someplace.
We don't have any money.
I know.
I'm not talking about a big deal.
- I'm talkin' about a small thing.
- Alice, please.
George, just take a minute now.
Do something else. Just relax.
- Go spend time with the kids. All right?
- The kids?
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday
mornings are gonna be trouble.
What about the other days?
On Monday and Wednesday,
I have a free period in the morning.
Em and I will do the lunch hour
feeding while Mom's at the office.
Any way you can get home
and back during recess?
Morning recess is too short.
- Afternoons we can.
- If we run.
Kids!
Shoot. Here, take this. Go on.
Kids?
- Hi, kids.
- Hi, Dad.
Did we forget
to do something?
No.
Would you like us
to do something?
No.
You're playing Monopoly! Can I be
the battleship? Can I be the banker?
Um, well...
Emily's banker.
It helps improve
my math skills.
- It does?
- And I'm the property man.
We're almost through.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Next time you're gonna play,
call me, okay?
- Okay. Sure.
- Okay?
- Bye, kids.
- Bye.
Bye.
Em, I told you not to
bring them up here.
That was close. Okay, now who wants
Tuesdays and Thursdays?
"Dear Miss Anderson...
please excuse Ryce from classes
on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday...
because she has to go to the doctor's
to get allergy shots.
yours truly,
George M. Newton."
Ah, forget her.
He likes you. He told me.
God, you can see her bra
right through her shirt.
Like totally accidental,
I'm sure.
Come on.
Come on, you guys.
Hungry?
Honey?
What do you think of spearmint
for racquetball players?
Or should it be peppermint?
What do you think about
spearmint for soccer players?
Do you think there's enough soccer
players to justify their own scent?
They're eating.
They're eating by themselves.
Whoa, it's early for bed
for you two tonight.
- Hello?
- Mrs. Newton?
Linda Anderson,
Ryce's chemistry teacher.
- Yes.
- I'm calling to see if she's all right.
- Why, did something happen?
- No.
It's just that with less than
eight weeks of school left...
and her missing classes
to get her allergy shots...
she might have a problem
catching up.
Allergy shots?
Come on in.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I just got off the phone
with Miss Anderson.
You wanna tell me
what's goin' on, Ryce?
I can't.
You can't?
Oh, honey, yes, you can.
We've always been very honest
with each other, haven't we?
Are you skipping school
to spend time with boys?
Because if you are,
there was a time...
No, Mom. No. I'm not using drugs
and I'm not pregnant.
What's goin' on?
Ted, Emily and I have been hiding
four puppies in the basement.
Honey, I'm home!
Don't tell your dad.
I show him the hockey player. He flips
for the mahogany vanilla. He loved it.
He wants to smell the rest of the line
right away. The buzz is really starting.
There's a buzz.
Did you hear that, kids?
Now, now, now, on another front,
this is a big one.
Due to a special request
from your mother...
I have found the perfect vacation spot
for a family with a limited cash flow.
Wait a minute. We can't
afford anything right now.
No. This we can afford.
Our Velcro supplier,
Fred Serbiak...
has been offering us his cottage
in the mountains for years.
Well, it's empty this Fourth ofJuly,
and since you have told me...
that there'll be no business
this Fourth ofJuly, I said yes.
So, this Fourth ofJuly...
we are going to spend four
fun-filled days at Fred Serbiak's...
- mountain getaway absolutely free!
- Oh, my God.
- Honey, this is gonna be great.
- Yeah.
Fred was a little concerned
that we had a dog...
but I said our guy
wouldn't be any trouble.
Isn't that right,
you little Chihuahua, you?
Bless you. I mean no business,
no phones, no nothing.
Bless you. I mean no business,
no phones, no nothing.
I'm gonna run a load
through the dishwasher.
Isn't it customary to do that
after we have dinner?
- Uh... yeah.
- I don't know about you guys...
but I really need a break.