Nyx's Sim Stories

 Oliver's POV Dad finally mastered the guitar. He's a real virtuoso with the instrument. He's been playing it practically his whole life, and he's finally at the point where there's nothing left to learn. On the opposite end of that spectrum, the girls still have everything to learn, including talking. Calliope and I still take turns teaching them their basic skills, but I want to be the one to teach Sophie her first words.  With so much going on at work and taking care of two small children, I needed a break. So I decided to go down to the summer festival on my own. I played soccer with a stranger I met at the park. Apparently, soccer has been really popular lately for some reason.  I also got roped into a water balloon contest with Sam, Bella, and Helli0n Sw0rd of all people. Sam and Bella kicked our asses, but that's only because Helli0n wouldn't stop taunting them instead of actually throwing any water balloons... So it turns out that the blonde woman I ...

 Oliver's POV I'm so glad that Dad is still around. I know he won't be around forever, but I love that he's able to develop a relationship with all his grandkids. Now that he can basically just perform whenever he wants, he has a lot of free time, and he spends quite a bit of it with Sophie. I spend as much time as I can with the girls as well, as much as work lets me. Sophie especially enjoys playing chess with me. She's even beaten me a few times.  We spent some quality family time together at the fall festival. Little did I know that this would be one of the last happy moments for a while.  Mortimer was there too. He's gone gray since the last time I saw him, but it looks good on him, makes him look distinguished.  I invited Sophie to bob for apples with us, but she would much rather have an ice cream cone.  The first sad thing to happen was Snowball, our beloved cat, passing away. He adopted him as an elderly cat already so the fact he lived as long as he di...