In the first vignette, Elizabeth and Alvin are planning a long weekend, but they can't leave until Alvin's bonus check arrives in the mail and the postman is late on his rounds; the second Elizabeth comes down with the urge to do some serious house cleaning; in the third, Elizabeth and Alvin try to patch up their neighbors' matrimonial squabble that started when the husband shaved off his mustache without consulting his wife first.
In the first segment, Alvin and Elizabeth dye Easter eggs and get into an argument about the usefulness of having a rabbit for a pet. In the second segment, Elizabeth has returned to night school and returns home with her first homework project - the creation of a vase using potter's clay. In the third segment, Alvin and Elizabeth are replacing all the dying flowers in the backyard while Babs, their less-than-helpful neighbor, chops down the shrubs that are still living.
In the first segment, Elizabeth and Alvin play a cutthroat game of Monopoly; in the second, Elizabeth invites ten friends to a dinner party and then realizes her dining room table only seats eight; in the third segment, Elizabeth lets slip to the wife of a her husband's competitor that his company is bidding on a crucial contract with disastrous results.
In the first segment, Elizabeth pesters Alvin with her constant inconsequential phone calls to his office; in the second, Elizabeth asks Alvin to quiz her on the Girl Scout leader's handbook to ensure she's prepared for her first camping trip and in the last part, Elizabeth bedevils a poor census taker.
In the first segment, Elizabeth and Alvin sit down to pass a pleasant Sunday afternoon reading the paper and get into an argument about who gets to read what section first. The second segment is a flashback to when Elizabeth and Alvin first moved into their new house and must deal with the numerous telephone calls from callers who want to speak to the previous owners. In the third segment, Elizabeth, Alvin and Bulldog get a flat tire while driving to a formal dance.