I feel like this sums up college life quite nicely.



Ren says bye-bye to the kitten that's about to be taken to the adoption center.



Little Quinn is a knowledge sim in the making. All she wants are skill points, skill points and more skill points!



In a rare turn of events for this household, the men are out at work and the women stay home all day. Sophie and Marsha take the time to do some bonding.

It's Paul's first day of first grade and he wants to make sure to start it off right!



After being pummeled with a football thanks to his cousin Nicole, he spends his afternoon fascinated by the ants in their little ant farm.



Lucas and Emma receive a surprise guest for lunch--Lucas's dad, Emil.



After discovering his OTH--Fitness, quite compatible with his wife's Sports OTH--Lucas decides to do some yoga. In the middle of the street. He's lucky I keep forgetting to put down the traffic shrubs.

As they've come back to their parents' house for the day to attend their brother's wedding, Emil's younger sons greet old family and new. Lucas plays razzle with the family's dear old dog, and Michael tosses his little niece around.



This family is full of skilled musicians, but Emma, who has never touched a guitar in her life, has decided to be the afternoon's entertainment. The family, good-natured as they are, tip her regardless.



It seems that the Agnarsson family can't get enough of Quinn--she's been passed around to just about everyone. Reed takes some time to make sure Nicole isn't feeling left out, what with no longer being the youngest one at family gatherings.



It took until late at night and they're both already in their pajamas, but the newlywed couple is finally alone together.

It's the morning of Keith and Marsha's wedding, and Marsha happily reunites with her daughter, spending the time before the guests arrive cuddling and kissing and playing with her.



For this wedding, since the house is already equipped to handle toddlers, I've decided to invite along Quinn's toddler cousins (well, second-cousins). That's Quinn in the front, then Ren, who just aged to toddler in the last household, then Paul, who'll be a child in the next household, and finally Olivia, who, even though she's technically older than Paul, won't be a child until after Paul's first day of school.



Olivia spends most of her time at the party occupied with the xylophone. Can you blame her? She doesn't have one of her own.



Michael absolutely adores his niece. The feeling is mutual.

Scott Boyle watches his new mamas dance together.



He's in for a happy life, that's for sure.

Even in the early morning, even going on six months pregnant, Julia's quite dedicated to her work as a roboticist.



Lucas and Emma's wedding guests immediately find entertainment once the ceremony is over.



Nicole is excited that her new auntie has the same hobby that she does.



Ah, what a happy couple. No idea where Lucas got that outfit, though.

In the middle of the night, two puppies are born--and they're too adorable. Meet Dixie and Max, and their mama, Ally.



Marsha gets a call from Julia and immediately they both start yammering on about their babies.



Michael is loving being an uncle. "It's okay, Quinn, Mommy and Daddy will be back soon. Til then, I'll play with you!"



With Ren's mom and grandma at work, and his dad busy running his flower shop, the task of nanny falls to Grandpa Doyle. He's a family sim, so he doesn't mind in the least.

Since Keith graduated this rotation and his fiance Marsha won't be graduating until next rotation, they decided that he should take their daughter Quinn with him to move into his parents' house, so Marsha can really focus on her final semester. Keith and Marsha will be getting married tomorrow, but until then, it's Daddy-Daughter Day!



As soon as Keith looks away, though, Quinn finds a new friend. A friend that beeps!



Keith grumbles to himself that these things break too easily. Quinn doesn't care--she's already moved on to the xylophone. Isn't it nice how Daddy already had so many toys for her! (He saved every one from when he and his brothers were kids, after all.)



At dinner, Quinn wonders what the grown-ups are talking about. Her grandma Sophie is just happy to have company over dinner, as her husband works evenings.

For some reason Doyle was refusing to come downstairs, stomping out a full queue twice while I was taking care of the rest of the household. Finally I went up to see why and...



I...I can't even be mad at this.

Reed's found a new hobby. And is now determined to sew gifts for EVERYONE.



Paul likes the fishies in the living room.



When you're the only kid in the whole school, you have to find some sort of entertainment for yourself. Nicole can't wait til her cousins are here too--playing soccer by yourself is too boring, and Auntie Ingrid isn't very good at it.



Beating her at rock-paper-scissors is always fun, though.

Nicole works hard on her first homework assignment from her aunt's school. She's the only one attending right now, but soon all her little cousins will be there too!



Sophie gives Gabriel some advice on the importance of continuing to date the person you're married to. "Before you know it you'll have kids and careers and no time together!" Gabriel thinks, We're kind of already there.



I've finally managed to set up a double-bath with that new mod. It...doesn't look very comfortable.



Little Olivia's family may be poor, but she's unaware. She spends her first morning as a toddler hard at work on a masterpiece.

When Holly asked for an easel, and I obliged to see if she'd roll a want to adopt like Ingrid did, I put it on the back porch so she could be inspired by nature. I did not expect her to be so inspired that she'd go out and start painting it in the middle of her wedding party.



It's cute when couples have matching aesthetics.



Julia's wedding guests found some...interesting forms of entertainment. This was the first of four pillow fights at the event. Hey, Julia and Orlando are already parents and Julia's trying to set up a robot shop, so their furniture is pretty bare-bones!



"Hey you! Cook! Run and tell Keith that his daughter is here!"

The first baby to be born on-campus has arrived. Little Olivia Agnarsson is cuddled by her mother. She didn't spend a whole lot of time on campus though--Julia only had four hours til her final final here.



Another new arrival, Paul, and Julia's cousin, Gabriel, have a little father-son naptime.



At Julia's twin sister Ingrid's wedding, the guests gather around to eat cake and chat and...what the hell are you wearing, Randy? You...you don't even have shoes! 



Being the only kid at a party full of grown-ups doesn't mean you can't have any fun! Nicole happily bounced on Ingrid and Holly's new bed for hours.

Now that the snow is gone (unlike in real life) it's time to do everything outside again. *sigh* I just love the feel of a summer party.



As Finnian looks on at his aunt and uncle, he thinks to himself, "I hope Reed and I are like that when we get to that age."



Nicole insisted on baking a cake for her auntie before she went to bed. Genesis watches fondly and hopes her own child will be this cute.
(Nicole's swimwear is an ah, unintended side-effect of my child clothing mod. I like the everydaywear effect, but this is...
Ah well. Let's say she didn't have a swimsuit so her dad pulled out his old one. She's only like five anyway.)



It's always interesting to see who the hot tub crowd is at these parties. This time it's Finnian's brother Gabriel, their cousin Ingrid, and Ingrid's twin sister's fiance Orlando.