to know in order to grow up and be a fine Zoldyck.

Once you were old enough to start going on missions, he'd also reward you for your success, way more than your parents ever did. He'd call you to him, and would sneakily place a piece of candy and a couple bills in your hand and gently close your fist, telling you to buy whatever you wanted with that.

In your free time:

Nowadays, grandpa Zeno is a bit more focused on Killua, but you're still his second favorite at least. Naturally, because of your strength, but also because you actually listen to him and not just dismiss him like the other family members do.

You're often busy going on missions, on your own or with your siblings, but whenever you're actually home, he often asks you to get tea with him.

He has a tendency to start rambling about the "good ol' days", talking about his most iconic missions and showing you pictures of past family members.

He may still be a sharp assassin, but his memory isn't as sharp as it used to be, so sometimes he might tell you an anecdote he's already told you. If you bring it up he'll get a little embarrassed and apologize. "Ah... did I tell you already? My bad, my bad"

He tries not to let it get to him, and he definitely wouldn't tell you, but he genuinely hopes that doesn't annoy you, because it's rare to have someone who seems to genuinely enjoy listening to him.

He doesn't go out of the house too much, but when he does, sometimes he asks you to accompany him, not for any reason in particular, he just wants some company while he's out and about, and he finds the butlers quite boring.

Collaborative effort:

Grandpa Zeno doesn't take on many missions unless they're of the utmost difficulty, and he usually teams up with his son, Silva, since they're the two most experienced Zoldycks.

But he's not beyond making an exception. He recognizes your abilities as phenomenal, and compared to some of your other siblings, you're also a great team player, quick to react and synchronize with anyone you're working with. So there have been some rare times, where he's asked you to come on a mission with him.

Seeing your grandfather fight, really makes you understand why he's so feared. Despite his age and smaller build, you would NEVER want to find yourself against him. He attacks with precision and no hesitation whatsoever, like a true veteran.

If there's one frustrating thing about him, is that he's stubborn. He always wants to be the one who gets to do most of the fighting, while you're stuck on support duty.

At first, you believed it was because he didn't trust you to be strong enough, but as it turns out, it's because he enjoys fighting that much. It's not even about the kill, he gets no satisfaction from killing, he's just always looking for a good fight.

He's an old, powerful man, you figure there's not many people in the world who can surpass his strength... he's always looking for a worthy opponent.

The few times he's taken you on a mission with him, it's always been very nostalgic, because after you succeed, he always insists on going to nearby cafes, as if nothing happened, and even though by now you have your own money, he still has that old habit of putting a couple bills in your hand, to go and order whatever you want at the counter.

[thesims4blogger]

The Sims 4: Official Laundry List (July 9th, 2024)

Earlier this week, EA released a new Laundry List for the next game update for The Sims 4. If you don’t know the term, that’s a list of bug fixes that will come on a patch.

Laundry lists are usually shared one week before the update comes to both versions of the game (PC/Mac and consoles), but the release date has not been confirmed.

It is also unknown if the patch will bring anything new to the game. Maybe this is when players will get one of the two free updates promised on the latest roadmap. And it may or may not included the long promised new hairstyle made in collaboration with Dark and Lovely.

Read the full blog post, with all the bug fixes, below.

Sul Sul Simmers!

Welcome to this month’s Laundry List, where we share the top community concerns we’re currently investigating and aim to resolve in an upcoming patch.

To stay on track with the goal stated in our previous Laundry List, the team continues to dedicate their time to prioritizing more fixes to include in each update.  This is our second release in this series, with the next scheduled for roughly 2 months from now. This time, we are tackling over 60 issues to make for a better gameplay experience.

As always, the list below is just a top list, and there are more topics that we saw reported by players that are not listed here but may still be in the process of being solved. Some topics can be tricky and require an extended investigation on our end, so even though we are actively reviewing, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

This list is primarily generated by leveraging the player reports via Answers HQ. Thank you to everyone who continues to help our work of improving the user experience via their reports.

Here’s the list of community concerns we’re investigating for the game update this month:

Console :

(Base Game) Reduced processing lag occuring a few minutes after launching the game that resulted in stuttering Sims.

(For Rent) [PS/XB] You can now enter ‘Rent per day’ amount with a controller.

(For Rent) Change floor up/down can now use the d-pad instead of bumpers on Residential Rental display in world select view.

Gallery

[DX11] Placing a lot from the Gallery will no longer display building lot screen with an incorrect overlay effect.

Base Game:

Sims will no longer receive a “Break-Up“ want when they have a High Romantic Relationship with that sim.

[DX11] Now able to switch windows in Fullscreen mode using Alt+Tab.

When a Sim changes path without stopping (canceling & changing their route) they will no longer teleport to their final destination.

Toddlers will receive Top Notch and Happy reward traits after achieving required skills.

Stair Railings will no longer disappear when one tile is placed next to one tile room.

When leaving CAS, the makeup sliders will stop reverting to their default settings and will remain how they were set.

When two Sims are on a date, other NPCs on the lot will stop trying to join a conversation; causing awkward conversations.

Fixed many cases of Fingernails warping when worn with certain outfits.

Fixed many cases of Fingernails getting warped when applied to female physical frame for male sim and vice versa.

Enchanting and Flirty Interactions are not available if not correctly aligned with gender preferences. Previously, they were incorrectly appearing regardless of preference.

All ‘Mega Double Doors’ swatches now include Transparent Glass.

“Make a Move” interaction is now available between Married Sims created from CAS.

Toenail option for toddler is no longer is missing in the Accessories menu.

Hair texture no longer changes when ‘yfTop_SDX021BinderRacerback’ tank top is applied to a female sim.

Can now place large curved walls on large curved platforms.

Cellar stair trim will no longer extrude down to the basement floor when the basement floor is removed.

Stair drop wall will no longer disappear when in ‘walls cutaway view’ mode.

The Knowledge of a Sim’s Sexual Orientation and their Sim Profile will now remove outdated information when that Sim changes their Sexual Orientation in CAS.

Upon learning a Sim’s woohoo interest and opening their Sim Profile, the Sim Profile will no longer say “No One“ when the sim has a woohoo interest in Men/Women.

When multitasking two books being read, the Sim will no longer skip the first book. Now they will read it, put it away, and then go for the second book.

Teen Sims will no longer feel jealous around a previous teen romantic partner who has aged up.

“Skinny dip with…“ interaction is no longer available on pools when no other sims are nearby.

Sims will now kneel instead of sitting cross-legged when wearing one of several CAS costumes to prevent strange visual stretching.

Bust the Dust

Sims will no longer get multiple Dust System negative buffs at the same time.

