#hazel carpenter

[melsie-sims2]

The girls decided to toss a football around and get to know each other better.

"Did I tell you that I really like your top?" Hazel asked.

"Oh, thanks!" Willa replied softly, looking a little shy about the compliment. "It doesn't really go with my skirt... but what can you do, right?"

"Yeah, it is what it is, at least until we have a boutique. Hey! Maybe one day we could own one together!" Hazel grinned excitedly.

Willa laughed. "Maybe. My mom owns two businesses, so I could learn from her... I just don't know if I'm as good with people as she is."

"Well," Hazel was too excited about their hypothetical business venture that she completely missed catching the football. "You could make the clothes and I could deal with the customers! I've got 8 points in outgoing!"

[melsie-sims2]

Oh no!

Hazel didn't have the want to do her homework last night so her grades slipped a little today.

She's back to being a C student unfortunately.

At least it's Friday so she has the whole weekend to catch up. In fact, I'm pretty sure the next time she'll attend school will be as a teenager!

[melsie-sims2]

Hazel is definitely the popular girl at her elementary school. For the second day in a row she brought a friend home — this time it's Jin Lindquist, one of Daisy and Travis' twins.

Both Hazel and Jin actually have 8 outgoing points. They're also both pretty active and on the more serious side, so they're definitely compatible. We'll have to see if their similar personalities result in romantic chemistry down the line!

"I really need to get my fun up. Do you wanna play red hands with me?" Hazel asked.

"Yeah, sure!" Jin replied.

Jin regretted his decision to play with her a few seconds later. He was so bad at the game, his hands were starting to sting!

[melsie-sims2]

Red hands got boring pretty quickly, so the kids moved on to Hazel's room to have an epic pillow fight.

[melsie-sims2]

Despite doing a little better in school this season, Hazel was still very bothered by her grades. She was still worried about them slipping again.

Fortunately she had a very supportive mother.

"Listen, I know I'm supposed to be a secondary knowledge sim, but... even I have to admit, school isn't everything," she explained. "Sometimes it's just as important to make friends and develop skills at home. Those things will be far more useful to you when you age up than an elementary school grade."

Her words were especially true since the Watcher didn't really like playing with university and probably wouldn't incorporate it in the 'hood anyway.

"I am pretty good at making friends," Hazel smiled. "I'm already best friends with Ronin and I'm on my way to becoming friends with Willa now."

"See? You're doing really well!" Avery grinned proudly.

[melsie-sims2]

Hazel was up a couple of hours before the school bus was supposed to arrive.

Since all of her homework was completed the night before and her needs were all in the green, she had a bit of free time to play on her activity table.

She decided to draw some pictures to put up on her bedroom wall.

It was pretty safe to assume Arts & Crafts wasn't her one true hobby. Maybe she wouldn't end up opening a clothing store after all...

[melsie-sims2]

That's it for the Carpenter family!

Since changing my rotations/seasons to 3 days instead of 5, things have been flying by and it's been so refreshing! I'm sure in bigger households it might end up feeling a bit rushed at times, but so far I don't feel like I neglected any sims too much.

As one of the wealthier families in the 'hood, Avery and her kids had to pay 813 simoleons in taxes and ended the rotation with 5965 in the bank.

[melsie-sims2]

While she may only have a C on her report card, it's a lot better than the D she ended last rotation with!

On a much more exciting note, Hazel came home with a new kid today.

It was so great to have more kids in the 'hood to play with! Hazel was so excited to make a new friend!