Update on our Lives from Thomas

Warning - nude Sim alert. Open with caution. If you are new to this blog - these characters were introduced as orphans in the first story.

Sam likes sculpting sans garments. He claims it's more inspiring that way.

Well, it is inspiring sight from this angle. I'm not sure how it inspires Sam but neither AJ nor I will complain.

I finally picked a career of interior design. It will let me get around, visit people and their homes. And make this town a prettier place one house at a time.

So I'm alternating between practicing drawing and researching design. I need a lot of skill to make the clients really happy.

AJ spends a lot of time out fishing. She's selling most of the fish but a few make the dinner table - or would if we could afford a dinner table.

One of my first jobs and the client is Kelly. She wanted a nursery added to the house...hmm...she doesn't look like she needs one but who knows?

AJ seemed remarkably pleased by her latest painting. It's different, I'll grant you that.

Sam decided to try his first ice sculpture. Actually, the first thing he did was try licking the ice and had his tongue stuck for a couple of minutes. Fortunately, it did eventually unstick.

Our relationships are all still strong. Hard to believe that our family of three is working out so well.

Soon to be a family of 4. We've refinished the downstairs, added a crib and a few other necessities for a baby/toddler.

We do swap beds and sleeping partners sometimes. No reason to make one of us always sleep alone.

Sam's first ice sculpture is a real beauty.

Sam had a chat to me about his want to adopt a child. He's happy as anything about the baby that AJ is carrying but he wants to help another get out of the orphanage.

I was worried. We really live on a thin margin. It's getting better as we learn more. Still cash is not plentiful.

Sam persuaded me that it's the right thing to do. Sigh, he is still my hero. Just as much as he was the day we met. If anyone can make it work, it will be Sam.

AJ and I better enjoy the view while we can. I expect that nudie sculpting will be a thing of the past when there are children here.

Sam finished his latest work and then rang the orphanage.

And so Seth Grant joins our little family. His paperwork says he's Sam's son since Sam made the call. AJ and I will be there too, he's joining our whole family.

The kid made a beeline to Sam to thank him.  Of course, we all remember the orphanage too well. Getting out early was the happiest day of my life.

There's a new bed downstairs not far from the crib for Seth. And we still have a little money for emergencies. As long as they are small emergencies. I still worry about the money.

He's learning painting with us first. AJ hopes to take him fishing soon after the baby is born.

Sam seems to be inspired by the idea of a baby.

Andrew Anderson, my son with AJ, the second boy in our home.

After the Orphanage

I know that Sam has been kissing AJ.  It's wonderful to see the two of them with that happy first romance glow.

Then at long last, I become an adult too. I celebrate the occasion with the two people I hold most dear.

The Orphanage - Part 6

The next week of my life was misery.  I wasn't sleeping well. I wasn't eating well. I was very despondent since Sam left. I only have two friends in this world and who knows when I'll see Blue again.

AJ is here for me, I know that. But she'll leave here long before I do and it's not going to be the same. By the time I'm old enough to move out, they'll have lives of their own. Homes, jobs, families, no time for old friends at all. I can see it now.

The Orphanage - Part 5

AJ is so very pretty.  I can appreciate it now that I'm a bit older.   Especially now that I've met the other teen girls in town.  AJ is by far the best.  I know I used to think of her as a sister, however I think it's a good thing that she's not.

Sam dreams of love, I dream of pain.  His thoughts are far healthier than mine.

The Orphanage - Part 4

Sam must have seen the look in my eyes when he became a teenager.  The first thing he did was reassure me that he was still Blue.   He's so much bigger than me now.

The Orphanage - Part 3

The days all flow together after awhile.  We go to school, we go home, we do homework, we eat, we sleep and it starts all over again.

We do get tiny snippets of time, stolen moments of fun. And there are the weekends, when we can have some fun.  Working our bake stand, going to the local pool, playing with toys or games.  I was looking forward to summer holidays, all the kids at school talked about what their plans were. Weeks of just play, no homework and no school.  It sounds so wonderful.

The Orphanage - Part 2

My first meal in the Orphanage was less then wonderful.  Miss Polly burnt the Mac n Cheese.  But it's that or go hungry.  I'll take the burnt dinner.  Trevor cut in front of me and Sam but I think he was just too hungry to notice the pipsqueaks as he calls us.

Sam told me a secret later.  Big rough Theodore wears bunny slippers.  I wonder how he got them?

The Orphanage - Part 1

My name is Thomas Leman.  I'm an orphan.  I don't even remember having parents, I've been at the adoption agency since I can remember. I asked a few times about my parents but every time got a different story.  I think they must have left me in a dumpster or something.

Today, I was moved from the agency to an orphanage.  This is bad.  Very bad.  If you end up here, you're old enough that your odds of being adopted are tiny.  We all know it.  In theory, we can be adopted but in practice, this is my home until I'm old enough to live on my own.