Cats & Dogs

Sim clothes will no longer remain on when entering Sim tattoo mode in CAS after using Pet Paint Mode on coat colors or patterns.

Cottage Living

Foxes will no longer appear in Manage Households looking like creepy rag dolls.

Finchwick Fair submissions will now properly return to sim’s inventory or to their household inventory after the fair is over. 

Dine Out

Sims no longer get stuck when a running restaurant venue is replaced with another restaurant from the Gallery.

Special NPCs (like Michael Bell) are no longer available to be hired for restaurants, because they will show up inconsistently or not at all.

NPCs will now leave the restaurant after completing the eating of a grand meal and will no longer wait untill restaurant is closed.

Equipping ‘ymTop_GP03Vest_SolidBlackBlue‘ outfit no longer causes round grooves to appear in the middle of all the fingers.

Sims will drink their drinks and eat their food autonomously when both are ordered at a restaurant. Previously they would only drink.

Discover University

Professors will no longer run away when attempting to take them on a date.

For Rent

The name of the residential rental lot will stop reverting back to its default name.

Rent amount should display consistently based on the unit size and amenities.

Tenant Relationships now appear in the Business filter tab within the Relationship Panel.

Get Famous

Color and texture will no longer change on the pockets and coat lining when pairing any tall boots with ymBody_EP06CoatLong.

Get Together

Interactions will finish and fully complete when using the Get Together closet to Woohoo/Try for Baby interaction.

“Make Out With…“ will also work in this closet.

Growing Together

Haughty Herringbone Tile, Floor, and Wall have appropriate swatches.

High School Years

Teen Sims can now Sneak Out to a College Party to complete their aspiration goal by using the “Ask About College Parties“ phone interaction with other Teens and then “Sneak Out“ through an openable window.

When wavy ombre hair is applied, a gray shadow will no longer appear in the sim’s eyeballs

Benchmark Seating Icon displays pink when viewing the pink swatch.

Horse Ranch

The three descriptions of features for Chestnut Ridge are now included at World Select.

Improving Horse locomotion at 2x or 3x speed to look better and stick better to routing paths.

Foals turn around instead of going backwards now which fixes several visual glitches when interacting with objects and routing.

Horses should no longer occasionally overshoot the end of their paths when running and taking several tiny steps before coming to a stop.

Horse will slow down when routing through gates and no longer hit locomotion lags.

Horse will no longer teleport to their end destination when routing backwards in 2x or 3x speed.

Journey to Batuu

Fingernails no longer clip through the Journey to Batuu full-body outfit gloves.

My Wedding Stories

Cakes at a wedding will contain a reminder tip that only the Sim who plans the event can select the wedding cake.

“Call off the Wedding” is available on both the Sim and the wedding arch while performing the vows interactions– it’s not too late to call it off!

Sims with a low hunger motive will not eat the wedding cake until instructed to do so.

Sims not from Tartossa can travel there to marry at the Town Hall.

Sims will not sit on the floor from “Please Take Your Seats” if there aren’t enough chairs. They will continue to stand now.

Occult Packs

Occult rank status for non-household occult sims can now be seen in the SIm Profile.

Linked Form occults will properly apply CAS across forms using the apply all button.

Urban Homage Kit

Assets ‘ymBottom_SP50Track_SolidBlack’ & ‘ymBottom_SP50Denim_AcidBlue’ are now correctly tagged as masculine.

Riviera Retreat Kit

‘Essence of Bergamot’ Planter no longer has an unexpected transparency.

Seasons

‘Ain’t That A Slate Toilet’ now has the appropriate two-tone swatch color.

Sims can use an indoor pool in freezing conditions. Outside temperature doesn’t affect inside pools, and all interactions on the pool are available and will no longer appear grayed out. Outside pools can be used by user-directed interactions but not Sims will not autonomously interact with them.

Toddler Stuff

Toddler full body outfits now match the swatch without grainy textures.

Werewolves

A few nose rings were not intersecting properly with some noses. That has been fixed.

Sweater ‘ymTop_GP12SweaterDecal’ arm no longer distorts for male sims at low LOD.

Sweater ‘ymTop_GP12SweaterDecal’ arm will no longer distort for male sims.

Our team is dedicated to continuing to tackle concerns that affect your ability to enjoy the game, so please continue to report any issues you experience via Answers HQ. This remains our primary source for information to troubleshoot player experiences, and any and all details are helpful for our team. As with every patch, please remember to remove any external game mods and custom content if you are experiencing issues, as they may conflict with the updates.

Thank you once more for working with us to continue to improve on the experience of our Simmers, and for making this game the best it can be.

We’ll catch you in the next Laundry List – Happy Simming!

[hello-naptiime]

Hi gang

I see were talking about Jonathan Piss ass ToiletJon again

And as someone who was fucking THERE, WORKING FOR HIM WHEN EVERYTHING DROPPED

Oh my FUCKING GOD AM I SO PISSED OFF.

Welcome to my rant/vent

Mutuals look away Im sorry

Tw// for grooming and manipulation. General gross things in that area

Also Jinbop.

First of all Ashlie and Jon did was gross, but where Jon failed at literally everything Ashlie succeeded.

When the news dropped of what happened in 2017 Jon made a fucking video of him crying like a little man child, and then pressed charges (also doxxed himself like an idiot) WHICH IS INSANE BEHAVIOR. Even in his written respone he was only making excuses.

At that time I was in very close connection with him, I was on his build team, I played multiple games with him. He would come into vc and hang out with us for several hours, you could consider us friend maybe! I wouldnt.

But I was at the very least in a lot of personal servers.

So when things dropped I knew almost all of the behind the scenes BULLSHIT that was happening. How everyone waited for it to blow over and stuck by him. (I got kicked out of servers too cause people knew i was against him but I was still told everything by friends who were still in there)

Then February happened. And so much more, much worse things got exposed. From only his end. I won't mention who was involved, out of privacy reasons and because I dont want to drag them into this. But holy shit dude everyone left him after that. It was over, his gross behavior with minors (included me now that i think about, sir why are you calling me and my friends cute we are 15-) His awful and manipulative behavior with people he finds useful, how he treats his teams

. He never credited anything, I made his goddamn Dimensions s2 designs, Eddie made the skins. Only Eddie was mentioned, once on a stream.

Eddie also made designs and skins for Rosethorn, and got credited in video no less.

Its not that hard and yet!

The main point is

He was still acting in 2020, the incident was in 2017. And he was acting like this, in late 2020. Into 2021.

I wanted him to get better. I really did, I had been hyperfixated on this group of people for years it hurt a lot.

