The Hinckley Legacy Chapter 14 Cass-Anova

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The Hinckley Legacy, Chapter 14: Cass--Anovaby

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Generation 6 of the Hinckleys continues to grow...

Originally uploaded to thesims2.com Exchange on October 24, 2008


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Hello everyone and welcome back to the Hinckley Legacy for Chapter 14: Cass--Anova!

When we last met Lana had just found out that she was pregnant for the third time, Don was

teaching Ed how to garden, and Cass had just learned how to talk! We're going to pick up thestory right where we left off, and Lana our 5th generation heiress is going to continue to narratefor you all. If I have any comments to add in addition to Lana's narration I will add themunderneath her text on the slide underneath "-----" and in italics. I hope you enjoy the chapter!

So without further ado, Chapter 14: Cass--Anova


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Since we last spoke Ed has developed an impressive green thumb.* He's moved on from justweeding and watering to planting some tomatoes as well. Ed really loves to be outdoors gettinghis hands dirty.

-----*Ed has gained a bronze badge in gardening.


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To go along with his fascination with plants, he's been reading everything he can put his handson -- learning more about the world around him.*-----

*Ed has taken an interest in learning how to clean, he already has 6 cleaning skill points.


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Cass continues to be our little ray of sunshine. Don has been helping Cass make the transitionfrom crawling to walking. I found them tonight in the kitchen, Cass walked the whole length ofthe room to Don!*

-----*Don taught Cass how to walk


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With another little one on the way, I've been kicking back and trying to cherish the last fewdiaper free months. It's been wonderful having Cass potty trained... and I'm not going to lie, I'mnot looking forward to thatchange. Ivy and I have been talking on the phone a lot lately --

"Ivy! Glad I caught you, how have you been?""Smashing, except for the fact that I desperately need a break! I've been running around like amad woman lately getting Loralie to her soccer practices with Gavin attached to my leg at allhours! The little boy just won't let me alone." - Ivy laughed."I know what you mean," I said looking over at Cass, "although Cass seems to be quite takenwith her Daddy.""Lana, remember when I joked about running away to a deserted island? Let's actually do that.""What?""Oh come on, you and Don have that great vacation house and you've only been to it once! We

need a break, we deserve it."


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"Ivy, I couldn't leave Don alone at home with Cass and Ed, I don't think I'd have a house leftstanding when I came back!"Don was now reading to Cass, "And then the Mommy said something about the Daddy not

being able to keep the house from burning down. Now Cass, isn't the Mommy over reacting abit?""Don! I heard that!""Cass.. the Mommy heard us" Don said while suppressing laughter, little Cass giggled, and Icouldn't stop myself from smiling too."No, no, no Lana, Don'll be fine. Plus we'll just wait until Cass and Gavin are old enough tocome along, and we'll take Loralie and Ed of course, they're both quite responsible.""And the Hinckleys on the way?""You mean the Hinckleys in our respective ovens?" -- Ivy is pregnant right now too...

"Yeah, the buns in the ovens, who's going to watch them?""I think our men are capable enough to take care of them while we're gone."


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I finally found out what Don has been painting these last few weeks, a portrait of me. I neverknew how skilled he was with the paintbrush.*-----

*Don is gaining creativity points for his job, and creating Lana's portrait for the home at thesame time, two birds with one pretty painted stone. ;)


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Cass's new favorite thing to do is to bring me book after book from the shelves in the livingroom, and demand to be read to."...And that's how the little man down by the mountain learned how to sing. The end.""Again! Again!""But Cass... Mommy is tired, aren't you tired?" I asked hoping she would take the bait and godown for a nap."Noooo, read me again."After reading the book to Cass a second and third time, I was finally able to coax her into bedfor a nap.


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Little Corin and I were able to spend a lot of time together getting to know each other while Edwas at school, Don was at work, and Cass was napping. He's got the sweetest little laugh I'veever heard. You know how when you're laughing really hard and then all of a sudden yourlaughs become silent except for your inhaling of breath? No? Well, it's hard to describe butCorin's laugh is sort of like that all of the time, he has a laugh of an old man, stuck in the body ofan infant, so cute.


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Here's another picture of me and Corin, I told you he was adorable... you may be seeing a lot ofproud Mommy pictures from me, just a warning. ;)


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When Ed got home from school, I decided to give him a haircut.* He was getting annoyed withhis hair getting in his eyes, so we made it a bit shorter. Plus, less hair means he'll keep cooler inthe hot weather on vacation.-----*Ed got a long overdue make over, isn't he cute?


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Ed the Man still devotes his spare hours to gardening.* It seems every blue moon when Iactually get some free time to head out into the garden everything is already tended to! I'm gladthat Ed likes to garden, but I'm missing out on gardening myself!-----*Ed has gained a silver talent badge in gardening.


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Tonight is Cass--anova's birthday. Don and I didn't have the time to plan anything big, so it's justgoing to be the 5 of us celebrating. On a totally unrelated subject, do you remember how Edand I used to sing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider"? Well, it turns out that Cass's favorite thing to do* isalso to sing! We're definitely a musical bunch.-----*Cass's predestined hobby is Music & Dance, she shares this hobby with Ed the Man (herbrother), Lana (her mother), and Peter (her grandfather). It really does run in the family which iscool. But I really hope Corin has a different predestined hobby.


