Mac's Families

Em wrote:

Aw,  It can be easy to get caught up. Try not to put too much pressure on yourself. Not every sim couple has to fit the criteria. Like Sugah said just share them in the other thread instead of this one. You might have to remind yourself that those other pairs are not less special or interesting and there's not anything different about them (even though it might feel like it.)

Well said, dear Em. Thank you for sharing that and I agree with everything you said.  

So many precious toddlers, Mac!
I can't wait to see them as they grow.
Well done!

What a difference a change in hairstyle makes! I think she was still a hottie pre-makeover though with that red dress and strappy red shoes. Your makeover though really makes her stand out.

Your Swiss Family Robinson is very cute too. I love the toddler hugging animation. I caught a couple of my twin toddlers doing that not too long ago, but I wasn't fast enough on the pause button to catch a screenshot.

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It might be something to do with custom eyebrows and how they fit on a toddler's face, vs. how they fit on an adult face?

Maybe. But I've had some sims who didn't grow out of it. Maybe it's a mix of custom eyebrows from one parent and brow shape from the other.

Em's Jade and Alistair  have a little girl, Janelle. (You can see her athletic talents as a baby in the Strange Game Occurrences [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]) More on her as she grows up.

Beautiful family!

They are a beautiful family, as Em said. I can't wait to see more of Janelle.

Toni's handsome Nicklas (Trout) and Ari's lovely Darcy (Trout) had a little girl Shelly Winters Trout. You can see her as a toddler and child [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. It includes the replacement of her "Groucho Marx" eyebrows. She became a pretty teenager, as you can see here with her mom and dad. She obviously has her dad's coloring, even though she has blonde hair (which neither of her parents have.) I gave her the middle name "Winters" both in honor of the actress and of Ari's novel.


She's now a college gal and looking at an Athletic/Fitness career. (She's Popularity/Gemini)

Aw!! She is so cute now without the Groucho eyebrows!! Great job!

Wow! Some nice lookin' offspring around these parts! I love this project. Wish I had time to participate, but I haven't even been in my main (real) game in months, much less have time to start something new! But I'm enjoying simming vicariously through you and the Offspring Project Gang!

You're bound, when you combine a simmie by Toni and a simmie by Ari, to get someone really lovely!  (Love your creations!)

BTW, I had Lorelei and Casper all lined up to produce some really pale offspring but then Caleb's Tamara came along with three bolts!

There's no denying the power of those three bolts!!!

We'll have to find another pale fella for Lorelai!  I'll see what I come up with!

Shelly turned out very pretty, and she looks like a friendly girl. I'm sure she'll have no problem achieving her popularity goals!

Shelly grew into a lovely young lady. She sounds like a fun girl and I bet she would have a great time in university.

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You're bound, when you combine a simmie by Toni and a simmie by Ari, to get someone really lovely!

Note [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that Toni's Kirk swept Tamara off her feet    before Casper really had a chance. Casper may yet end up with Lorelei and produce those ghastly pale offspring.

Some updates on my offspring. I usually wait until the kids are at least toddlers before posting. Caleb's Brandon and Elle's Jacqui ( to both of you!) had a daughter Connie. Note that Jacqui started out as a teen, daughter to single mom Cleo (also by Elle). Both Brandon and Jacqui are in the Artist career - and maybe Jacqui got her start as a performance artist when she was a teenager, at least this [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] might indicate so. Here are Brandon and Jacqui with the toddler Connie.


And then with Connie as a child. Connie is already a sharpshooter in hoops - you don't want to play H-O-R-S-E with her! College scouts are already prowling and she has great grades. When she becomes a teen, I'll take care of the Groucho eyebrows


Peter (by Jen  ) and Octavia (by SimEm  ) have a son Drake. He's a budding scientist


And then there's Toni's Rafael and Ulli's Veronica.   to both creators. A word about Veronica, just about all the created femsimmes on this site rate a   , but Veronica rates     Rafael is at the top of the Dance career and Veronica is an up-and-coming model (doh). Rafael and Veronica have twins, a boy and a girl: Kyle and Suzanne. Twin toddlers are a handful and I'm still involved with this family - Rafael and Veronica have been kept on the run. To do this pic, I used "Pose" for the grownups and then tried crawling the toddlers into place. It was like herding cats! It took me around 4 tries to get the pic!  