But its been almost three years and he infact has stayed the same!

He is a grown ass man acting like a toddler on a public twitter account, what makes this man some one to respect in any sort of way.

Theres so much more shit I know about this man, that I can't fucking say because of the people involved not giving me permission too. And I respect that. Thats their story to tell.

Now ashlie on the other hand.

Ashlie made a concise apology and owned up to her actions, shit she made sure not to happen again. She went to fucking therapy, she broke off that relationship first and has made so much effort to distance herself from that and apologize everyday of her life.

She went to therapy after breaking things off, and she went again after the callout just to double fucking check she wasnt a horrible person.

She initially handled everything that happened in 2017 in private, like youre supposed to do. Not have a public twitter meltdown. And in late 2020 still handled mostly everything privately. She wrote out a full explanation and apology that is still very visible on her yt channel, not her twt her full 100k subscriber yt channel

I THINK, THATS GROWTH and she should be respected for that. She's actively changed as a person from the 20yr that made mistakes

And what's crazy is that Max and Ross still make youtube videos with her.

Max and Ross, YKNOW. The people who made sure fucking Jinbop got arrested and stomp Sky's name into the fucking ground for the shit that Sky did. I 100% trust those two to make a decision about a person in their circle when theyre doing some FUCKED SHIT.

IN FACT, THEY DID DROP ASHLIE WHEN THE ALLEGATIONS CAME OUT. SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY KICKED OUT OF EVERYTHING INVOLVING THEM

And they came back. They came back and started making new things and videos with her, Ross is an active participant in almost all of her videos.

I think that speaks wonders about her.

Don't drag her name through the ground I respect that woman and all of her endeavors in the future, she has more than made up for the fact.

Jon is still an awful person, and I dont think he will ever change. He's had more than ample time to and acts like whinny child on Twitter. Actively tries to pull nostalgia bait on his dying yt channel and mocks his ex "friends'" work. I want him gone from the youtube sphere and to get an actual life.

[baby--b4t]

Little WxS playdate? If that's too many then maybe Rui and Tsukasa, be they both being small or one looking after the other /nf

ooh a pjsk ask!! i totally have an idea for this >:3

i feel like i should add my headcanons for the babies beforehand so things can make sense -w-;

Rui: toddler/kid regressor, still acts very silly and mischievous, biiig sippy cup fan, still tinkers with anything mechanic while little, sometimes uses a pacifier, likes how the other WxS littles nicknamed him “Ruru” when theyre little, big yapper

Tsukasa: toddler/older kid regressor, in his bad moments he will regress small but he likes to feel like an older brother to the group, still very creative and outgoing when he regresses, will insist he can use normal dishes but is incredibly jealous of the other littles using bottles/baby plates, loves stuffed animals and putting on little shows with them, good mix of yapper and listener

Emu: toddler/baby regressor, constant babbles and giggles from her, always curious and trying to get into things shes not supposed to, teams up with Rui sometimes to get into things (the sweets in the cabinet that Tsukasa said they couldnt have anymore of), loves trying to play dress up or makeup, also loves painting and coloring though it tends to end up more on her than her paper, can be very cuddly when she needs a nap

Nene: toddler/baby regressor, tends to be more on the nonverbal side but sometimes she will say things like bottle/up/etc, constantly chewing on something (paci/teether/someone in the group/herself), prefers more quiet activities but wont throw a fit if shes in a noisy environment, its not uncommon to see her and Rui cuddling as Rui goes on about different ideas hes had or his hyperfixations, tends to stick around Emu the most since she can keep Nene feeling mostly awake, big napper (will fuss if you wake her up from one or tell her no), still will try to play video games

OK MINIFIC TIME

“Oh no! The dragon is heading towards the castle!” Tsukasa gasped as he made the dragon stuffed animal fly around. Emu giggled as she was behind a small wall of building blocks she and Tsukasa had set up as her castle. “What will the mighty princess Emu do?!”

“Boom!!” Emu giggled as she pointed her wand at the dragon. Tsukasa made the dragon dodge.

“Gah! The dragon moved out of the way! We need a stronger defense against the fire breathing beast!” He quickly urged Emu to think of something new while still keeping the playful atmosphere. She thought for a moment before turning to look back at Rui.

“Ruru make beep boop and boom!” Emu ordered, pointing at Rui. He was sat on a few pillows with a very sleepy Nene in his arms. He gave Emu a confused look for a moment before shaking his head, trying to play along into the story.

“The dragon trapped me with a beast. I cant move~” Rui giggled, shrugging slightly. Nene moved her head slightly to look at Emu, making a small growling noise as if she was a dragon herself. It made Rui and Tsukasa giggle as the two of them had assumed she was fast asleep.

Emu pouted for a moment as she considered all of her options. She couldnt use magic, seeing as the dragon dodged her last spell. Her hopes of having Rui make her some sort fighting robot were crushed since he was trapped with a beast. What else was left for her to defend herself with?

“‘Kasa! Wook!” Emu pointed behind Tsukasa. Not thinking anything of it, Tsukasa turned around to look at what Emu could be pointing at. She took the opportunity to quickly stand up and take the dragon from Tsukasa. “Mwahaha! Is bye bye!” She said as she then threw the stuffed toy to the ground.

Tsukasa frowned as he watched Emu throw the toy like that. He didnt want to yell at her, but he had to be a good example to her somehow and make her know what she did was wrong.

“Emu.. Do you think that was very nice? How would you like it with the dragon threw you on the ground?” He asked, reaching down to pick up the toy. “I know we were playing a game and you needed to defend your castle, but taking the dragon from me wasnt a very nice thing to do.” Tsukasa added as he looked back at Emu. He was gentle with her, not wanting her to feel as if she did something horrible.

She tilted her head slightly as she took in his words. A small huff left her mouth, crossing her arms over her chest. She didnt have any other option! She had to do what she did… Right?

“Bu’ my castle..!” Emu whined at Tsukasa. She was confused on how she couldve possible protected her kingdom is she didnt take the dragon from Tsukasa.

“You castle woulde been fine. All you had to do was send out your unicorn fighters.” Rui suddenly chimed in sleepily, sensing the oncoming tantrum Emu was going to have. “Their magic wouldve been enough collectively to fend off against the dragon. At least, thats what I think.” He shrugged once more and went back to looking after Nene. Emu gasped as she made that realization.

“Oh! Wait wait!” She went and sat back down in her castle before looking back at Tsukasa. “Back up when dragon coming!” Emu giggled as she started collecting some of her unicorn toys. Tsukasa smiled and pretended to make the dragon fly towards the castle again.

