"Bloody snow! The SUV is covered with it! Thought Teaboy was going to get some rock salt!" Owen grumbled as he glanced around the snow covered Cardiff Bay.
"I was but the children wanted to play and well any weevil with a hint of common sense will stay underground in this weather" Ianto replied, watching as Griffin and Tucker threw snowballs at each other.
It was a week before Christmas and the miracle that was snow had fallen. Jack and Ianto had been attempting wrapping presents as well as added ones for Griffin's birthday.
"Where we should be! Away from the freezing coldness and stupid sn….oof!" Owen groaned as a snowball hit him square in the chest. "Who the hell was that? I'm going to hang them from the nearest Christmas Tree!" Owen threatened, bringing his attention to Jack who was chuckling softly.
"I think you'd find it was my middle child" Jack smirked, nodding at Tucker who had the most mischievous look on his face imaginable. "Sorry Dad! Couldn't resist!" Tucker hollered before throwing himself at his brother and bringing his down in the snow. "Tucker!" Griffin yelled in response before starting to wrestle with him in the soft snow.
Gwen and Toshiko however had opted for the safe game of helping Jack and Ianto's youngest daughter build a snowman. "There we go sweetheart! Just a little bit more snow around his head" Gwen smiled, helping the little girl to get the snowman just right.
"Emily! Come here baban!" Ianto called. Emily looked up slightly surprised but came running at Ianto. "Here you go, you can use these to make a mouth for Mr Snowman" Ianto told her, handing her a bag of some sort.
"Coffee beans?? Wow, someone must love their daughter" Owen smirked. "I have to agree with Owen here Yan. It's a Christmas Miracle that you'd give up those coffee beans" Jack chuckled, watching as Emily ran back to Gwen. "Don't drop them and make sure Auntie Gwen opens them for you!" Ianto called after her before blushing at Jack's amused look. "Well almost…" Jack grinned.
Gwen opened the bag and poured a few coffee beans into Emily's open hands. "Ok, we've got the nose and eyes, now about a nice smiley face for the snowman?" Gwen suggested. Toshiko came around Emily's other side and started to put 'clothes' on the snowman, which included a hat, scarf and a cardigan that she had found when cleaning out her wardrobe.
Emily was too busy concentrating on placing each coffee bean exactly right on her snowman that she didn't hear her brothers' excited squeal until she was picked up by Toshiko and was being shown something by Toshiko's pointing.
"Is that who I think it is?" Ianto asked Jack with a raised eyebrow. "It can't be, but it is!" Jack responded with a broad grin. The Doctor was coming into landing on top of his TARDIS and guiding a few reindeer. "Now I've seen everything" Owen commented. "Doctor is Santa?" Emily asked in awe. Jack blinked a couple of times before making his way over to his daughter and pulling her into his arms. "Looks like it baby" he replied, watching as The Doctor started to dive down for a landing.