The Sims 4: The BBF Household, Week 3

For Week 2 with this household, click here.

We are here because of the surname of one of the residents here:

Liberty Lee. Here she is, reading in her room. She is not alone in the house.

 There are also Travis Scott...

...and Summer Holiday.

While I am getting re-acquainted with the Sims in this house, I let them do what they like. For Liberty and Summer, this means taking a picture together with Liberty's mobile phone.

Later on that Monday, Travis returns from work with a promotion to Ace Engineer. All three BBF household members are still on the careers given them by EA, and I am trying to fulfill as many milestones for them as possible.

It is Tuesday already, and the girls are in the kitchen, cooking and mopping the floor respectively. Liberty is always the one I have do repairs, upgrades and (mostly) cleaning, as she seems to enjoy it. The handiness tasks all work towards her milestones. With Summer, it is almost all of the cooking; she works in the culinary career and can make gourmet meals.

When it comes to gardening, nothing has changed since the last time I played here; the flower and vegetable beds are empty except for a bluebell bush and a patch of mushrooms. The BBFs take turns in looking after their plants.

Dina Caliente does not look particularly happy here, does she? Summer, always the aspiring "Friend of the World", invites her in. The two ladies have been good friends for a while.

And indeed Summer manages to cheer Dina up, which results in Dina becoming Summer's first Best Friend.

She meets and greets J. Huntington III, another playable Sim as far as I remember. I think the two of them make a good match, but so far, nothing more than conversation has been happening between them.

Work starts late for Liberty on Wednesday, and she spends part of the morning talking to Olivia Spencer-Kim-Lewis and Pierce Delgato, both playable kids from the neighbourhood. Shouldn't they be at school?

Liberty wants to increase her logic skill. I buy a chess set for the living room and have her play a match against Summer, who is still in her PJs after having worked late last night.

On Thursday morning, Summer practises her charisma in front of her bedroom mirror.

Meanwhile, Liberty repairs the bathroom sink. There is enough money in the household's bank account to pay for the repair service, but Liberty takes pride in doing such things herself.

Dina comes visiting on her own accord. Somehow, though, nobody has much time for her today, and so she leaves after a while.

Travis is the first one up on Friday morning.

It is a beautiful day, and Summer grills veggie burgers out on the back porch.

For Travis, it is the second promotion of this week: He is now Project Manager.

A passers-by catches my eye: Her name is Summer Frost. Frost as in Ellen Frost - remember her as a playable Student from TS2? Travis greets her and invites her in. Looking at her outfit, I suppose she works as a delivery person of some sorts.

When Travis gets up on Saturday morning, he is full of anticipation.

And indeed, Summer Frost - whom he only met yesterday, as far as I know - accepts his invitation to move in! (There is Katrina Caliente in the background.) Now we have two Summers in the house :-)
That is something I like about TS4; moving in can happen much earlier on in a friendship than in TS2.

Bella Goth (red dress) and Chanel Grey (with her back to the camera) have also been walking by and asked to join Travis and Summer for a meal. Summer Frost does not know anybody outside the BBF household yet, so it is nice for her to meet a few more people.

J. Huntington is once again Summer Holiday's guest when she returns from work. He looks as if he is wondering why she has not even removed her black kitchen gloves yet.

The last day of the week is here; Sunday morning, and we find Liberty reading in her bedroom just like she was on Mondy morning.

A glance at all four household members gathering in the kitchen where Summer Holiday has just made breakfast for everyone.

She returns from work later that day with a promotion to Mixologist - hopefully that means the black gloves are gone for good!

It was fun to play this household, although there never seemed to be much time for them outside work; as you have seen, I never even sent them to a community lot. But I added another Sim to my list of playables here; Summer Frost will eventually move out to her own place. So far, she has no job and only got started on her aspiration (it's all about comedy for her).


As nice as it is that Sims can move in so quickly in TS4, it does not correspond with their sleeping habits: Even good friends won't share a double bed. Right now, the BBF house is still set up with three bedrooms: Two double beds for the ladies, and a single one for Travis. I was expecting the friends Summer Holiday and Liberty Lee to share a bed with each other or with Travis, but they won't have it. Therefore, at the moment there is no place for Summer Frost to sleep.