“And here comes the all powerful dragon! Whatever will princess Emu do to save her kingdom?” He asked, already knowing her answer.

“Unicown!!” Emu giggled as she placed the toys around the outside of her castle. She pointed back at the dragon. “Pshhh.. Boom!” She added with a little hand gesture. Tsukasa smiled, making the dragon pause and panic.

“Oh no! The dragon cant possibly dodge multiple attacks! Hes doomed.” He narrates as the dragon starts to slowly fall towards the floor. “Princess Emu has saved her kingdom from the fearful beast! Hooray!” Tsukasa cheers, watching Emu make little claps.

The two clean up the toys they had played with, since their story had come to an end. Emu yawned as she was putting away the blocks. She wiped away the little tear that formed in her eye and made grabby hands at Tsukasa. He was more than happy to pick up his little sibby, holding her close as she started to relax.

“Do you think its nap time, Emu?” Tsukasa asked softly, making his way back to where Rui and Nene rested. Emu nodded to his question, wrapping her arms around his neck as she was carried.

Rui, Nene, and Emu were all laid in the same area, Tsukasa gently placing a blanket over Emu now that she was set down. Rui had fallen asleep not long after Nene did and now it was time for Emu to join them. She seemed more than happy to. Protecting her kingdom from a dragon was hard work for a kiddo like herself.

Tsukasa gently pet her head as he watched her drift off to sleep. He smiled at seeing all of his siblings resting so peacefully next to each other. While he himself wasnt tired, he was still going to stay with them. He was going to be the good big brother he prided himself on being.

[alltimefail-sims]

Has anyone posted screenshots for the teaser video the sims team posted for this "season" of upcoming releases?

I'm cleaning up my cc right now so I'm going to break it down. Speculation below the cut! Feel free to reply with your own thoughts because this teaser has kind of stumped me in some ways ngl... but I have theories!

Jewelry box theme, so I think "jewelry" will be important to this "season." I'm unsure how that ties in, perhaps the stuff pack? (More on that later.) Either way, I think we can all safely assume that it's the big selling feature of this season.

Already got those obviously: Goth Galore and Castle Estate. Moving on!

SDX drops are kind of wildcards - they don't usually cover just one kind of thing. In this pic though I'm a bit complexed by the "W," mannequin head, and Bella-style bodycon dress. Not sure what they're going to give us, but the last few SDX drops for basegame have actually been great, so I'm hopeful it's more than one or two things. I'll always take free stuff!

First thought is could be a new skill like gem cutting/jewelry crafting with an accompanying career, but that seems niche to me idk why!! But with the theme of this entire teaser being so jewelry-focused, I have to believe that the stuff pack is going to be jewelry related in some way (it's the largest thing on this list, so it makes sense that the teaser would mostly be connected to the most profitable item.)

I do want to say this: although I really don't think they would make fairies a stuff pack (sorry to my fellow occult lovers and TS3 Fairies enjoyers... I know you all have been wanting fairies so bad) HOWEVER!!! I will admit that the spooky all-seeing-eyes in the earrings, the gnome, the color palette, the crystals, the butterfly necklace in the header... it's giving nature/fairies/magic. Guess we'll see! 🤷‍♀️

Hmmmmm this feels so straight forward that it's going over my head somehow. We have luxury party, we have wedding stories, toddler and backyard stuff have a lot of great "party" items, seasons gives us a ton of seasonal party items... what could this give us that has to do with celebrations that aren't already covered? Birthday stuff maybe? That might be fun, but I am not sure what to expect from this kit.

I'm going to controversially say this though: I like build kits. If we get even one new activity from this kit and some good clutter that's reusable with good swatches, I'll happily buy this one. Birthdays might be one of the only type of celebration we have next to nothing for, so I don't think I'd be upset with getting a kit for general celebrations (graduation parties, for example) and birthdays. Plus the disco ball swatch is kind of silly but could be exciting!

No idea what this could be, but more than likely it seems like it will be a CAS kit that is a collab with one of two people: either a gamechanger/big cc creator in the community OR another collaboration with a brand or company (like we saw with Moschino stuff or Depop in HSY).

What do you all think? I'd love to hear thoughts and feelings on this teaser and when/in what order you guys think things are going to be released!!

[happy-lemon]

Cue "Eye of the Tiger" and a learning montage!

Mason took a leave of absence from his job so he and Mara could devote all their time to teaching the babies to walk, talk, and use the potty. Sometimes it felt more like they were running a daycare, and many days they passed each other like ships in the night. Fortunately, Erika and Dylan had already mastered everything before the triplets arrived, so Mason and Mara worked with Noah first, then teamed up to teach the triplets.

Tips for multiple toddlers:

1. Around the Sims 3 toddler beds will save your life. They can be assigned, so each baby knows where to go when they're sleepy. Cheaty, but it gets the job done.

2. Skip the high chair. Those kids will have a whole lifetime eating solid food. Feed the babies a bottle on the floor.

3. A morning routine of snuggle, change diaper, change clothes, and feed on floor will keep their meters in the green long enough for Mom and Dad to eat and get showered.

4. The learn to walk alone mod is super useful. Walkers are cute, but who has time to get the babies in and out? Also kind of cheaty, but letting them learn to walk on their own frees up Mom and Dad to work on potty training and learning to talk.

5. Have a lot of skill building toys on hand so any babies who aren't being actively taught to walk or use the potty will gravitate toward learning something.

[simmer-vic]

Sims 4 Generation Challenge

Generation 1: Tomb Raider: You love learning about your history and discovering what lies beneath the earth. Ever since you became a teen you have had an uncanny ability to sniff out artifacts. You take your passion for history to university where you get a degree in Art History and become an art critic. But you feel like you need to be more adventurous so you take vacations to Selvadorada, where you raid tombs and collect artifacts. While collecting artifacts you fall in love with a woman who shows you how to appreciate not only art but the environment. 

Sim Characteristics: Werewolf Traits: Adventurous, Loves Outdoors, Art Lover  Aspiration: Curator  Skills: Ability to sniff out artifacts Rules:  1. Go to University for Art History 2. Collect all Moonwood Mill Artifacts  3. Collect all Selvadorada Artifacts  4. Complete Aspiration

 Generation 2: Nepotism Baby: While growing up you were always surrounded by art and artifacts that were collected by your father, and you have a genuine appreciation for the arts. You start painting and singing as a child that your mom pushes you to start acting. You become a famous actress, and in your spare time, you create a museum for all of the artifacts that your father collected. Once you are an adult you realize you're missing an aspect of your personal life, so you decide to adopt a baby girl. 