Thanks for sharing your Brandon and Jacqui with daughter Connie, Peter and Octavia with son Drake, Raael and Veronica and the twins Kyle and Suzanne! Great job on the picture! Its very hard to get good ones but you have certainly managed!

I've never seen that particular piece of performance art before; it's pretty funny.

Brandon, Jacqui and Connie are a nice little family, and the Groucho eyebrows don't even look that bad on Connie.

As Sandy said, you got some great pictures. I like how it appears Drake is telling his dad about something, Peter looks interested and happy about whatever it is, and Octavia is looking lovingly at Peter.

Karyn Tatum ( Elle) and Kishu ( Toni) had a little girl, Tammi Tatum. Both Karyn and Kishu are in the Pharmaceutical Sales career - starting out by waltzing into docs offices with suitcases full of notepads, pens, and samples. (I'm reminded of the immortal song of Tom Lehrer: The Old Dope Peddler "He gives the kids free samples..." I was in junior high in 1953-1954 when Tom Lehrer's first record came out. The dad of a friend of mine worked on Madison Avenue in NYC, so my friend was always on top of everything new and outrageous. Regarding the Old Dope Peddler song - my parents did not approve! Karyn and Kishu now are at the top of the career with their own pharmaceutical companies. See [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] for several takes on Elle's Karyn - from shy to "hottie"


You can see an earlier pic of Tammi as a toddler with mom and dad [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Tammi grew up into a teenager...


But rather than going into pharma sales, she wants to go into pharma research. She turned into quite a swot and had some help from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in studying mechanics - and made a friend, too!


She's now in university. She arrived with level 5 in Logic, Charisma, Mechanical, and Cleaning! She should go far!

It looks like Tammy gets her coloring from her dad, but her features seem to be a mix of both her parents. Cool! I'm sure she'll do well at University, and she's already making friends.

Tammy is an adorable-at all ages-born in game Sim!! Will look forward to seeing her as an adult!

Your families are so interesting, Mac! Tammi is a beaut! I guess she must be very popular at Uni :)

I admire you patience with getting you families in groups for pictures! I usually use "Move objects on"

Elle's Kaespre and Ulli's Johannes had twin girls. Here's a pic from an earlier thread


Here the twins are as children. That's Cassie on the left and Callie on the right. The first pic is a "before" shot. The second shows Cassie reskinned. The third final shot shows them both reskinned. I used a hack by Christianlove which allows you the change skins of sims in the game. The final skin for them is "Anva Skintone Pale"


Two lovely young ladies having an early breakfast before their first day of high school


And here's another shot of them. That's Callie on the left. She's Knowledge/Pisces and has an interest in science. Cassie on the right is Family/Aries. She has a hobby of Music/Dance and is pretty enough for a career as a ballerina.


To Elle and Ulli Many many thanks for Kaespre and Johannes!

Mac Great family pics! I agree with you-they look a lot better with the new skintones. i wonder why the original ones were so "odd"?

Kaespre's hair is breathtaking beautiful! Cassie and Callie turned out two gorgeous ladies! I really like them with the new skintone.

I do not have Christianlove's hack. Can you tell me where I can find it, please? Thank you!

MaAlet I think this is the link you need (note - there are two different files here, the sim cloner is something else)

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Yes, Kaespre's hair is amazing - She is amazing! (Yaaaay Elle!) The twins got dad's hair although it appears that Callie has brown hair and Cassie has black. I have no idea where the sallow jaundiced skin tone came from.

Thanks Mac for the link, this is good to know :)