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July 11th, 2019 - Movie Day🎬🍿

Hey guys, it’s Eric. Long time no see. How’s your day going today? I hope everyone is having an awesome day. Today, I took the kids to the movies to see Toy Story. We’ve been seeing a lot of movies lately at the theater. The latest movie we seen was Aladdin and the kids can’t wait to see Lion King next week.

We had a Toy Story marathon yesterday to get us all caught up to watch this movie. Nyla was going to come with us but she was feeling very sick. She’s been feeling sick for about a week now and I know she wants to go to the doctor tomorrow so we’ll give you guys an update if anything wrong happens. So fingers cross.

The movie was great. Great way to end the series too. The kids obviously loved it too, even Kris. I would tell you guys what happened but I don’t want to give any spoilers lol. You guys should definitely go watch it though. Highly recommend you guys see it with your kiddos :)

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My Very first Post

Dear Reader🍂🍁~

Dylan Jade Gardner is the beautiful little lad in his dinosaur onesie smiling and drooling with no care in the world. My son. My pride. My joy. I, however, am Davis Gardner, born and raised in London, UK, now living in America. The culture isn’t much different from my own though its weird hearing people say pants instead of Trousers but I’ll be used to things like that no time soon. At the moment I am still moving in, the only finished rooms would be the kitchen, lounge, and Dylans nursery. I’m stuck sleeping on the couch until I find my bed set but its enough.

Its just my boy and I, his mum unfortunately died from complications of birthing our son days later, though I am glad in the short time they had together, she got to hold and experience our first born. Its hard being without her but it’ll get easier as time goes on.

Welp, I should wrap this up. Nice to meet you all! 🍂~ Davis

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Dino Onesie and socks: @sketchbookpixels @gruesim

Crib: @mamabele

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Aloha 🌺

I’m home!!!

After a lot of consideration and being at my wits end with the cold ass weather in New York...I decided a trip was in order. So, we’re back in my home town, Waialua, Hawai’i! Marshall had to stay home because he’s producing his own play and can’t be away from the project right now but the kiddos and I are doing just fine on our own. We’ve only been here about a week and I’m ecstatic to be around my dad’s side of the family who I haven’t seen in nearly a year. I’ve missed them all so much, especially my grandmother who absolutely adores her great grand babies and has been helping out a lot with the triplets. 

So far the only down side to this impromptu trip has been adjusting to the time zone. It’s 6pm now whereas it’s midnight in New York and I’m struggling to keep my eyes open. Hopefully the kids and I will all adjust soon and spend time going out during the day rather than sleeping, hah.

With that...I’m going to go take a nap with the kids.

Much Love, 

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Hello New Simblrs!

After that collabing ask and speaking with a kind-of-newbie friend I realized that a post with some extra information might be helpful. Full disclosure: I do not know everything, everyone is welcome to add their own info. I am only sharing what I know. 

General terms terms: 

OC: Original Character

OOC: Out Of Chracter

AU: Alternate Universe

RP: RolePlay

Shipping: Generally used to ship two characters together romantically

Collabing: Used to describe doing phots and/or Role playing with another simblr. 

Types of Simblrs: 

Standard: Your regular simblr blog, that shares sims from any game. Generally from the creators point of view. 

Gameplay: Mostly screen play shots. Might not do a lot of posing etc. Sometimes has stores with the game play. 

Simumblr (mumblr) Simdadblr (dadblr) - these are a form of role playing blogs. Family oriented. There are many chats out there that are for RPing your mom, dad, or guardian character. 

RP Simblr: Usually a blog that is ran by the creator’s OC. Most everything is posted in their personality and view of the world etc. 

Story Simblr: Generally dedicated to storytelling. 

CC blogs, cc finds: These are blogs that post and share custom content!

Collabing: 

Everyone might have different ideas of Collabing but I break mine down into a few types.

