CHAPTER TWO
Right next door to the Lamper family home , there stands a red English manor
house. It is smaller than the Lampers' colonial, but has a lot charm in its own way.
This is the Switcher family home. And, just like the house, the Switchers are smaller, too.
There are just five in their family, and they are not only smaller in numbers, but in stature, too.
But, just like their home, the Switchers are very charming, too.
The mother is Winifred Switcher who owns Winnie's Coffee Shop. Right now Winifred leaves
the day to day operation of the coffee shop to her employees, as she wishes to stay
home with her children. But she does a lot of baking at home, both for the coffee shop and
for her husband's bakery.
Her husband, Conrad is both the mayor of Smithville, and also owns and operates
the village bakery. Although they specialize in bread and rolls, Winifred makes
delicious cakes, and does the cake decorating, too.
The Switchers have three children. The oldest is their only son, Corey. Corey is
ten years old. His sister, Cathy, is seven. And then there is baby sister, Caroline, who is
ten months old. Corey isn't very happy about being the only boy in the family. You see
they all thought that the new baby was going to be another boy. They planned for
Corey to share his 3rd floor bedroom with the new baby. Boy! Were they all surprised
when baby Caroline arrived.
Corey was very unhappy that Mom and Dad decided to paint his bedroom bright pink,
with PINK curtains, no less. And then they moved Cathy upstairs to share the room
with baby Caroline. And, as if that weren't bad enough, they made Corey move into
their room because they thought it looked more like a boy's room, and they didn't want
to redecorate another room in the house. So Mom and Dad moved their big bed into
Cathy's room. Dad doesn't seem to mind the fancy mirrors and dresser.
Since Corey was so unhappy with his new room, Mom and Dad have allowed him to
keep both the dog and cat, and their beds in his bedroom. Corey doesn't seem to mind
that his room smells like the vet's office, and the animals wake him up early in the morning
for their walk and breakfast. Seems like Mom and Dad made a pretty smart decision.
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