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"Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Cass""--ANova!" - Ed added in."Happy birthday, to you!""And many mooooore." Sang Ed with another tagline.


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"Edmund""Please Cass, call me Ed, no one calls me 'Edmund' you know that""Okay Ed, so what's this I hear about a trip to an island? How are we going to get there, wecan't take the train."

"Cass, we be sailin' the rocky seas, tumblin, tossin turnin through the frothy depths of theocean" Ed said with a pirate accent, and a glint in his eyes.

"A ship??! Mommy is that true?""Well, actually sweety, we're going to be going on an airplane.""Moooom you're no fun! I almost had Cass-a-dope-a here believing me!""Cass-a-what-a?!?" Cass screamed back at Ed."Now now you two, finish your cake like the little civilized people I know you have hiding deepdown inside somewhere." -- And here it was, sibling camaraderie, both testing their boundariesseeing how much the other will put up with, and how much I'll put up with for that matter.


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I was glad to find Cass in her room later reading a new book that she got for her birthday. Cassand Ed's little spat was nothing other than sibling taunts and jests.


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It seems Ed isn't too fond of math, I never was either. Fortunately Don has a way with numbersand can explain it to him better than I could.


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Tonight is Corin's first birthday! We are all extremely excited, we've invited a lot of the familyover to celebrate.


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Ed was the first one to head to bed that night. The rest of us ended up staying up pretty late.


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It scared me witless when I saw Corin enter the greenhouse alone!The little guy had woken up, and made his way out to me...


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The peace and quiet didn't last for too long, Corin was starting to get fussy.


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For some reason our maid BJ doesn't go near Risa's cat bowl* while he's here cleaning thehouse. So I decided to clean Risa's bowl before Ed got a chance to do it today. I had a strangefeeling that BJ was staring at me so I decided to head back out to the living room and read for alittle while.-----*Maids are very aggravating to me, why oh why didn't they make it so the maids would pick upsmart milk bottles, clean pet bowls, pet beds, litter boxes and other pet related items.


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"Ivy had the baby??""Yes she did, and he's simply wonderful, a bouncing baby boy.""Wonderful! What'd you name the little guy?""We named him Emmet.""That's a great name, I love it! I can't wait to meet him. I miss you guys.""Well, you'll see us soon enough at Lacey and Sam's wedding.""Oh shoot! That's coming up quickly isn't it?""Yeah, just a week away now."


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Speaking of Ed, he's doing great as well! He has been getting straight A's as well (with somehelp from his Daddy with math), he plays piano in the jazz band, and he's been talking aboutjoining the school dance team. I've been joking with Don that it's because his hormones arestarting to kick in.*----

*Ed is only a few days away from his teen years.


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When Cass and Ed aren't studying their busy spending time with their little brother. Whenever Ican't find all three of them, they're in Cass's room coloring together."Today in jazz band, Nicole asked me to join the dance team...""But Ed, you'd be the only guy! Do you know how much I'd get teased having my brother on thedance team!"

"Nah, it's not like that, I'd be even cooler for it.... Corin! Stop laughing.""Ed is gunna dance" *snort* "Only boy""Corin!" this time it was Cass telling our youngest to stop giggling at his older brother, no matterhow much Ed may get teased, I know Cass would always have his back.


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"I just think it would be fun." - Ed said firmly."Okay, then do it.""I will!"

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And now we're going to take a short break from the main family, for an update on the generationfive spares.


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Speaking of her wedding, here you can see Don, Cass and Ed all dressed up for the ceremony.


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And here's a quick picture of Gavin and Loralie. Ivy and Luke's children. They and their motherIvy will be going on vacation soon with Lana, Ed and Cass. Don't they look cute all dressed up?


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That didn't keep Sam and Lacey from having a great wedding though. They're so cute together!


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Heading on over to Leah and Kaylynn's house, we can see that the twins have grown up.Natalie spends a lot of time these days fixing up this old junker, gaining enthusiasm in herpredestined hobby of tinkering.


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While Maia spends time hunting down boys fulfilling her pleasure aspiration. Oh, he's kind ofcute actually!


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Taking a trip over to Luke and Ivy's home we find a grown up Emmet and Loralie playing awayon their own activity table. Can you tell that its one of my new favorite objects? ;)


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Next stop is Lacey and Sam's house. The couple had both been wanting to get a puppy, so I letthem adopt little Suzi here. I don't usually play sim dogs, so this should be fun.


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And here's the first glimpse of Sam and Lacey's first child, Gabriel.


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He's got red hair and light blue eyes I think. Very cute, little man, little Gabe. Also note Lacey'shumungous nose in the corner of the picture.. I wonder who's schnoz this little guy has.


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So I decided to get Lacey and Sam a butler to see how well they work. So far so good, insteadof feeding a baby with a stinky diaper a bottle like a nanny would, he actually takes Gabe in fora diaper change. I'm impressed.


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Lizzie Hinckley, Lana's younger sister, and Orion Dreamer are still in college at SSU.


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They're madly in love, and doing great with classes, they're now in their second year atuniversity.


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Now that Emmet is a toddler, it's time to get ready for our trip to Twikki Island. So I hopped onthe computer tonight and booked us a flight to leave tomorrow morning. I can't wait!


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Ivy, Loralie and Gavin arrived shortly after us."Lana! Isn't this great! It's so beautiful here!"


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