This is the story of a father who, after losing his childhood as well as his wife, has stripped away all the simple joys and pleasures of childhood from his own children, but then a kind, good-hearted, magical caretaker comes along to take care of the children; however, after seeing the trouble that this caretaker has caused, Joe fires her and plans to hire an even stricter caretaker. But Mike and Cindy have none of it, so they run away to find their old caretaker, and soon after finding her, they end up on the most incredible adventure possible!