One offs (Photos only)- these are like either one time or occasional  collabs in which I or the other person will take photos of our sims hanging out. Usually message the other creator to talk about what our characters are like etc.

 Photo Friendship/Relationship - This would be like our characters are in friendships or relationships and it is primarily a photo collab meaning little to no Role Playing.

.Role Playing+ Photo Friendship/Relationship - This includes photos but also includes Role Playing. I primarily use Twitter but I also have a few characters on Facebook. Often I am friends with or at the very least chat with the other creator to make sure our characters click. Sometimes we will lay out light plans or timelines and then just wing it from there.

To share your sims with others you package them up .Package format is the best for making sure your character looks exactly the same in the games of others as they do in yours. For sims 3 anyway. I believe in sims 4 you share tray files and their cc.. this I have never done so I am not much help on that. My apologies. 

How to share your sim!

Each person has their preferences in how they receive sims. Here are a few ways to share them. 

 .sim File - this is the file you get when you save your sim to the bin. In my experience these files do not generally come with all the cc etc that you use to create your amazing pixel art. 

.sism3pack - these files you get when you export your sims. These files generally come with more of the cc etc that is used to make sims but most times still not all of it. Also, some people don’t like installing things via launcher. 

.Package- this one takes a little more work but in my experience your sims look exactly the same in other peoples games as they do in yours. Also it allows the installer to make sure the sim is “clean” meaning no bad cc like Arrezzo counters. I have a Video tutorial and a picture tutorial as well as a tutorial on how to remove bad cc from a .package sim.  This is usually the best way to install sims and all CC as it’s easier to control and easier to find and remove stuff. 

This is all I can think of for now.. Happy simming! 

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August 31th, 2019 - Guys Night Out🎳

Hey guys, it’s Eric! Long time no see. I’ve been trying to get better at posting but my life is somewhat still hectic. Still trying to manage a household with 7 people is pretty difficult but we’re trying to take it one step at a time.

Since our lives been kind of hectic it’s been a while since I hung out with my boys. I decided to take Kris and Daniel to the bowling alley to bowl and just hang out with each other. I would’ve brought Asher with us but it would be kind of hard to have fun with an 1 month at the party. Most likely in the future Asher will join us for our guys night lol.

It was a lot of fun. It was just great to get out of the house and spend time together. The boys said they had a lot of fun which is what matters the most. I’m going to try to make a guys once a month and Nyla and I are going to try to post more on here lol.

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August 13th, 2019 - Jennie The Helper

Hey guys, it’s Eric again. It’s been very busy in my household these past couple of days. The kids started school yesterday and my in-laws are in town helping us with the twins. Nyla kind of didn’t want them here because she wanted to take care of the kids by herself but I told her it takes a village to raise a kid and we need all the help we can get. I don’t want the kids to stress her out and bring her to postpartum depression.

Since my in-laws have been in town, they taking a lot of pressure off of Nyla and she can get some sleep. Them being in town also helps me do all the errands that I need to do without being worried about Nyla. After school, Jennie, my little helper, came with me do to errands.

One of the errands I needed to do was go grocery shopping which Jennie loves to do. I rarely go shopping, but Jennie goes with Nyla all the time so having her here with me to do errands was very helpful.

Jennie said the sweetest thing once we were finished “I’ll try my best to help you and mom so don’t worry.” She’s literally an angel.

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July 23rd, 2019 - Twins’ Nursery🦊💙💖

Hey guys, it’s Eric! How are you guys doing? I hope well. Everything is great now. Nyla is still on bed rest at the hospital but the babies are doing well. The doctors been checking on the twins and Nyla every day and everything is hoing well. The kids are doing great too. They are really enjoying their summer

I’ve been off of three days straight so I decided to do the twins nursery. Of course the kids helped a lot. I wouldn’t have got a lot done if it wasn’t for the kids. I also FaceTime Nyla to get her input on the nursery. She pretty much told me want to get and what to do with it lol.