Aspiration: Master Actor Traits: Outgoing, Ambitious, Music Lover  Rules:  1. Complete Aspiration  2. Max out Acting Skill  3. Max out Singing Skill

 Generation 3: Love Story: Being adopted by a famous mom you were alone quite a bit and did not have many friends growing up except one boy, as teens your best friend moves in, and you start writing music. During high school your best friend is athletic and the captain of the football team, while you kept to yourself. After high school, you and your best friend move into a tiny home, where you can no longer deny your feelings for your best friend. You work up the courage to ask your best friend on a date and you have a gold metal date. You get married only after 2 dates and have triplets before becoming adults. You then decide to be a stay-at-home mom while your now husband is in the military. 

Aspiration: Musical genius  Traits: Perfectionist, Music Lover, Loner Rules: 1. Complete Aspiration  2. Max out 2  Instrument skills (Guitar, Violin, Piano)  3. Max out Parenting Skill 

Generation 4: Whole New World: Being the middle child even though you and your siblings are triplets you always felt like you were forgotten and not the greatest at anything except having a green thumb. Feeling lost in life you decide to move to Evergreen Harbor to find your passion and try to make a difference and find your passion in conservationism. You have your own garden and once you get promoted to Wildlife Technician you move to Sulani to improve their neighborhood. Here you fall in love with a sim who shows you the sea and all that it has to offer, above and under the water.  

Aspiration: Beach Life Traits: Loves Outdoors, Child of the ocean, Active Rules: 1. Complete Aspiration Max out Gardening 2. Max out Fishing  3. The sim that you fall in love with must be a Mermaid 

Generation 5: Anatomy of Tinkering: As a child, you were very active and loved swimming and playing in the water, but as a teen, you found your love for handiness. You always seem to be able to fix things with ease. So, when you go to University you decide to become an engineer, and after university, you move to Windenburg and build a robot. While there you meet a single mom who is a doctor. You always go over to repair things here is where the sparks fly and you move in with her and her toddler. You propose and have a backyard wedding. You build them a house in Brindleton Bay and have another baby. 

Aspiration: Nerd Brain  Traits: Geek, Maker, Active Rules: 1. Complete Aspiration  2. Build a Robot  3. Max out Handiness  4. Move to Brindleton Bay once married  5. Have one kid together 6. Women that you marry must be: Single, Have a baby/ infant when you first meet her and Must be a Doctor

Generation 6: Dr.Doo-Little: Growing up in Brindleton Bay you were around cats and dogs so much you never thought about doing anything but becoming a vet. You decide to open your own Vet Hospital and you own a cat, dog, hedgehog, and fish. Your house is full of fur that you constantly have to vacuum. You work constantly and have a 5-star vet hospital. One day women bring in their animal (cat or dog) to your vet you lock eyes and you instantly feel a connection. You both are not sure about having kids but your half-sibling sends their teen to come live with you for the summer but ends up staying.

Aspiration: Friend of the Animals  Traits: Dog Lover, Cat Lover, Cheerful  Rules: 1. Own a Cat 2. Own a Dog  3. Own a Hedgehog  4. Own a Fish  5. Marry a sim who already has an animal too  6. Have your niece or nephew move in when they are a teen (must have bad grades and a troublemaker) 

Generation 7:Game Plan: Having a rough childhood, once you move in with your Aunt when you are a teen your whole life changes. You went from having bad grades and sneaking out to parties to getting better grades (B or higher), and learning how to explain your feelings without being disrespectful. You decide to help other kids who had a bad childhood be more independent. So you go to University for Language and Literature and become a private Attorney. You then move to San Sequoia and be friends with your co-workers, where you focus on focus on your job and complete the fabulously wealthy aspiration until  You then have a one-night stand and end up having a baby dropped off at your door 9 months later. You do your best as a parent and when they start school you fall in love with their teacher. 

Aspiration: 1st Fabulously Wealthy then once they meet the teacher aspiration changes to Soul Mate  Traits: Romantic, Perfectionist, Materialistic Rules: 1. Complete Fabulously Wealthy Aspiration  2. Complete Soul Mate Aspiration  3. Max out Charisma Skill  4. Max out Research and Debate Skills  5. Women, you fall in love with must be a teacher and have no kids 

Generation 8: Who can you trust? : Having a Teacher for a mom and a Lawyer for a father I was always taught to question things, and the biggest question in my life is my biological mom. I never knew anything about her and my father doesn’t talk about her…EVER. Is she still alive? Why did she leave me behind? Having all these questions I decide to become a detective, to search for my biological mother. Along the way, I stumble across a criminal who claims to know who my mother is and can help me find them. 

Aspiration: Friend of the World Traits: Genius, Good, Paranoid, or Observant  Rules: 1. Complete Friend of the World Aspiration  2. Become Best Friends with a criminal and have a kid with them 3. Never meet the biological mom  4. Max out Research and Debate Skills  5. Max out Logic Skill 

Generation 9: Criminal Minds: Having a mom who was paranoid and always looking over her shoulder, made you nervous around a lot of people. You spent most of your line alone and were happiest when it was you and your computer. Having a criminal of a father meant he used your computer skills for evil. He made you hack and steal while your mom was at work. Once you were able to leave you left but they seemed to follow you to use your skills so, you went off the grid and went to live in the woods. You move to a small town where you meet a woman who knows nothing about computers and has never been to the city. You fall for her hard and adopt her Wellness lifestyle.

`Aspiration: Computer Whiz  Traits: Geek, Loner, Clumsy Rules:  1. Complete Aspiration  2. Max out Programing Skill  3. Max out Wellness Skills once you live alone in the woods  4. Have a negative Relationship with your parents 

Generation 10: Witchy Diaries: Having parents who were very into Wellness you had no choice but to also have a high skill in wellness. Though you never felt like it actually was helpful and you always found comfort in the sciences. You love learning about how things are made and what makes up everything. So you join the scientist career and move to the desert to be closer to work. You quickly advance your career and find out that you might have found out how to become immortal. You become friends with a botanist who seems to be able to make flowers grow out of the ground. You fall in love with her and she shares her secrets and gives you the greatest gift of life to spend together.

