Short delay in getting this update written, but here we are, back again with the Early Legacy!
Last time: Zenobia continued to produce offspring, including new babies Yoel and Yarrow. Tragedy Of All Tragedies—Cheeto the magnificent pupper died. The family then got a new dog, Sweets, who is…problematic. Both Zenobia and Alex had birthdays and entered middle age, the girls Yasmine and Yeira had a bake sale, and Cornbread the womrat continued to be a thing. Onward!
First, please enjoy this brief moment of Zenobia and Alex being cute ❤
Anyhoo. Here’s Yoel. It’s his birthday.
Yoel’s new trait is grumpy.
He also now has the fashion sense of a gay middle-aged Parisian.
…see what I mean?
Baby Yarrow demands to be paid attention to! HE. DEMANDS. IT.
And here’s Sweets.
He remains a problem, and that’s all there is to say.
Yeira is queen of the patio!
Zenobia Early: making teal powersuits a thing again.
She’s not a bad mom, though—here she is getting absolutely demolished at gnubb by her seven-year-old.
He shoots…
HE SCORES.
Yarrow continues to demand attention.
Meanwhile, Alex pretends his son isn’t screaming his fool head off downstairs. Noice.
Oh hell no.
Not the puffins!!!
Asshole.
Zenobia: “There’s something different in here…”
I call this one A Portrait of Modern Marriage
Apparently it’s Yeira’s job to clean out the potty.
Yikes.
Now we begin a series that I like to call Yeira is an Instigator and a Bully.
Here she is arguing with poor Yoel over something dumb.
And then here she is get yelled at by Alex for being mean.
Yeira: “You can’t tell me what to do, Dad!”
And scene.
Sweets got fleas on purpose to ruin Zenobia’s Saturday.
Look at his face and tell me I’m wrong.
This jerk.
Luckily, there was still enough time left to play some kicky-ball in the park.
What a pro
Yoel: “Off with your head!
Zenobia: *pretends to weep copiously*
Back again with baby Yarrow—it’s his birthday!
Yarrow’s new trait is animal lover.
Alex hired the gnome squad as personal trainers…
At the park, Zenobia caught this lizard boi for §§§
Yarrow played some hopscotch…
Oh yeah, and it was Yasmine’s birthday!!!
(yes I realize this is the first picture of her all update, sue me)
Happy birthday, Yasmine!
Yasmine’s new trait is irresistible.
(and the lady in the back is feeling it, too).
Full moon @ the graveyard
Zenobia: “Yeira, why are we here again?”
Zenobia: “…uh…okay???”
Sweets and Yoel have formed an unlikely friendship. Probably they’re bonded by how annoying they find everyone else.
This is his serious business face.
Yasmine tried to impress Yoel by telling him all about her collection of “boyfriends.”
Yoel was unimpressed by the alleged size of the boyfriends’ ahem…packages.
A wholesome game of twilight tag
It’s autumn, and it’s time to get back to school.
#squad
Alex fired the gnomes and tried out the gym instead.
He’s not into it.
Madam Teal Powersuit has reached the top of her career!
So she met up with Alex after work to celebrate.
These dum dums
I love them
Time for some good old fashioned Simflix bingeing…except…wait…
SWEETS.
Zenobia: “This is fine.”
I love this picture because it perfectly encapsulates the sibling dynamic:
(1) Yeira is an asshole;
(2) Yasmine is a pretty but somewhat oblivious victim;
(3) Yoel is unamused by all of the above;
And, (4) Yarrow is blissfully happy being an idiot somewhere else.
Yasmine’s quest to find a black hole and become mega-rich by age 18 continues.
This is the face of a woman who regrets the choices that have led her to this point.
She should definitely have bought a mattress with better lumbar support.
The Earlys went on an outing to the local arcade/hangout/comic shop one rainy afternoon.
(neither Alex nor Zenobia are any good at this)
Yeira, pissed at the world;
Yoel, wishing people would shut up so he can watch the movie;
And Yarrow, so cute and yet so dumb.
Downstairs, Yasmine was getting some quality flirting done w/ this potential spouse.
Boy: “Uh, you do know that I’m your mom’s half-brother, right?”
Abort mission. I repeat: ABORT MISSION.
Rage
Rage
RAGE against the dying of the light
And on that note, time for some adults only time.
Do the smustle! (part 1)
Do the smustle! (part 2)
Hmm…and now we see where Yasmine’s anger at vending machines comes from.
I still love them.
This is just a really rainy fall, y’all.
Yasmine decided to show Alex this cool new “trick” the kids are all doing.
Yikes.
The youths and their TikTok challenges, am I right?
Grumpy Yeira face can only mean one thing: a birthday!
Yeira’s new trait is natural cook.
First thing on Yeira’s teen to-do list was to make her little siblings do her chores.
Yoel is very unamused.
Cornbread!
Yasmine wanted to watch the new Fast & Furious movie (#20!), but Yarrow got a little too into it.
(Bless his stupid heart.)
Yasmine: “Why couldn’t I be an only child?”
Oh hello! Here’s this kid who came over a few times to hang out with Yoel. I guess he does have friends who don’t lick their own balls.
Zenobia also had a friend over—she wanted her portrait drawn.
uh…
Yep. Nailed it.
And I’ll leave you there, with images of Zenobia’s artistic genius. Thanks for reading! I think the next update should be the last one for this generation, but I haven’t counted how many pictures it’ll be yet, so I might split it up.
Until then!
muckleberri 