House 6: The Johnson family. Week 1-4

The Johnson family consisted of Michael, male elder popularity sim; Paul, male adult, knowledge; Carol, female adult, romance; Alison, female teen, knowledge; Henry, male child, and Colin, male toddler.

This upper-middle-class family had fallen on hard times due to some bad financial decisions, and decided to move to Prosperity to start fresh. Paul joined the military, and Carol got a job as a security guard, while Michael took care of the children. Unfortunately, Carol was fired on her very first night at work, after calling the police in to arrest what turned out to be one of her employers. She came home in tears, and Paul did his best to comfort her.


She got a new job, this time in business, but soon found out that she was pregnant. Talk about a bad time to bring another child into the world, when they could barely feed the three they already had! However, Paul continued to move up in the military, and once little Matthew was born, Carol concentrated on her career as well, leaving the care of the baby mostly to her father-in-law.


Knowledge sim that she was, Alison focused completely on school and studying, having little time to spare for her brothers. Henry and Colin, however, both very outgoing children, were close friends - and considering that they looked very much alike, and frequently wore the same clothes, it was next to impossible to tell them apart. You could almost mistake them for identical twins, except that was Henry was a little paler; perhaps because he had grown into a knowledge teen, and spent a lot of time poring over books, while Colin was a popularity sim.


Matthew was almost as outgoing as his brothers, and soon made fast friends with Mackenzie Darnell. After he grew up into a popularity teen, they began to date, although they never reached the point of going steady.


Grandpa Michael kept nagging for another grandchild, now that all his little ones were growing up, and more or less by accident, his wish came true; Eric was born shortly before Alison left for college. She was followed by first Henry, then Colin.

Finances improved as Paul and Carol moved up in their careers - Paul was promoted to general, and Carol became a business tycoon. Then they both chose to change focus; Paul decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a scientist, while Carol thought it might be fun to be a chef. They were also delighted to hear that Alison had given them a granddaughter, Maria.


And Michael finally passed on. It probably hit Eric the hardest, since his grandfather had been his primary caregiver. Even so he managed to grow up well, and chose popularity for his aspiration - just like Grandpa and two out of three big brothers.

Eric in front, Matthew behind him

Michael - died in platinum.
Paul - reached top of military career.
Carol - reached top of business career.