8

"Jeremiah" Josh said, canting his head as he considered the flower, then he shook his head, "Nah. You would call a cow or chicken a name like that. Anyway. Is that a boy's one?"

Ianto was lying on the lawn with Jay, the little man making sand castles in the sandpit that Taddy had so lovingly wetted with the hose. He clapped as another one was finished and Ianto gushed that it was the best one yet.

Jemima" Josh said then frowned, "No. That's a giraffe or something. Um. Jenny. Jennifer. Jaunty."

Ianto finally heard his son and glanced over, "Love, she might not look like any of those. Anyway, she might want something already."

"But she' a girl" Josh whined, "She will want something silly like Adenine or Diamante."

Ianto canted his head as he tried to hide his amusement at his son's strange mind, "Sapphire?"

"Tad!" Josh slammed his hands on his hips, "If you are not going to take this seriously don't get involved at all!"

Now Ianto was definitely giggling softly as he lay back and let his hands rest on the small mound. Not get involved, Seriously? Gods, he was his father's child, channelling Jack to a T.

"It has to be a J name" Josh was still scolding, "Everyone knows that! We all have J names."

"JAY!" Jay screamed with glee and Josh pointed by flapping his hand at the wrist.

"See? You can't get more J than that!"

Ianto considered it and then decided to play devil's advocate, "But I'm not a J."

Josh's hand went from flap to flop.

"Well, maybe the girls should be I names then" he offered and Ianto hid the smile at the blatant Harkness Foot in Mouth Disease manifesting in the young one. Strong it was.

"So…I'm a girl?" Ianto asked with an innocent look of confusion, "Because I'm the…what? Mummy?"

Now Josh was horrified that he had insulted his Tad…or had he.

Josh stepped closer and examined his Dam's face for any sigh of upset, finding only hidden mirth as Ianto's eyes tinkled, so the boy turned to Jay to play dirty.

"What do you think Jay?"

Jay looked from one to the other, smelling a trap somewhere but also enough of his Daddy not to see it clearly enough to avoid it so he showed tht he was also very much a Jones by lifting his head and jutting out his chin to look down his nose at his brother, "Why?"

"What?" Josh was not prepared for a sign of distension in the ranks of this magnitude, "Are you questioning me young man?"

OK, so he could channel Ianto pretty good too.

"Yeash!" Jay snorted, his wee hands on his hips to mirror his big brother.

Jack bounced across the lawn with a look of glee and several sheets of paper flapping in his hands.

"Babe. Four houses, there are four belonging to the clan we can check out" Jack said as he flopped into the sweet smelling lavender grass, "I was wondering if you want to go snoop."

"Snoopy?" Jay asked, pulling his little nappy up distractedly, "A doggie?"

Jack did a double take and then snorted, "No. Snoop, check it out, investigate."

"Ah!" Jay nodded to show he understood, "A cat."

Jack blinked.

"He means like Pink Panther love" Ianto giggled, "Yes love. We will sneak."

"Ooooooo" Jay liked the sound of that.

"Why?" Josh asked.

"Taddy and me are thinking of moving us out here for a while" Jack answered and he watched his son do the Harkness Happy Dance, complete with jazz hands. Jay joined in even though he wasn't too sure why.

"OK" Ianto said slowly as both men watched the children dance around them like they were about to scalp them, "That went well."

Then Josh swung to look at them, "But room for Uncle Owie, right?"

"Oh darling" Ianto gushed, his hormones making him want to weep at the show of affection, "Of course. We would never have a home without enough room for the whole family."

"Cool" Josh shrugged and then went back to the mock argument with Jay as Jack leaned in to kiss Ianto.

"Tadda is a Tad!" Jay said, his pronunciation perfect as was his hoity expression.

"No. Tad is an I" Josh countered, 'I for Ianto."

"T for Tad" Jay snorted and Jack sat up with a start as their almost two year old showed an incredible grasp of the situation.

Ianto smiled as he rolled onto his side and enjoyed the warmth of the sun.

Of course he knew both sons had the gift, it was clear in the way they were arguing.

Both of them were merely playing as both already knew their sister's name.

As did he.

Jypsy was going to be a right wee terror.