Uni kids (B), March 2047

March 2047 (Autumn)

Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 21 and Ramona Nihill, Ruby Lane and Jon Clark are 20. 

(Simon is 22)

Alice and Sylvia have just begun their final year of university. 

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No sunlight

Round 37: March 2046 (Autumn)

Alice Jacobson and Sylvia Draper are 20 and Ramona Nihill and Ruby Lane are 19.
(Simon is 21 and Jon is 19)

Narrated by Sylvia Draper

People were surprised when I got together with Simon. He’s not the kind of guy anyone imagined me getting together with.

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You say it's your birthday, March 2046

Round 37: March 2046 (Autumn)

Caroline Novak is 1!

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You say it's your birthday, May 2045

Round 37: May 2045 (Autumn)

Elisa Hamilton is turning 3 this month and this year, her birthday very conveniently falls on a Saturday. 

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Catch hell blues

Round 37: March 2045 (Autumn)

Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 19 and Ruby Lane and Ramona Nihill are 18.

(Simon and Matthew are 20)

Narrated by Ramona Nihill

As soon as I found out there was a newspaper here, I decided I had to write for it. So perfect for a journalism major like me! I’ve spent most of my spare time since then putting together some writing samples to submit to them.

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Standing on my own again

Round 36: March 2044 (Autumn)

last update/Sylvia's last update
next update/Caitlin's next update/Annabel and Georgina's next update

Caitlin Romilly is 21, Georgina and Annabel Nott are 20 and Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 18. 
(Eddie is 24, Brendan is 21, Simon and Matthew are 19, Aurora and Bianca are 18)

Narrated by Caitlin Romilly

It’s my final year here and I’m starting to think about where I’m actually going to live once I graduate. 

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All the way down

Round 36: March 2044 (Autumn)

Aurora and Bianca's last update/last update/next update/Brendan's next update

Brendan Lachance is 21, Matthew and Simon Lane are 19 and Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 18. 
(Alice is 18 and Gabriel is 17)

Narrated by Aurora Moretti

Moving into the dorms together has meant Bianca and I are now sharing a room again. It’s been several years since we’ve done that, so that’s been different.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2044

Round 36: January 2044 (Summer)

Rebecca is due to hit Week 40 in February but as is often the case with twins, the Collins babies had other ideas. At 37 weeks, Rebecca and her husband Nathan head to the hospital, because those babies are ready!

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Looking at the sun

Round 35: October 2042 (Spring)

last update/next update

Jacobson 2 household profile

Miles Jacobson is 39, Matilda is 36 and Phoebe is 5. 
(Claudio is 61, Virginia is 50, Amar is 41, Aaron is 39, Adrienne is 35, Alice is 16, Natalie is 5, Beau is 4 and Elisa is 5 months)

Narrated by Miles Jacobson

Phoebe started piano lessons this year, so we now have a grand piano taking up space in the living room. I'm happy Phoebe has picked up something creative - we’re an artsy kind of family - but it seems a bit much.

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My Vien Ilin

Round 35: June 2042 (Winter)

last update/Sylvia's next update/next update

Draper 2 household profile

Rose and Joanna Draper are 47, Sylvia is 16 and Levi and Will are 10.
(Adam is 87, Athena is 82, Amelia is 53, Wade is 52, Matthew is 17 and Alice is 16)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

Rose and I are so proud of Sylvia. She did her SAS this year and she scored a 65, which entitles her to half-price tuition at Suffolk University.

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15 minutes

Round 34: June 2040 (Winter)

last update/next update

Miles Jacobson is 37, Matilda is 34 and Phoebe is 3.

(Claudio is 59, Virginia is 48, Lia is 43, Maia is 38, Ethan is 34, Adrienne is 33, Alice is 14, Willow is 5, River and Peter are 3 and Beau is 2)

Narrated by Matilda Jacobson

My career has been going very well and honestly, with the money I was making, it didn’t make much sense for me and Miles to stay in our tiny house in Sullivan. So we bought a new place!

