Cheaper By The Dozen: While raising twelve children, a middle-aged couple decides to pursue more demanding careers -- He as a "Big Ten" university football coach, she as an author on book tour -- only to discover that big families and big careers are a difficult mix.

Cheaper by The Dozen 2: Four years later, the baker family's twelve children are growing up and some of the older ones are making plans to leave home. Feeling nostalgic for the good old days, Dad insists on taking everyone on a final family summer vacation to Lake Winnetka, where he is challenged into proving his parental skills in an ongoing competition with another big family.