7

"Whatcha doing?" Ianto asked as he looked up from the bottom of the wall he was currently working on to see Jack and Ton marching past with boxes, Shay playing happily with some toys next to Ianto.

"Fish pond." Ton said imperiously to him with a sniff "Can't have a good fish pond without the right pump and rock bed now."

"Fish… what. Fish pond?" Ianto rose and scooped up the toddler to follow and entered the bathroom to find the bathtub sunk into the floor… when did that happen… it was now clearly a pond. Oh wow. It would look amazing with some fish in it, especially with the little curved bridge that went along the wall behind it and the mural he could possible paint to make it look… oh wow … look at that. A mirror was waiting to be glued in that would reflect the 'pond' and make it look bigger, like the bridge went over top of it. "Ton… did you think of the reflecting pond?"

"So to have the bridge look like it is floating over it, now against the wall… you will need to make the wall a bit… well… back." Ton made a motion with his hands.

"I can push the grass and such around the mirror.. sure. Make the skirting board about four inches off the ground, a false sense of more depth. Of course love." Ianto nodded "This is going to be cool."

"And I will put those old wooden deck chairs from behind the barn in there like someone sits in them to feed ducks sometimes… even if there are no ducks… it gives the impression that some might come… and maybe over there we can have a little rabbit warren… I am thinking of putting some logs and stuff to make it look like an old woodpile." Ton pointed and then did his jazz hands thing before wandering off.

"You know… he has never been so 'YOU' in his life" Jack said softly as he grinned at Ianto "And at the same time… my building skills I taught him… he is having so much fun. Babe… me too. This is a blast. Can we do more?"

"More?"

"Well… is this going to be the only house? Can we do a space one? Maybe have an alien vista for outside and one room can be a fake cell block.. I wan to make some Greys out of papier-mâché… we can have stars on the ceiling and… what."

"I had not thought of more than one house. But I did start this for fun and then saw it as a great pay house for the kids… more. Well... I did want to try a jungle themed one…"

"So two.. three more maybe. Lift them from the back lot and plonk them here so Walter can extend out for the new sets… yeah?" Jack said, then narrowed his eyes "Four out there in the way right."

"Four… wait a sec… how did this become four more houses?" Ianto blinked with shock.

"Come on Tiger… it will take you sooo long to do them all and look.. Shay loves it"

They looked over at the toddler who was calmly patting the dog painted on the wall while crooning softly like it was real.

Awwwww.

Ianto grinned as he nodded.

Sure. A spaced themed one? Might take a bit. Hmmmm.