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Ianto was quietly pleased to find Imp and Ton had not only removed the clothes from the wardrobe with care but they had also hung them in Babs' room on one of her dress rods.

He left them to it, the excitement fierce once Ren and Izzy appeared and now it had become a party.

Ianto started to make scary food humming to himself as he worked, the mayoral meeting also remembered for the next day as he placed cupcakes in the oven. He then made some bloody lemonade and got out the tea trolley, lastly going to change into his own tux, the high necked shirt competed with a neck scarf and pretty broach that had been Lisa's.

He spent time slicking his hair and even shaving carefully for the look he knew Ton would like, then he retrieved the trolley and walked calmly into the room, "Mi' Lords and Lady. Refreshments?"

Ton gasped with glee as he looked at his handsome Tad, the other kids showing the heathens they are by attacking the trolley before spitting out their teeth and laughing at one another. Ianto looked around the room and saw the effort that had gone into it, even seeing a black shawl Babs was sure to miss hanging over the window. The way Ren was adjusting it showed that had been his idea.

"You know this looks like sleepover material, maybe you can each have a mattress on the floor and if you have a tombstone each. Brown or green blankets for a grave?" Ianto pondered, the kids all getting excited as Ton crouched to pull the mattresses out from under the bed.

"Do we have cardboard for the head stones? How do we make them?" Ton asked and Ianto smiled.

"I will go ask Dad, I think he might be more help there" Ianto said as he left and told the half asleep husband on the sofa. Jack's eyes lit up as he headed off to help.

Ianto knew he would have at least two hours of peace and he lay on the sofa with a sigh of pleasure, the plate of food for himself lovely.

Jack's squeals as he pretended to be scared of the spider cakes also telling him Jack was eating his fair share of the food.

Not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.

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In answer to questions, it is a heavy humid heat that is impossible to escape except under a cold shower then comes the horror realisation that you must step back out. Not ideal for my medical conditions but I tell myself that this too shall pass.

Also, I loved Munsters as a kid. Adams Family and Little Rascals. As I have said before Ton is loosely based on my own mad ones, some of his ideas and comments are real from moments in time when I found myself biting the inside of my mouth.

I am glad my writing makes you laugh, I do try to keep it real. LOL

The fight continues xxx