Once the kids and I started decorating the nursery, it didn’t take us long to finish. The only thing that took long was putting the furniture together but Kris help a lot. Don’t think I could’ve had finished putting up the cribs without him.

I really like the nursery. I’m very proud of how it turned out. Can’t wait to meet the miracle twins<3

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June 16, 2019 - My Father’s Day🥰❤

Hey guys it’s Eric. How have you guys been? I hope well. We’re doing good. Happy Father’s Day! I hope you guys enjoyed today with you’re father.

Today, I had a long shift at work so the kids woke up this morning and told me “Happy Father’s Day!” and gave me cards that they made. I really appreciated  it and I thought that was my father’s day gift. When I came home from work, I seen that there was dinner on the table for me and gifts. I went into my bedroom where Nyla was laying and she told me that the kids bought the gifts actually. The lemonade stand that Jennie and Daniel had last week wasn’t for them trying to get money for the summer but it was for me.

I teared up once she told me that. The fact that they went above and beyond to get money to get gifts for me is just amazing. This is one of the reason why I love being a father. I have such amazing kids and I definitely need to make this up to them. Might take them to the water park this week.

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August 12th, 2019 - First Day Of School

Hey guys, it’s Eric. It’s the first day of school! Summer just flew by so fast. The kids were excited for the first day of school but we all know they’ll be excited for the first day of school but next week,  it’ll be so hard to get them out of their beds lol.

I can’t believe how big my kids are getting. This is Kris freshman year in high school, Daniel is a 5th grader and Jennie is in Kindergarten. Can you guys believe how big they are getting? I definitely cried when I drop them off from school. I know not to cry in front of them because they’ll say that I’m being uncool lol.  

I wish time can stop and let me enjoy my babies. They are just growing up too fast. At least I have the twins that are babies but before you know it, they’ll be starting school too. I should not think about that, I’ll end up crying again lol lol.

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September 11th, 2019 - Jennie Learning How To Ride A Bike🚲

Hey guys, it’s Eric. I know it’s been awhile since you guys heard from us. Life has been very busy. I’ve been working a lot and the kids been in school and doing their after school activities. Also, Nyla is doing great working from and the twins are doing.

Since I’ve been pretty busy these couple of days, it’s been really hard for me to teach Jennie how to ride her bike but finally today, I had time. We went to the park and we started.

At first, she was scared but then she started to get brave once she got the hang of it. I thought she was doing great so I let go of the bike  and then 5 seconds she fell. She had a little scratch on her knee and cried a little. I told her that we can stop if she wanted to but  she wanted to keep going. So she got back on the bike and kept on trying until she finally knew how to ride a bike.

That’s one of the many things I love about her, she’s not a quitter lol.

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June 11, 2019 - Ice Cold Lemonade🍋🍹

Hey guys, it’s Eric. How is everyone? I hope everyone is okay. We’re doing pretty good. It’s summer break for the kids and you know they are excited and loving every minute of summer break. They want to do so much stuff over the summer, especially Daniel and Jennie, but they don’t have the money to. Nyla and I give the kids allowance but apparently that’s not enough for Daniel and Jennie lol.

Since it was such a hot day today, Daniel and Jennie decided to sell lemonade to raise more money to do stuff over the summer. Nyla helped them make the lemonade and I helped built the stand. They got a lot of people to come out and get lemonade. Our neighbors had some and even cars driving pass our house wanted some.

They earned 20 dollars which they split between each other. They are planning on doing this tomorrow which is very shocking. They crazy thing about it is that they didn’t ask Nyla and I for the money, they went straight to trying to figure out how to make their own money. I guess I have some independent kids lmao.

