Chapter 351

Happy birthday, Theo!

Elyse: "Hooray for birthdays!"

Conner: "I love birthdays!"

(It's also Conner's birthday, but the game decided to refuse to pause when I tried to get a picture of him blowing out the candles.)

Theo aged up into a teen!

Conner aged up into a child!

Conner: "Max stinks!"

Elyse: "It's all those puddles he's always jumping in!"

Thankfully, Servo is here to help out!

Servo: "Am I being appreciated for once?"

Cody is burnt out from work once again.

Cody: "Programming isn't easy, okay?"

Homework time!

Cody is super close to maxing out the videogaming skill! He decided to do a gaming livestream.

Oop- the poor telescope was struck by lightning at some point and I just noticed!

Cody has an audience in both his gaming livestream and in real life!

Cody: "Oh, come on! That was @#$%!"
Theo: "Did you just shout forbidden words, dad?"

Zaylee: "Nothing like some tuna casserole before a night jog."

Zaylee: "Let's go, Max!"

Max: *BARK, BARK!*

Zaylee: "Where are you going, Max?"

Max: "Do you have dog treatz?"

Max: "Wait, my tail is chasing me!"

???: "Hahaha! No treats, just pets!"

Zaylee: "Sorry about that, I guess he really likes you."

???: "I'm glad at least someone does."

Zaylee: "Hahaha!"

Zaylee: "Wait... what do you mean? Do sims not like you?"

Ian: "They tend to think I'm super cringe because I like corny puns. I'm Ian, by the way."

Zaylee: "I'm Zaylee. Nice to meet you."

No one even noticed that Max made it all the way home by himself?

Zaylee: "Hey! You made my dog run away, he must have realised you're cringe!"

Ian: "That's not nice!"

Aren't you supposed to be asleep?

Preslie: "I'm awake past my bedtime! Yay!"

Stella: "We're also awake past our bedtime!"
Theo: "This is awesome!"

These two decided to autonomously lay down and stargaze.

Ian: "Let's get this "star"-ted! ...Get it?"
Zaylee: "Uh... anyway... that star is so bright!"

Zaylee: "You see that star? That's actually not a star, it's Sixam."
Ian: "Wow, that's super interesting."

Nothing to see here, just a lady rolling on by in her formal wear.

I guess this picnic blanket is a little more comfortable than the ground.

Ian: "BLT's? You're bacon me crazy!"

Zaylee: "No pun about the fries on the side?"

Ian: "Just fry and stop me making a pun about those!"

Zaylee: "The puns just never stop, do they?"

Those BLT's that popped up out of nowhere must have been delicious!

Zaylee: "I may have jogged here, but I'm riding my bike home."

Zaylee: "Ugh, I need to tinkle!"

Servo is up before the crack of dawn meal prepping for the Parsons yet again.

Zaylee's alarm clock woke her up pretty early, even though she wasn't home until late last night.

Zaylee: "Oh, hey! I got a text from Ian! He wants to meet in the same spot as yesterday for a surprise..."

Ian: "I can't wait for her to see it!"

Zaylee: "Ian! This is adorable!"

Flirty heart cookies? I guess he's trying to send a message.

Zaylee: "This is almost as cute as you are!"

Ian: "Are you flirting with me? That was un-egg-spected!"

Zaylee: "Why the egg pun? There's no eggs here!"

Ian: "I guess you're right. Man... I just blew it, didn't I?"

Townie: "Hey, neighbor. Can I have some food?"

Zaylee: "Go away."

Ian: "That was mean... but I like it."

Nothing to see here, just Servo taking off into space.

Ian: "I also brought some apple nectar!"

Ian: "A glass for the lady first, of course."

Zaylee: "How thoughtful!"

Zaylee: "This has been such a great picnic."

Ian: "I'm glad you liked it."
Zaylee: "I loved it!"

Ian: "Guess I'm not so cringe, after all."
Zaylee: "You're still cringe... but I like it."

*Kiss*

Zaylee: "You're a great kisser!"

Ian: "I am? I never knew!"

Ian: "Care to share a sweetheart box with me?"

Zaylee: "Of course, sweetheart. That was my semi attempt at a pun."

Zaylee: "These chocolate covered strawberries are even better than the flirty heart cookies!"

I guess these two are officially official, now!

Ian: "Would you be-leaf the fun we could have in this leaf pile... hahaha..."

Zaylee: "I'll take you up on that offer."

Ian: "You will?!"

*Kiss*

Of course.

You nasty, nasty sims.

Ian: "I can't be-leaf it-"

You used that pun, already.

Ian: "Couple selfie!"

After that wonderful date, Zaylee needs to get back to working on her university homework.

Elyse: "Are you one of those crazy Parsons spares I've heard so much about?"
Hallie: "They still talk about me?"

Chip: "I have a gift... for me... it's a cat toy."

Of course, the first thing Hallie does when she enters the house is dance.

Hmm... if only there were a dining table.

That would be nice.

