Dean Clark can't understand why wife Erin can't maintain a spotless house and have the family dinner on the table when he gets home every day at 5:30 p.m. After all, the wives of all the other guys he works with at the auto-body shop have their husbands' meal on the table ready for them, just like Dean's mom used to do. Erin is frustrated with Dean's archaic expectations for a wife and that he doesn't realize how much work is involved looking after five kids all day; their own two young children plus the three other little ones she cares for as part of her home daycare business. All she wants is a little understanding, appreciation, and increased help on the home front. Dean thinks Erin could improve with better organization - resulting in a more successful daycare business...and food on the table promptly at 5:30 p.m.! Agreeing to be crash test mommy for the next 48 hours, Dean will get a chance to put his 'clean as you go' theory into practice. But will he be able to juggle running a tight ship while realizing the bigger picture at stake: quality time with all five kids? Will he realize that some things are more important than an immaculate house and that, by the time he comes home, he and Erin both still have plenty of relationship work to do?
—Anonymous