Halloween

"Your turn this year!" Amelia grinned as she shoved four candy bags into Doppler's hands and pushed outside into the November night. He stood there, frowning at Amelia who just smirked.

"Come on, kids." Doppler grumbled. His four children cheered and they set off into the night, knocking from door to door and asking for candy while Amelia lounged on the sofa, getting up once or twice to answer the door to children in fancy dress costumes and giving them chocolates.

When Doppler and the children returned, he leaned over and whispered in Amelia's ear, "Your turn next year!"

Present at the Birth of Jesus

"Mum! Mum!" Four seven year old children ran up to their mother with excited expression. "We've got our parts in the school play!" They chorused. Amelia gasped, acting excited as well.

"I'm an Angel!" Blonde Sky said.

"I'm the donkey!" Daniel piped.

"I'm Mary!" Raven haired Erica grinned.

"And what about you, Hannah?" Amelia asked her silent and redheaded daughter. Hannah smiled. "I'm a lobster!" She said. Amelia frowned.

"A lobster?" She repeated.

"First lobster!" Hannah replied, holding her head high.

"There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?"

"Duh!"

Ill

"We're too ill to go to school!" Sky whined. She and her siblings looked up at their father with sad eyes. Doppler had to prevent himself from laughing because it was obvious his children had drawn red dots on their skin to make it look as if they had measles.

"Ok, but that means no toys because you have to focus on getting better, no TV because it will give you a headache and you'll have to eat my cooking because you mother is not here."

Each child froze, wondering if missing school was worth eating their father's cooking.

Always There

"So, a boy in school was giving Daniel trouble and you three thought it was alright to beat him up?" Amelia questioned. Her three daughters, all aged fourteen, glared at the floor, their cheeks burning.

"Nobody messes with Daniel, over than us." Hannah said.

"Hannah, the boy looks as if he's been hit by a carriage!" Amelia exclaimed. She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "I don't blame you, I would probably kill the boy was well if was there but you shouldn't really punch someone unless in self-defence. So next time, leave him to me."

Safe in Your Arms

"I don't like the monsters…" Little, fair haired Sky cuddled tightly between her mother's arms, which were protectively wrapped around her sitting down together. Amelia looked down at her with an amused smile on her lips and a loving twinkle in her eyes.

"There are no monsters, Sky." Amelia chuckled. She leaned down and pecked her daughter's head. "But if you want, you can sleep in mummy and daddy's bed tonight." She whispered to her. Sky let out a relieved sigh, knowing that nothing would dare try and hurt her when she was with her parents.

AN/ I was watching Love Actually earlier and there was this scene between Emma Thompson's character and her daughter right at the beginning. I found it so amusing I had to put it in here. And the third one is based off the first nanny mcphee film but with no magic XD I figured Doppler's cooking must be so terrible he goes to the Inn to eat most meals :P