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Attitude

Round 34: May 2040 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Rose and Joanna Draper are 45, Sylvia is 14 and Will and Levi are 8.

(Annabel is 16, Matthew and Simon are 15, Aurora and Alice are 14 and Zac is 6)

Narrated by Sylvia Draper

The pottery store is closed at the moment, in preparation to move, so Mum is taking the opportunity to replenish the stock. She wants to make sure there are plenty of pieces to put back on the shelves when she reopens. 

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Endless summer

Round 33: February 2038 (Summer)

last update/next update

Miles Jacobson is 35, Matilda is 32 and Phoebe is 6 months old.

(Claudio is 57, Virginia is 46, Amar is 37, Maia is 36, Ethan is 32, Adrienne is 31, Veronica is 21, Alice is 12, Willow is 3, River is 9 months old and Beau is 6 weeks old)

Narrated by Miles Jacobson

Phoebe is six months old now and parenthood has really been a learning curve for me and Matilda.

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In the same room

Round 33: January 2038 (Summer)

last update/next update

Rose and Joanna Draper are 43, Sylvia is 12 and Levi and Will are 6.
(Adam is 83, Lake is 81, Athena is 78, Wade is 48, Simon is 13 and Alice is 12)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

I mostly enjoyed my years of teaching but now that I’m working in natural science, I feel much more at home. Teaching is much more social and being sociable has never been a strength of mine.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2038

Round 33: January 2038 (Summer)

Adrienne didn’t do any partying to ring in the new year, which was probably a good move. Her water breaks on New Year’s morning and she and Amar rush to the hospital.

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Pizza cutter

Round 32: November 2036 (Spring)

last update/next update

Miles Jacobson is 33 and Matilda is 30.
(Claudia is 55, Virginia is 46, Amar is 35, Adrienne is 29 and Alice is 10)

Narrated by Matilda Jacobson

It’s hard to believe Miles and I have been married for two and a half years now but it’s true.

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Airbag

Round 32: October 2036 (Spring)

last update/next update

Rose and Joanna Draper are both 41, Sylvia is 10 and Will and Levi are both 4.
(Amelia is 47, Wade is 46, Patience is 34 and Alice is 10)

Narrated by Rose Draper

Patience is due in just a couple of weeks now and I’m so excited for her and Rob.

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Kids, April 2036

Round 32: April 2036 (Autumn)
Principal: Tatiana Lachance
Teachers: Pamela Gray, Finn Romilly
Students: Matthew and Simon Lane are both 11, Sylvia Draper, Alice Jacobson and Aurora and Bianca Moretti are all 10, Gabriel Nott, Ruby Lane and Ramona Nihill are all 9, Marcus and Charlotte Lane are both 7, Jacinta Nihill and Everett and Grace Benton are all 6, Michael Gottlieb, Keira Romilly, Thomas Moretti, Daphne Kirby, Elmer Miguel and Felix Lane are all 5 and Will and Levi Draper, Ryan Moretti and Jude Clarke are all 4.

Narrated by Finn Romilly

This year, we have our highest enrollment ever at Sullivan Primary.

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Nighttime

Round 31: June 2034 (Winter)

last update/next update

Rose and Joanna Draper are both 39, Sylvia is 8 and Will and Levi are both 2.
(Wade is 44, Emma is 14, Michael is 3 and Felicity is 11 months old)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

We moved into this house a few months before Will and Levi were born and it was just in time. We could have made it work in our old place, seeing the spare bedroom was definitely big enough for two cribs but it's better here.

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The Horne-Jacobson wedding

Round 31: May 2034 (Autumn)

Miles Horne is 31 and Matilda Jacobson is 28.

I chose my sister Alice to be my flower girl and she was so excited on the big day. Getting a new dress, having her hair done and being allowed a slick of clear lip gloss was all so thrilling for her.

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