You say it's your birthday, January 2036

Round 32: January 2036 (Summer)

Just one month to go until Josie Clarke gives birth to her second child and she's been keeping very busy with Jude's Christmas present from his grandparents, a puppy named Paisley.


Luckily, Paisley is quite adorable or else Josie might be more annoyed at the imposition. Josie is due in February.

At least Jude can take a little bit of responsibility for Paisley now; he just turned 4!

Joining him in his pre-school class are Levi Draper...

...Levi's twin brother, Will...

...and Ryan Moretti.

The Nott twins are celebrating their 12th birthdays. Georgina is a studious type, who would one day like to be a teacher.

Annabel is a more relaxed teen, with no particular plans for her future career. She'd like to have a family one day but not before she enjoys all the other fun things life has to offer.

Noah Gottlieb is all done with high school and is ready for his classes to start at Suffolk University. He's majoring in Physics and is sharing his dorm room with his best friend, sophomore Anthony.

Noah's cousin Adelaide Sitko was lucky enough to score a double dorm room all to herself! She doesn't know what she'll major in yet but she's looking forward to spending more time with her boyfriend, Sebastian, who is a junior this year.

Josh Royce-Nihill has just graduated from Suffolk!

Josh earned a 3.6 GPA and now has a degree in Political Science.

He is hoping for a career in journalism but so far, hasn't found a position. While he's looking, he'll be working as a waiter at his dad's restaurant. Josh is currently living with his friend Connor Novak.

Josh's good friend Elspeth Romilly is also graduating this year.

Elspeth also studied Political Science and earned a 3.7 GPA.

She has been fortunate enough to gain a position as an Associate Designer with a video game company. Elspeth is rooming with her friends Lila Sitko and Sophie Gottlieb.

And finally, Kendal Draper (who is anticipating the birth of her second grandchild next month) is now 60!

Extras:

I took a page out of Maisie's book this round and put all the deco from Adelaide and Noah's teen bedrooms in their inventories, so they could put it up in their dorm rooms. I'll definitely be doing this again - it adds a more personal touch!
This is Adelaide's (enormous!) room.

This is Noah's side of the room he shares with Anthony. I was pretty impressed with myself that I managed to remember the exact bedspread Noah had in his room at home!

And this is Anthony's side.

Notes:

• Originally, there was going to be a "birthdays" update in December for Josie's third trimester but it would have been a rather boring one, seeing there was nothing else to report, so I held it off until now.
  
• I just happened to write in something about Jude wanting a dog during Lake and Kendal's update, when he was still a toddler. And then he ages up and 3 out of his 4 wants are pet-related! He specifically wanted a puppy, so I bred Claudia's dog Sadie with Tatiana's dog Waldo. Sadie had two puppies, so hopefully one of my other Sims will roll a want for a puppy so I can find him a home too.
• OMG, how adorable is Ryan!? Love him. Annabel is amazingly pretty to me as well. I also think she might look a little bit more like her mother than I thought. Her face shape seems a bit narrower than Georgina's, which would definitely come from Lia.
• Josh and Connor are living downtown, in the same apartment where Rob and Patience (and also Zane and Chloe) live. I'm all excited about decorating it, as well as doing Elspeth's room in the flat she shares with Lila and Sophie. :D