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May 21, 2019 - Kids Cook Dinner🍕

Hey guys, it’s Nyla. How have you been? I’ve been doing okay now. Last week was the worst because I’ve been throwing up the entire week. You would think that I’ll be pass the morning sickness phase by now but nope. The kids realize that I’ve been having a hard week, so they decided to cook me dinner. They asked me want I was craving for. I told them pizza, which I really was craving for but I also knew that it would be easy for them to cook. Kris did most of the cooking while Daniel and Jennie helped. The pizza was amazing actually. I told them they should open up a pizzeria lol. I’m still pretty stunned that the kids did all of this for me. It always makes me so happy to see the kids do little stuff like that for me. I love them so much.

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April 30, 2019 - Jennie The Ballerina🥿🎀

Hey guys it’s Eric blogging. How’s everyone been doing? Great? I sure hope so. We’re doing great over here. Everyone is doing great in school and in their after school activities and Nyla and I are working hard too (Nyla not working too hard because of the babies)

Since Jennie turned five, she went up in her ballet class. She was kind of scared to move up but her coach told her that she’s more than ready to move up. One she started the class, she started to love it and made more friends at ballet practice. Today, after practice, she went straight into her room and started practicing on her ballerina bar. I’ll actually come in her room and watch her practice. Just to see the passion on her face and see how hard she’s practicing is very inspiring. I can definitely see her becoming a ballerina in the future. That is her goal lol.

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April 15, 2019 - Jennie’s ‘Frozen’ Party🎂❄️👑

Hey guys, it’s Eric. I’ve been so busy last weekend that I forgot to post about Jennie’s ‘Frozen’ 5th birthday party! Jennie absolutely love Disney Princesses but her all time favorite is Elsa (even though technically Elsa is a queen). Nyla decided since Jennie loves Frozen, we should make her birthday all about Frozen. Even though Nyla is pregnant, she went all out with planning Jennie’s birthday and making it perfect. I told her if her engineer job goes bad, she can always be a party planner. Jennie and her friends from school and from her ballet class fell in love with the party. Jennie’s friends all dressed up as their favorite Disney Princess and took pictures. We also surprised the girls with having Elsa and Anna actually show up to the party. Elsa and Anna took pictures, read to them and even had tea with girls. After the party was over, Jennie told us she had a incredible birthday party which made Nyla and I so happy. Nothing but the best for our big girl!

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May 28, 2019 - Kris’s 8th Graduation👨🏻‍🎓🎓

Hey guys, it’s Eric. It’s been a minute since I posted. Nyla has been keeping up to date with our family though. Today is an emotional yet exciting day. Kris has graduated from 8th grade. He we talk about how fucking big he’s getting. Like I’m not prepared for this. I’m going to have a freshman in my household! Like a fucking high schooler!! Lol sorry for my language, I just can’t comprehend how big my son got.

His graduation was very nice. He graduated with A honor roll and got an award saying he’s most likely to be president which I can see lol. When Kris got his diploma, the whole family yelled. We totally embarrassed him but he’s very used to it now lol. Nyla and I are so proud of him and can’t believe how fast he’s growing. Geesh, who said it gets easier when they grow up? It feels like it’s getting harder lol

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May 14, 2019 - Bowling Time🎳

Hey guys, it’s Eric. How’s it going? I hope everyone is well. I haven’t posted this week since it’s been a very busy week. Nyla has been throwing up a lot this week (I thought the throwing up stage was over but nope lol). This week I’ve been having to take the kids to school and pick them up from school, which is no problem to me just had to switch mt work schedule with a co-worker. One thing I love about being a nurse is that everyone understands what’s Nyla going through. Everyone understood about me changing my schedule and didn’t complain about it.

Today is a somewhat busy day, Jennie has ballet class and Kris trains for baseball even though the baseball season is over. So instead of going home with Daniel, I decided we just go hang out at the bowling alley. We bowled until Jennie and Kris’s practice was over. Daniel loves bowling and it’s been awhile since we hung out with just the two of us. It was good to just spend time with him. We talked about school and his art and joked around. I can tell he had a lot of fun

I always try to make time for each individual kid. It may be hard since I have three and it’s going to be harder when the twins come around but I always make sure that each kid know that I love them and that I will do anything for them<3