Aspiration: Nerd Brain  Traits: Genius, Ambitious, and Overachiever  Rules:  1. Complete Aspiration  2. Only live in Stangerville or Oasis Springs  3. End up on a large lot with a large house  4. Become friends and marry a spell caster  5. Have the spell caster make the potion of immortality and have your sim drink it 

[no1frogfan]

Endings and beginnings, part 2

Tsukishima Kei x gn reader

Series synopsis: By all accounts, you’re happy. Five years out of college, your freelance art career is finally picking up and you’re able live comfortably between projects by bartending on the weekends. You’re surrounded by long-time friends and things are starting to get serious with your boyfriend. The cracks begin to form in the life you’re building when you hear from a mutual friend that Tsukishima is getting divorced. Tsukishima Kei, a person you used to consider one of your best friends, but whom you’ve spoken to only a handful of times since high school. You reach out to him for the first time in almost a decade, offering support to a friend you were once close to. As you gradually help him heal from his marriage, your old crush on him begins to resurface.

Chapter word count: ~2.2k

Chapter tags & warnings: alcohol, mentions of pregnancy, Tsukishima has a lot of negativity, discussion of divorce and emotionally abusive relationship

Note: The dialogue and organization for this chapter were so challenging to figure out. Hope it reads ok

Series masterlist < part 1 | part 3 >

2. March

Your attention is drawn to him the second you walk through the doors. He has the same standoffish demeanor that you remember from high school, the lightly furrowed brow, a frown perpetually tugging at his lips. Backlit by the lights behind the bar, Tsukishima’s hair could almost be mistaken for a messy halo.

“You ok?” Makoto looks at you with concern.

“Hmm?” You whip around to face him. “Oh, I’m fine babe. They’ve just really turned up the heat in here.”

“Yea, it’s practically a sauna. Why don’t I take your coat for you?”

You shimmy your jacket off and hand it over, thanking your boyfriend as he heads to the coat check.

The room feels both cozy and spacious, with a low ceiling and a large, open layout. The bar top curves all the way around the back of the room, and elegant, origami-inspired chandeliers hang low, giving off a dim and inviting glow.

Many friendly faces are engrossed in conversation around you, seated in small groups on plush, velvet couches or perched on padded bar stools. It’s been months since you’ve seen some of them. It’s understandable on their part, considering they have busy careers or are professional athletes. As for you, your schedule isn’t necessarily packed on a daily basis, but between juggling your projects on weekdays and bartending on weekends, it still feels like you haven’t been able to catch a breath.

You find the man of the evening, Kiyoomi, whose lovely wife organized this whole celebration - buying out the venue for the night and inviting all his friends. Despite his famously reserved personality, the soft smile on his face seems to indicate he’s having a good time tonight.

“Happy birthday Sakusa-kun!” You greet him as you and Makoto join the circle of well-wishers around them.

After thanking you, Kiyoomi continues recounting his recent trip to Paris with the rest of the Olympic team for 2 weeks of special training. Unfortunately, his wife had to stay in Tokyo to manage the new publicity campaign the Jackals are preparing to launch. When more people approach to greet Kiyoomi, you and Makoto take the opportunity to slip away and join another group of friends, chatting, joking, reminiscing, catching up. You both congratulate Daichi, who was promoted to fire lieutenant, and Shoyo, who just celebrated half a year with Asas Sao Paulo. You also toast to the Tanakas who are expecting another child in a few months. Kiyoko seems fairly relaxed about this pregnancy (their third!), but Ryuu is as nervous as a first-time father. Makoto sets about distracting Ryuu from his new baby anxieties, asking about the nitty-gritty of their preparations, about baby clothes, and doctor’s appointments, and juggling everything around two active toddlers.

You start to tune out the baby talk as you scan the room. You find him sitting in the same spot. Yamaguchi seems intent on keeping him occupied, mouth moving a mile a minute as Tsukishima perches at the bar facing slightly away from his best friend. Excusing yourself from Makoto and the Tanakas, you head over.

“Hey you two.”

Tsukishima’s eyes flit to you. He nods briefly in greeting before turning away again.

Yamaguchi, meanwhile, breaks out in a huge smile and pulls you in for a hug. “Hey! Good to see you, it’s been months!”

“Yea, it’s been ages!”

You’re all silent for a moment until you test the waters with a hesitant, “Sooo…how are you guys doing?”

Yamaguchi looks expectantly at Tsukishima. You do too, examining him closely for the first time in…3? 4? years. He’s still unmistakably him. Still gangly, impossibly long legs splayed out beneath him and lanky arms draped over the bar top. He’s grown into his body. His chest and shoulders fill out his button-down nicely, the sleeves tightening around his biceps every time he brings his glass to his lips. He’s slouching at the moment, which you don’t remember him doing much of in high school, but you’re sure he would strike an imposing figure if he pulled himself up to his full height.

When the blond doesn’t make a move to answer, Yamaguchi jumps in. “I’ve been good! Yachi too. I think I told you that we moved to the new apartment right?” You nod. “It’s amazing! The location is perfect and there’s so much natural light. We just got a cat too!”

“Wow! It sounds like you two are really getting settled in!” You try to draw Tsukishima into the conversation. “What about you Tsukishima? Have you started at the National Museum yet?”

“Yea, last month.” He gazes around the room aimlessly.

“Oh! Does that mean you’ve already moved down from Sendai?”

“Yup.”

“Some of the Karasuno guys and I helped drive his stuff down and get it all set up,” Yamaguchi chimes in.

“That’s nice of you Tadashi! And how’s the museum so far?”

The smile on your face falters as Tsukishima finally fixes you in his sights. He crosses his arms before snidely responding, “Shall we stop avoiding the elephant in the room?”

You look away, trying to hide from his piercing stare. Next to you, Yamaguchi fiddles with the cuffs of his shirt. Should you pretend not to know about his separation from Natsumi? A quick glance at him pushes that thought out of your head. No, he wants the truth. “I heard,” you sigh, unsure of what else to say.

The three of you freeze in that awkward moment for what feels like an eternity. You almost swear there’s a perverse pleasure on Tsukishima’s face as you and Tadashi steal uneasy looks at each other. He takes a languid gulp of red wine, grimacing as he swallows, letting the discomfort build and build before finally revealing, “The divorce was finalized last month.”

“O- OH.” Yamaguchi looks as surprised as you. “And, uh…how are you feeling Tsukki?”

“Happy? Sad? Angry? Who the fuck knows,” Tsukishima sneers.

“Why not all of them?” Yamaguchi jokes weakly.

Tsukishima lets out a scoff.

“Well, I for one am glad you’re in Tokyo now.” You reply cheerfully. “The three of us can have movie nights and pig out on cake together again.”

The muscles tense in Tsukishima’s neck. “Drop the charade, ok?”

“Sorry, what?”

“This. Whatever this is. Just. Stop.” His fists are clenched now, his tone venomous. “I appreciate you putting me in touch with your friend and all. Really. But you people don’t have to keep doing this whole fake thing where you act like you want to hang out or get coffee or catch up” - each phrase is punctuated by aggressive air quotes - “when we all know you’re just saying it to be polite. I know you can’t actually want to spend time with me because you barely know me anymore.”