Bed time for Preslie!

Cody has finished making his app 'Plumbot'!

Cody: "It's a virtual bot that lets you ask it questions. Pretty cool, right?"

Hooray! Servo has reached the top of the astronaut career in the 'interstellar smuggler' branch!

Next, he'll be joining the business career in the 'investor' branch.

His first task is to research stocks. He'll also be investing $5,000 simoleons while he's at it. Somehow, Servo randomly earns 400k simoleons from "investing" every now and then, I'm wondering if he's done this before in the past?

Preslie: "I don't want to age up."

Happy birthday, Stella!

Happy birthday, Preslie!

Stella aged up into a teen!

Preslie aged up into a child!

It's time for the Forever Friends event! It looks like Blarffy has been replaced by another stuffed animal...

The kids have already discovered the new stuffed animal.

Preslie: "No way! Pixel the Friendly Bear? I've always wanted one of these!"

Preslie is so excited she doesn't even notice that Blarffy has gone missing.

Preslie: "Isn't this the funniest TV show ever, Pixel?"

Preslie: "...and this is another one of my favorite bear toys. Wanna see another one, Pixel?"

The bond with Preslie and Pixel is instant, they're already BFF's!

I found this new crafted item on Plopsy, a Paper Mache!

Wherever Preslie goes, she brings Pixel along with her.

With a new event comes a new collectable item! I can't wait for the Parsons to complete their magnet collection.

The new Paper Maches are so cute. These are the ones the Parsons have purchased from plopsy so far!

Hey, where's Pixel?

Preslie: "You're right, I need to go upstairs and ask what we should do today!"

Ian: "Hey, look at me! Blicblock dance!"

Ian: "It's definitely not cringe. It's awesome."

Zaylee, your boyfriend is inside doing a cringe 'blicblock dance'.

Zaylee: "Should I turn my bike around and ride far away from here?"

Stella is still taking Max for daily walkies!

Preslie: "What should we do today, Pixel?"

Pixel: "I don't know... I know we say we're BFF's, but I know our time is limited. I wish the happy memories we make could live on forever, but I don't know how."

Preslie: "Hmm... maybe I should ask my mom for advice."

Preslie: "Mom! My new Pixel bear said even though we're BFF's, our time is limited and they want our happy memories to live on forever but they don't know how."

Elyse: "Oh, honey. It's okay."

Elyse: "As you get older, you'll have different interests and the memories with your stuffed animals will be just that — memories."

Preslie: "I can't lose my friend, not this soon!"

Preslie: "Looks like I'm going to have to solve this on my own, but first... a snack break."

Preslie: "Time to come up with a plan!"

Preslie: "Lightbulb moment! I have a great idea."

Preslie: "Pixel! I know how to make our happy memories live on forever. We can capture our memories with photos!"

Pixel: "Great idea! Even though one day we'll part ways, this is a way for our memories to live on forever."

After Preslie completing the next few event tasks, another magnet has been unlocked!

Zaylee: "I've been at class all day. University is exhausting!"

Why do I feel like this Paper Mache is poking fun at the Brindleton Bay seagulls...?

Bonnie is here! And dazed, once again.

Bonnie: "This crafted piece of jewelry is awesome, dad!"

Servo: "I'm glad at least someone appreciates it."

Max, why are you hiding from the spaghetti sauce?

Max: "It's so scary!"

Preslie got this cool new digital photo frame from the event! She also purchased a camera to capture her happy memories with Pixel.

Although, Pixel doesn't look too happy right now.

Looks like that's the first picture going into the digital picture frame!

Preslie: "Cheer up, Pixel. We're gonna go to the park!"

Pixel: "We are?"

Elyse brought Preslie down to the Magnolia Blossom park in Willow Creek!

Preslie: "Isn't the park so much fun? Let's take a picture!"

Preslie: "Cheese!"

Pixel: "I love the park, but I know some place that's even better! Sylvan Glade!"

In order to get to Sylvan Glade, Preslie will need to look at this tree 6 times.

Preslie: "Hmm... interesting."

Cody was moments away from maxing out the videogaming skill when this happened!

Cody: "Thank gosh for the fixer bot, am I right?"

Chip: "Why is the dog near my food bowl?"

Chip vs laser pointer!

Chip: "The laser pointer is no match for me."

Hooray! Cody has reached level 10 of the videogaming skill!

N.A.P. Inspector: "That means he's used a whole lot of electricity. Expect a rise in your bills."

Oh, come on!

A secret opening has appeared in the tree!

Preslie has arrived in Sylvan Glade and it's beautiful!

Preslie: "Wow... this is awesome!"

Preslie: "You were right, Pixel! This place is definitely cooler than the park!"

Pixel: "Told ya!"

Another photo captured!

Pixel: "Oh no! The camera lens is broken! How could this happen? Maybe the imagination that makes me real is finally fading away. That's the power of the lens."

Preslie: "No matter what, we'll always have these super happy memories."

Preslie: "Hey, a frog!"

