#definitely gonna be making some mall trips once it's okay to congregate again!

[victorluvsalice]

We’ve come to Day 6 of our time with the McFly family -- perfect time for a double birthday, is it not? Yes as I said at the end of my last update, I’m doing some aging up in this save file, and that includes Marty and Jennifer! Look, they have two school-age children now -- they’re past being Young Adults, no matter what the game’s Long lifespans say.

Of course, being a benevolent Sim God (mostly), I wasn’t going to age them up without something to mark the occasion. So, once the kids had finished their morning playtime and were off to school, I had Jennifer whip up a cake, and phone up Victor, Wheatley, Emmett, Nikal, and Eric to see if they’d be interested in attending a dual birthday party for her and Marty over at Discotheque Pan Europa in Windenburg!

. . .and then I ended up doing it all again because the first time I tried this party, there was a raging thunderstorm in Windenburg, Victor and Wheatley mysteriously vanished shortly after arriving, and Jennifer started eating the cake before I could set it out with the candles. -.- Pro-tip: if you’re making a cake to bring to another location for a party, put the candles/topper on it FIRST. If your Sim is the least bit hungry, they’ll start chowing down straight from their inventory. Ugh. . .

Anyway, the second go-round, as you can see, went way better. The weather was nicer, all the guests actually stayed to chat, and I was able to improve upon everyone’s favorite dance club with an arcade machine! I actually haven’t used this four-player monster much in my game, so it was interesting to actually put some Sims on it and see what resulted. It -- looks really fun! Reminds me of those multi-player arcades you get at places like Dave & Busters. :) I mean, yeah, we still need single-player versions of these machines, but as a party activity for the gang (and a way to fulfill the “have Sims play a game” goal), it certainly worked out just fine!

But surely getting the arcade on wasn’t the only thing everyone did at this party. . .