You must look dumbfounded because Tsukishima’s expression softens slightly, but he doesn’t move to take back what he said.

“Tsukki-”

“Shut up Yamaguchi,” He flings every word like a dagger. “What’s the point in pretending? It’s not like you’re fooling me. I know I’m hard to get along with, ok? I’ve always been hard to get along with. I’m selfish, I’m mean, I have a shitty personality, and guess what? It’s even shittier now. I know I’m pathetic. I know I’m especially fucking miserable to be around right now. I know, ok? I KNOW.”

The air feels thick. Yamaguchi sits frozen like a deer caught in the headlights, wide eyes flickering between you. Tsukishima’s eyes sear into you. He downs the last of his wine, his knuckles white from gripping the stem of his wine glass so tightly, you’re sure it’ll snap in half any second.

He’s right, kind of. He’s changed a lot in the past 10 years, and your relationship has changed too. You can’t just pick up where you left off. The trust is gone and it doesn’t do either of you any good to pretend otherwise.

You take a step back and hold your hands up, palms facing him. “Tsukishima, I’m sorry I haven’t kept in touch much since we graduated, but I promise I do actually want to hang out again. I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not pretending, and I’m sure Yamaguchi isn’t either.” Yamaguchi nods vigorously at that. You continue. “I’m genuinely happy for us to have the chance to rebuild our friendship.” You reach out to squeeze his arm softly before dropping your hands back down at your sides.

Tsukishima scrutinizes you before eventually lowering his eyes to the empty wine glass in his hand.

“Me too, Tsukki. Let’s toast to rebuilding,” Yamaguchi suggests, flagging down the bartender.

The three of you clink glasses. Tsukishima unclenches his jaw, though he still appears guarded.

Yamaguchi clears his throat. “Did I mention I got a promotion?”

“Oh wow, congrats!”

Yamaguchi turns to you. “What about you? Any news?”

“Not really, just been busy lately. I started at a new bar and business there is pretty good. I’ve been trying to wrap up a bunch of small projects right now too - got a big one coming up soon and it sounds like the timeline for it will be pretty tight.” You start to tell them about your upcoming postcard project and the atmosphere begins to relax.

Tsukishima goes back to people watching as you and Yamaguchi chatter on either side of him. Slowly, he begins interjecting snarky comments while you two carry on about nothing of importance. It’s surprising how quickly the three of you can nestle back into this familiar dynamic.

“I missed this. The three of us.” Tsukishima jolts you out of your nostalgia. He sounds wistful as he stares at the liquor bottles lined up behind the bar. “I wanted to keep in touch more too, you know. It’s just…Natsumi… she always felt left out when it was the three of us, so I didn’t reach out as much as I wanted to. I’m sorry. And-”

“It’s ok, you don’t have to apologize.”

“-I didn’t want to be a burden either. I realized I needed to learn how to be independent and solve my own problems instead of running to you two for help all the time.”

Emika’s words come back to you. “Did…Natsumi say that?”

Tsukishima looks at you blankly. “Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do in a relationship? Work things out with each other?”

“Yes and no… It’s always good to talk to your partner about your feelings and concerns about your relationship, but it’s also important to have other people to talk things out with too. Sometimes it’s just nice to have a place to vent about dumb things, but sometimes you really need an outside opinion, you know?” You prod a little. “I mean…didn’t she talk to her friends about your relationship?”

“Yea, but that’s different.”

You think you can read between the lines. “How is it different?”

“Well, you know what I’m like.” He shifts in his seat. “When we fought, she’d call them to talk and they’d support her, give her advice, help cheer her up… It helped her a lot I think…” Tsukishima trails off.

You see the gears turning in his head and decide not to push any further. “Well, I know we haven’t talked in ages, but I still consider you a friend.” You gesture around the bar. “You’ve got lots of friends here, actually. They were happy to help with the move and I’m sure we’re all happy to support you in other ways too.”

“Even Kageyama,” Yamaguchi laughs. That at least earns an eye roll from Tsukishima.

You open your mouth to hammer home the point, but Makoto walks up at that moment. He waves hello to Yamaguchi and you introduce him to Tsukishima.

“Babe, it’s time to go.”

You bite back a groan. Why did you agree to meet up with his parents tomorrow morning again? You buy yourself a minute by asking Makoto to grab your coat. As he heads off, you state firmly, “It was really good to see you both. Let’s go out soon, just the three of us, ok?” You give them each a small hug and head off after your boyfriend.

As you walk into your apartment, the exhaustion of the evening finally hits you. You sluggishly go through the motions, hanging your jackets up at the door, brushing your teeth, washing your face, and changing into pajamas before climbing into bed together.

Makoto’s arms are warm and comforting as he pulls you back against his chest. “Did you have a good time tonight?”

“Yea,” you yawn. “I’m really happy I got to see everyone. Thanks for coming with me.”

“Of course, I’m glad I got to see everyone too. My parents said they’re looking forward to catching up with us tomorrow.”

“Aww, that’s sweet of them.”

Makoto runs his fingers across your stomach and sighs. “The Tanakas seem really excited about their new baby.”

“Yea, I can’t believe they’re having a third. They make good parents,” you mumble, quickly drifting off.

He hesitates. “I think we’d make good parents too.”

Beside him, you’ve already fallen asleep.

[delta-pavonis]

A Dreamling AU Concept

Inspired by @issylra's blog name of "dream a little bigger, darling," how are we feeling about a Sandman/Inception AU... The concept: The King of Dreams is starting to get angry with the humans meddling in his realm via this PASIV device. At first it was cute, like a toddler with Play-Doh in the presence of Rodin or a sand castle at the feet of the Leshan Giant Buddha. It is easily contained and barely needs monitoring. Then humans start layering dreams, one within another within another within another. It is stressful for Lord Morpheus' dreams and nightmares, requiring three, four, five of them at once to maintain stability. Further, they start to subvert the very essential function of dreams, twist them into something no longer helping humans, but in some cases outright harming them. Dream decides that he must move to protect his creations and humanity at large. He enters some of the layered dreams himself. Enter a dream architect, one Hob Gadling, who not only is in-demand for the most elite and elaborate cons, but creates some of the most beautiful things Dream has ever seen in the Dreaming. They're usually in the background of the dreams he builds, little things, a new constellation here, or a piece of artwork there, an absolutely perfect sunrise, or a devastatingly graceful willow tree. Hob takes his time with each of these bits, a sort-of signature of his, a little private gift to himself. Except a dark figure starts appearing in the dreams he builds, always in the background when the dream has been made its most complicated, when they are actively using it to run a job. And he is always always looking at Hob's signature. The Stranger starts appearing more and more often in Hob's work. No one else on his team sees the man in black and Hob thinks he might have truly knocked his last screw loose. Until this... being... his Stranger... not only allows Hob to approach, but speaks to him...

