NOTE FROM SINNY: Hi guys. it’s been a really stressful few weeks, which is why I haven’t updated in so long. But The Farringtons return!

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I was getting older. And so, I was clinging onto my youth. I wore that cowplant suit for TWO DAYS. I thought the mid-life crisis was over! In retrospect, I was probably just scared of becoming an old man.

And then, suddenly, I was. I am Roscoe Lavoie: pensioner. I can apply for one of those bus passes if I need to. But I don’t. I have a car. Even still, I had become the age where I could get senior discounts, and do…old man things. But honestly, I really don’t feel like doing that sort of thing. Instead, I’m going to spend time with my daughters (Riley, too) and my son. I’m going to go windsurfing, and get plenty of use out of that speedboat I bought. I may be old, but I’m still young at heart! The same thing goes for my gorgeous wife. It was her birthday the day after mine.

She isn’t slowing down any time soon. She’s still set on becoming a super spy. I’m teaching her how to paint, too.

Family life in the household is always good. Riley’s settled in nicely. She’s sleeping with Mina and Nicola. No way is she sharing a bedroom with Leonardo now that she’s real. And, well, because it seems they’ve taken their relationship to the next level. And although I’m happy for the both of them, and Leo is nearly a young adult, I have a feeling they’re just doing this because of teenage hormones, and the fact they’ve been caught up in this whirlwind adventure of trying to find a way to make her real. They act like friends. I won’t say anything, though.

A couple of days later, it was Mina and Nicola’s birthday. I suddenly started panicking. I was going to have two teenagers and two adults. We weren’t doing well for money, so we couldn’t afford to build another room to give them their own space. And most of all, my little girls weren’t so little anymore. That scared me more than becoming an old man. Would they leave?

The party was nice, but I was still worrying.

My beautiful little girls. My wonderful little women. It sounds so, so corny, and I know it does. But my girls are grown up now. Nicola decided she wants to become a surgeon, and Mina doesn’t know what she wants to do. She wants to do a bit of everything. She has a job in business for the moment, though.

As always in our family, they wanted to get out of their aging up clothes and fix their hair. They look alright, I thought, but Shae shooed them upstairs for a bit.

Here’s Mina

And Nicola.

This afternoon, they graduated High School. Both with Honours. Nicola was voted “Most likely to achieve their Lifetime Wish” and Mina was voted “Most likely to become a millionaire”. With her coupon finding skills, and Nicola with her ambition, I wouldn’t be surprised if their peers were right. It was a lovely ceremony, and I am a very, very proud father.