Preslie: "Should we head back home now?"

Pixel: "Great idea! I need a nap."

Back at home, Elyse is going to help Preslie learn to ride a bike!

Preslie: "Woah!"

Elyse: "Good job, Preslie!"

Stella is clearly Max's favorite since she always takes him for walkies.

Hooray! Cody has reached level 10 of the programming career in the eSport Gamer branch!

Since Preslie loves the outdoors, she decided to head to Camp Gibbi Gibbi for the weekend, a kids summer camp!

It's so beautiful here!

They even have a place to make origami and Paper Mache, two of the new skills!

Hopefully Preslie can make lots of friends and happy childhood memories here.

Preslie: "Look at my awesome origami butterfly!"

It is awesome!

Looks like the camp directors are making campers stew... for breakfast.

Now everyone is going to be farting all day.

Camper: "I vote for cereal, instead."

Preslie: "I'm not complaining!"

Preslie: "Hey, where did this doll come from?"
Lil' Monster: "Let's turn those blues into rainbow hues!"

Preslie: "A Lil' Monster ImagineMe Doll? I've always wanted one of these!"

Preslie: "Don't tell anyone, Lil' Monster..."

Preslie: "I'm taking you back home when I leave here."

Isn't that stealing?

Time for outdoor activities! Preslie wanted to try archery, another new skill.

Preslie: "Here goes nothing... maybe I'll get a bullseye!"

...Or not.

Preslie: "Aww, man!"

Preslie: "That didn't happen, okay?"

Camp Counsellor: "Try not aiming towards the ground, instead."

Hey, it worked!

Camp Counsellor: "Always remember to aim towards the target."

No one managed to hit a bullseye today.

Preslie: "My new Lil' Monster doll is the coolest doll ever!"

Preslie: "I wish it were real. Then, we could play hide and seek and rock, paper, scissors."

What the heck?!

Preslie's Lil' Monster doll has turned real! ...In her imagination. No one else can see him except her.

Preslie: "Oh, hey! We're the same height now!"

Lil' Monster: "We sure are! That means we can play rock, paper, scissors just like you wished for!"

Preslie & Lil' Monster: "Rock, paper, scissors, SHOOT!"

Lil' Monster: "Aww, man! I lost!"

Preslie: "It's okay! I'm just happy we're hanging out. You have to meet my other BFF, Pixel!"

It's 1PM. Time for water activities!

Preslie found a kayak!

(I had to purchase this because the camp counsellor refused to get off of the other kayak.)

It's such a beautiful summer's day!

Even Lil' Monster is joining in on the water fun!

As the sun sets, the kids are now roasting marshmallows around the campfire.

Preslie: "I love s'mores!"

This is the only thing they have for dinner, so they'd better enjoy it.

Somehow, even though Lil' Monster only exists in Preslie's imagination, he still appears in photos.

He's back to being just a doll for the night.

What a wonderful first day at Camp Gibbi Gibbi!

Everyone's up bright and early for a new day!

Preslie decided to try and make a smoothie.

She made a rainbow calamity. It looks delicious!

Servo is here to join his next career since he reached level 10 of the business career in the investor branch! Next, he'll be joining the writer career in the journalist branch.

Preslie: "Aww, man. It's impossible to keep learning to ride a bike on the dirt and grass."

Preslie: "Hey, Lil' Monster!"

Lil' Monster: "Hey, hey, hey, Preslie! Did you see those super cool butterflies over there?"

Butterflies! A new collectable!

Preslie: "Steady... steady..."

Preslie: "Got it!"

Preslie: "I just captured the first butterfly for our collection!"

No other Parsons will ever be able to say that. Great job!

Preslie also acquired the entomology skill, another new skill!

This caterpillar should grow into a beautiful butterfly in due time with lots of care.

Preslie, don't go down the metal slide during a heatwave!

(I accidentally clicked the slide, then realized it was a heatwave and tried to stop her, but it was too late.)

Preslie: "Woah!"

Preslie: "AHHH!"

Servo had to come save the day since the camp counsellor decided to continue to swing on the swing right next to Preslie instead of putting her out!

Servo: "I'm the hero of the day. Another fire successfully extinguished."

Camp Counsellor: "There was a fire?!"

Preslie: "Great. Now, I'm singed."

Hey! Bonehilda is the maid in Camp Gibbi Gibbi, too!

Preslie: "You'll never believe what happened today, Lil' Monster! I caught fire from the metal slide and got singed! It was awful!"
Lil' Monster: "Let's turn those blues into rainbow hues!"

Preslie: "Thanks, Lil' Monster! This definitely cheered me up!"

S'mores for dinner, again!

Preslie: "Wanna hear a campfire story? Once upon a time, there was an awesome mermaid..."

Preslie's weekend at Camp Gibbi Gibbi is complete! She had so much fun and even earned the 'Rooted Wanderer' trait. She'll definitely be back next weekend!

Until next time, Camp Gibbi Gibbi.