...and Hob's world is never the same again.

[vonn13]

If the foxes went to summer camp as kids

So I was a camp councilor at a summer camp that had a mix of special need kids (autism, adhd, odd etc.) with kids from foster care and families that aren't well off.

Let me tell you these kids are wild and here are some of the things they did which I feel like our foxes would do as well.

Neil would definitely kidnap a bunch of frogs from a bog and hide them in hair like my menaces did. The kid that inspired this also had a blonde little partner in crime, so there you got it. Andreil as kids would've kidnapped frogs and given them ridiculous names.

Kevin would've become so depressed after losing at a game he'd grab a stick and draw in the sand. Then a kid wouldn't see his drawing and accidentally step on a single line (cough Allison cough) and boy would be bursting into tears and gesture at the sand and pretend stab himself with his stick.

Kevin would've also been such a dramatic bitch that when one of the kids rough house a bit with them he'd burst into tears and turn red in the face as he dramatically acted out every single thing that happened to him. This includes slapping himself in the face and choking himself out while the councilors just look on tired as hell.

Matt would be trying to ply extra ice cream from camp councilors in the middle of the night by walking out of the hut with his plushie while they were discussing the day and then rant about how pretty the stars are. He'd actually manage to talk quite some time while the councilors just wanted to cry, but had to be nice despite it being 1am.

Andrew stashes a pile of candy under his pillow on the first night knowing he isn't sleek but not giving a fuck and tosses the wrappers on the ground to annoy his roommates.

On the last night the councilors give the kids as much candy/food as possible so they'll sugar crash. Matt fell asleep on a pile of chicken nuggets.

Aaron got really into building a tower of sticks and marshmallows and sabotaged other teams (cough Neil cough) by kicking a football at them, yet somehow hitting his own tower in devastation.

Neil 'accidentally' tied Matt up to a wooden post and left him to fend for himself.

Aaron gets so pissed of at Seth at some point he tells Seth that he hopes he becomes infertile as he kicks him in the nuts and runs away like his life was on the line (it was)

Allison would be one of those girls that tell the councillors every bit of gossip there is and puts campers against each other by spreading all these rumors just for fun.

Neil stole the matches from an activity and sleeps with them in his sleeping bag. The councilors only found out on the last day they were dealing with a pyromaniac who had the means to an end when they were helping him clear up his bag.

Neil is somehow one of those wild kids that just knows their way around everywhere, so he can't possibly get lost in the woods.

Nicky does get lost in the woods and would just want his ipad or something nonstop.

Neil runs away every time he's about to get medicated for the day and dan helps chase him down because she can't handle hyperactive Neil without his meds (I could see him having adhd maybe and Andrew as autistic)

Andreil would be one of those camp couples that somehow are in a relationship when they've known each other for less than a week and are like fucking toddlers. They're disgustingly cute and give each other dumb nicknames and exchange phone numbers. They definitely changed their profile pics to a selfie of the two of them together and will get mercilessly bullied by their guardians.

[useoftoysforchildsdevelop]

Unlocking Potential: The Top Educational Toys and Learning Resources for Child Development

 Certainly! Educational toys and learning resources play a crucial role in fostering child development by promoting cognitive, emotional, social, and physical skills. Here are some top educational toys and resources across different age groups:

1. Infants (0-12 months):

Soft Books:

 Cloth or soft books with vibrant colors and different textures stimulate a baby's senses.

High-Contrast Toys: 

Toys with bold patterns and high-contrast colors enhance visual development.

Baby Gyms: 

These provide a safe space for infants to explore and develop motor skills.

2. Toddlers (1-3 years):

Building Blocks: 

Simple building blocks help improve fine motor skills and spatial awareness.

Puzzles: 

Basic puzzles with large pieces promote problem-solving and hand-eye coordination.

Art Supplies: 

Crayons, non-toxic paints, and paper encourage creativity and fine motor skills.

3. Preschoolers (3-5 years):

Board Games: 

Simple board games teach turn-taking, counting, and social skills.

Educational Apps: 

Interactive apps with age-appropriate content can support early literacy and numeracy.

Playdough: 

Enhances creativity, fine motor skills, and imaginative play.

4. Early Elementary (6-8 years):

STEM Kits: 

Science, technology, engineering, and math kits foster critical thinking and problem-solving.

Reading and Writing Tools:

 Age-appropriate books, writing journals, and storytelling games support literacy development.

Educational Board Games:

 Games that involve strategy, critical thinking, and teamwork.

5. Upper Elementary (9-12 years):

Science Kits: 

More advanced science kits for hands-on experiments and exploration.

Coding Toys: 

Introduce basic coding concepts through fun and interactive toys.

Educational Software:

 Interactive software for subjects like math, language arts, and geography.

6. Middle School (12-14 years):

Robotics Kits: 

Engage in building and programming robots to promote STEM skills.

Language Learning Apps:

 Apps for learning a new language can be both educational and fun.

Math and Logic Games: 

Challenging games that enhance problem-solving and critical thinking.

7. High School (14+ years):

DIY Electronics Kits: 

Kits for building electronic devices or circuits encourage understanding of technology.

Educational Board Games: 

Advanced strategy games that challenge and stimulate the mind.

Online Courses and Tutorials: 

Platforms offering courses on various subjects for self-directed learning.

8. All Ages:

Educational Subscriptions: 

Monthly subscription boxes that deliver educational activities and projects.

Educational Videos and Documentaries:

 Platforms with age-appropriate content for learning about the world.

Interactive Learning Platforms: 

Online platforms offering adaptive learning experiences tailored to each child's level.

Remember that the effectiveness of these resources depends on the child's individual interests and needs. Parents and educators can observe and adapt based on the child's preferences and developmental stage.

In 2023, the dedicated team at BBwelbox Organization continued their unwavering commitment to shaping the future for children through groundbreaking research. Focused on enriching the lives of youngsters, our team delved into key areas influencing child development, education, and overall well-being. This year's most valuable research for kids reflects our passion for creating a positive impact on the next generation. By uncovering innovative insights and valuable knowledge, we aim to contribute to the holistic growth and nurturing of young minds, paving the way for a brighter and more promising future ( Necessity of choosing smart toys )

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