1. Anything you want
Simon wants a dog. Until he has got one, he makes Ruthie his dog. When Happy, the dog, arrives, Ruthie helps Happy learn tricks.
2. Family secrets
Ruthie finds out Happy eats Dad's shoes, but Simon makes her promise not to tell anyone.
3. In the Blink of an Eye
Simon moves in with Ruthie. Ruthie has an imaginary friend Hoowie.
4. No Funerals and a Wedding
Ruthie wants to sing Grandma's song. She's afraid her Mom will die, but after talking to her Mom, she's feeling better.
5. The Color of God
Ruthie and Lynn have lots of fun together. Ruthie also plays a trick on Lynn's older brother.
6. Halloween
Ruthie wants her costume to be prettier than Simon's pumpkin. Her Mom makes her a dinosaur costume, but she hates it. In the end, she goes as Happy
to the Halloween Carnival.
7. Saturday
Simon, Ruthie and Happy get lost in town when pretending to be spies and following their mailman all over town.
8. What Will People Say?
Simon asks Ruthie to help him to stay home from school.
9. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Ruthie has the chicken pox. She also feels unsafe at home until Simon changed all the light bolts into red lights.
10. The Last Call for Aunt Julie
Ruthie gets a new doll from Aunt Julie.
11. Now You See Me
Simon tries to be invisible, but Ruthie simply tells him he's not. In the end, she manages to trick him into thinking she can be invisible.
12. With a Little Help from My Friends
Happy delivers her puppies, so Simon and Ruthie start taking care of them.
13. America's Most Wanted
Simon and Ruthie overhear their father talking about how it bothers him when people in America don't know the National Anthem. Ruhtie then is afraid because she doesn't know it and ask Simon for help.
14. Seven Is Enough
Ruthie is worried she doesn't know everything she should at her age.
15. Happy's Valentine
Ruthie plays with the puppies and goes to the cinema with Simon, Lynn and her brother. Lynn and Ruthie fall asleep there, which keeps them out of trouble.
16. Brave New World
Simon is jealous of Ruthie's new friend from her pre-kindergarten class as she's more fascinated with him now than Simon. Ruthie's first day at school brings melancholy feelings for Annie.
17. Choices
Simon and Ruthie secretly buy ferrets and sneak them into the house.
18. Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line
Ruthie feels empowered by her new class phone list and decides to test the emergency phone numbers.
19. It's About George...
Ruthie spends her time with Aunt Julie and listens in on a conversation between Simon and George.
20. Say Good-bye
Ruthie decides to say goodbye to her imaginary friend Hoowie.
21. Dangerous Liaisons (1)
Simon and Ruthie try to give Happy a bath. Later, Ruthie hangs out with Mary at the playground and Lucy in her room. She ends up getting flowers
from Mary's date!
22. Dangerous Liaisons (2)
If you need help, call Ruthie! She helps Matt out with the problems he's having with his date and brings her grandfather back to her mother.