Little People, Big World

- Season 2

(2006)

Average-height Jeremy and little person Zach are planning a beach trip with several of their close friends for their 16th birthday.

It's Mother's Day and the Roloff kids present handmade cards to Amy at a nice brunch. Matt is worried that his gift--a professional organizer--might upset Amy who doesn't keep the tidiest house.

The peach crop isn't panning out for Roloff Farms, so Matt refocuses his efforts on pumpkins. Matt hires the twins to plant the seedlings, but the project is in jeopardy when the boys go on strike for higher wages.

Stress levels in the family are high as the Roloffs prepare for a dream trip to Hawaii.

In Maui, Amy has trouble adjusting to being pampered by the hotel staff, but the Roloff kids have no problem enjoying themselves in the water. Matt challenges Zach to overcome his fears of surfing. Zach ultimately rides waves with Amy and his siblings.

The Roloffs go souvenir shopping in Hawaii in the last few days of their vacation, but Amy gets frustrated with being rushed for time. The family adventures out to go snorkeling, outrigger canoeing, and then take a zip-line tour. Matt, with a bit of encouragement from Zach, tries to push himself past his fear of heights to zip-line through the forests of Maui.

Conflict erupts when Matt tries to help Zach put together a soccer team for the Dwarf Athletic Association of America Games. While Zach nurses a leg injury that jeopardizes his team, his LP friend Casey gives it her all in the swimming event

Zach gets discouraged when his basketball team is eliminated at the DAAA games by the rival L.A. Breakers. Things begin to look grim in soccer too, as Zach's team-the Grasshogs-loses their first game. However, the tide changes in the next soccer match with Zach's team triumphant, giving his friend Marty and the Breakers a run for the money, and delighting Matt with the victory. But will the efforts of Zach and the Grasshogs be enough to claim the DAAA soccer championship title in the final game?

Matt hires a contractor to complete the Roloff's "little people friendly" deck for the house. Matt's dad, Ron, helps oversee the deck project when Matt has to go out of town for business. Jacob and Zach put their own carpentry skills into action and begin their own fort building project in the farm's woods. However, an unexpected crisis forces an end to work on the fort.

Matt and Amy go shopping for new deck furniture, but disagree on what to buy. Matt decides to buy a new grill for the deck, but doesn't consult Amy. Matt informs the family that the new deck doesn't meet building code because of the low railing height. Jeremy starts the new school year off with detention, and then decides to go for a new doo. Matt works to pass the building code inspection and receive the permit for the new deck.

While Amy is away for a weekend reunion with her two sisters in San Francisco, Matt makes a long-awaited purchase--a vintage VW Bug--and decides to repaint the house. Then he wonders how he'll keep Amy from getting upset.

Inspired by his zipline experience in Hawaii, Matt sets out to build the biggest and best zipline on the west coast, but soon wonders if he has bitten off more than he can chew.

Matt and Amy Roloff are planning a Thanksgiving to remember, inviting every member of both their families, but when Matt decides to tear out the entire living room floor, the Roloffs find themselves in a last-minute remodeling nightmare.

It's Thanksgiving on Roloff Farms and Matt is eager to show off the farm to the nearly 30 family members who've come, many of whom have never seen it. A family photo session runs long, causing turkey trouble in the kitchen.

Matt and Zach attend the Little People of America National Conference. Matt connects with old and new friends while Zach and his LP friends stay up all night, and play football in the hotel halls.

Amy and the rest of the Roloff kids arrive at the Little People of America national conference. Zach has a consultation there with an orthopedic surgeon, who recommends he have surgery soon to help his increasingly painful leg problems.

Zach travels to Pasadena to visit his LP twin buddies Jeff & Eric Manuel. Meanwhile, Jeremy goes to a pro soccer game in Seattle and gets some professional advice from MLS star Freddie Adu before his tryout for the Olympic Development Program.

Matt travels to New York City for a meeting with an LP hotel executive about getting his accessibility stool kits into national chains. On the farm, the twins re-launch construction of their fort, until a runaway tractor incident slows them down.

Matt returns home from a business trip to find that Jeremy and Zach have been up to no good. Jeremy has filled Matt's new mule up with the wrong fuel which was left in a gas can. After Jeremy and Zach leave the mule on the Bridge to Nowhere Matt threatens to quit his job to be home with the twin terrors.

Another corporate picnic is coming to Roloff Farms. Matt and Amy have a few chores for the Roloff twins to do, but their laziness and mischief gets them grounded, and in turn, they are assigned a lot of extra work.

Matt first goes to a school to try and educate youngsters about dwarfism then he travels to California to meet Marty and a social worker who's trying to get a dwarf child named Chance adopted by people who want him and can afford his medical bills. Matt and Marty are the founders of CoDA, Colalition for Dwarf Advocacy and give Chance's social worker the financial means to hurry the adoption process through. Matt and Marty finally meet Chance and his hospital care giver, Grandma Nellie, who introduce them to Chance and his adoptive mother Michelle.

Roloff Farms' pumpkin season gets off to an overwhelming start, and unforeseen problems force Matt to temporarily shut the farm down. Matt celebrates his 45th birthday with much fanfare, including a surprise visit from a state senator.