Open Arms

Round 6: October 2012 (Autumn)

Carlos Rodriguez is 47, Sofia is 44 and Angel is 7.
(Brian Robinson is 10 and Duane Grier is 7)
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Narrated by Sofia

Things have really been going well for me at my salon since I opened it a couple of years ago.  I'm in such a great location that I'm always booked.

With the increased traffic, I finally decided to hire another stylist. Her name is Jenna and she's fresh out of cosmetology school.

So far, she's working out great. She had no problem jumping right in and I haven't heard any complaints.

I also decided to branch out a little by selling beauty and hair products right in the salon and they've been a huge hit.

I didn't realize how difficult it'd be keeping up with the inventory but I'm making it work.

But I did decide to hire a local teenager to help keep the salon clean while I manage the rest.

Opening this salon was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I really love meeting new people and I've become fast friends with a lot of my regulars.

Getting Biskit has been really good for Angel, I think. He loves Biskit to death and has been taking great care of him.

Angel's very good at keeping Biskit fed and his bed clean but he's taking on more responsibility around the house, too. He has always picked up after himself but now he helps recycle the old newspapers.

And even helped rake the leaves after he and his buddy played in them all afternoon. I hope he continues to be this helpful when he becomes a teenager, but we have a while until we have to think about that.

Angel was so excited when Halloween came around this year. Carlos told him that I'd take him out trick-or-treating and he could invite his friends along too, if he wanted. He couldn't wait to invite his buddies Brian and Duane.

They all were pretty amped up about it and even coordinated their costumes. They dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter books and it was just too cute for words.

They were so rowdy before we went out trick-or-treating that I really dreaded how crazy they'd be after eating mass quantities of candy. I don't know why I agreed to take 3 young boys out trick-or-treating but I'll make Carlos do it next year.

It actually wasn't bad. The boys were well behaved the whole time we were out and seemed pretty pleased with their full bags when we got home. I'm glad I didn't agree to a sleep over. Brian and Duane are loud as it is without adding sugar into the mix.

Notes:
-I started to feel really bad for Sofia this session. She's a Popularity sim and her aspiration is always in the low green due to wanting to become friends with all her customers. I never used to let my sims become friends with downtownie spawn but since she doesn't have any friends and my townies aren't full of plate-eaters, I'll let her go ahead. The salon can be her social outlet.
-More reasons to love little Angel! He's very neat so he always autonomously cleans up after everyone. He didn't rake autonomously but he was out there mopping up Biskit's pee. So, close enough lol.
-I really wanted an alien costume for Angel since he's really into sci-fi and paranormal stuff but I couldn't find anything for children. But matching Harry Potter costumes seemed like a cute idea for these boys. Angel would definitely read those types of books, and Brian and Duane have some interest in wizards and such, too.