10
Jypsy was watching Owen as he tried to untangle the Christmas lights from the tree. He had managed to find an end and was walking around the tree trying to remove the wire without disturbing the other tinsel still on the tree. Of course … the tinsel was catching on his legs and he was soon cursing softly as he tried to kick free, landing on his butt to snarl as he kicked about like a fish out of water, flopping about with a little one watching covertly, her eyes glowing as she 'helped' the situation, making him roar as the tree started to topple now.
Damned tree was still trying to kill him!
Jack raced to catch the tree and glance over at the toddler with shock as he figured out why Owen was having trouble, unable to resist grinning at her for being so cheeky.
"Why can't we just bin the entire thing and buy more for next year? He would never know!" Owen whined as he struggled some more.
"Because he would know that a new box of lights could not have been packed by you" Ianto answered making Owen squeal with shock. Ianto smiled as Jypsy roared with mirth, a bellowing bray like her father who also clutched his knees as he leaned forward to enjoy Owen's discomfort.
"Cariad, you will split your britches again if you don't stop laughing" Ianto said as he settled in a chair to watch his daughter build a little house with wooden blocks, then smash it down with her teddy. Vicious little minx. Ianto reached out to place a block in a new position, on its edge and she stared at it as she had not considered blocks in a different configuration like that.
She then made a house that way, larger and more blocks that made a larger noise when the Giant Teddy of Doom trampled it down. Her face glowed with glee.
"Look at you!" Owen crooned happily "What a horrible little beast, yeah! Oh poor little peoples all screaming and running for their lives! Yeah!"
She looked up at him with adoration, so pleased that he saw her vision. She offered him a block and he settled to build with her, talking to her about castles and catapults. Of course, soon he was showing her that with a ruler on a block you could throw a block if you slapped one end like a seesaw.
"See? Not just for games. You could decimate the enemy this way" Owen was explaining, "Imagine, even then they had things like bombs. They would roll up straw bales and cover them in oil, then set them on fire. Imagine Jyps. All the screaming, the flames …. Lots of black smoke!"
Her eyes were wide as she sat staring at him and Jack commented dryly "Real nightmare material there Owie!"
"What?"
"It' OK Jack, she's not frightened. She has the brains to know that it is a story" Ianto assured him "She likes the idea of minions running for their tiny lives, don't you pumpkin."
"Smoosh 'em" she agreed sagely, then sniggered with a wicked grin.
"Awwwww, she's so lovely" Owen sighed.
"Owen … is Tosh OK?" Ianto asked with wide innocent eyes "I think she's got that funny tummy again."
Owen swung to face him "She didn't say. Yeah?"
He rose and went in search of her as Jack watched Ianto glow "Babe? Did you just push?"
"Maybe…. A little" Ianto smiled "She is to the stage where he will know once he starts to examine her."
"You will be a terrible uncle ya know" Jack laughed "an enabler if ever I saw one!"
Ianto went to retort but hesitated as he watched as Jack bent down to address the little demon spawn queen "Are you hungers love? Dadda get you some toast? Want toasts? Yeah bubba?"
"Oh!" she gasped with glee "Yeash pwease Daddy love!"
"Awwwww, did you hear that Taddy? What a lovely little voice. So Welsh!" Jack gushed with joy "My perfect little girl. My princess of Prettiness! Yeah. Jam?"
"Yes please" she again used her words and big eyes, trying a little eyelash flutter for effect and was pleased to see her father melt even more with love.
"Sucker" Ianto muttered as he rolled his eyes and went back to listening covertly to the couple down the hallway.
He couldn't wait to share with Tosh.
He loves babies so much!