Timothy is very excited about his first day of school, and Yoko is treated like an outcast because of her different, foreign-style lunches.

All of Fritz's messes conveniently get blamed on the Mess Fairy, and the children enjoy a day of games and races at the school picnic.

Nora learns new and interesting things and begins to embrace change and Timothy gets locked in the janitorial closet.

Lilly's friends rally around and help her discover new ways of remembering things. The Franks learn they can have fun on their own.

Mrs Jenkins takes the children to a museum and Timothy is worried the Franks will think he is a baby if they find out he sleeps with a stuffed animal.

Yoko develops stage fright and Timothy chooses Claude over Yoko in a team project because he thinks Claude will help him win a special prize.