Okay firstly I would like to apologise to the Tracy brothers for putting them through this chapter, but I thought it was too much of a funny idea not to do it as the two families are so similar. Every time I watch the sound of music it reminds me of those boys!

I do not own songs, sound of music or thunderbirds.

The following day Jeff got up early still thinking up an activity for his boys. Smiling he picked up his phone and made a call.

"Hello," the voice said.

"Hello Jenny, its Jeff,"

"Jeff! How wonderful to hear from you…..,"

"Yes, Jen…..,"

"I must get you to thank your mother for baking that wonderful cake for my daughter…..,"

"Yes…..,"

"She's ten you know, can't believe where….,"

'Good Lord this woman can talk' Jeff thought to himself.

"JENNY!" he shouted.

Silence on the other end of the phone.

"Jenny," he said more calmly "I was ringing to see if you were available today at all? You still teach music, don't you?"

"Well, yes…."

"Good and do you still have the costumes from the school play?"

"Yes. Jeff what is this all about?"

"Good, can you come over?"

"Of course, when?"

"Get here for nine, if you can,"

"Okay be at yours for nine,"

They said their farewells and hung up.

By just before nine all the boys were up in various forms. Scott was doing some stretches, John was sat on the window seat daydreaming, Virgil was playing something on the piano, Gordon was sat in front of the television arguing and fighting over the remote with Alan.

"You boys need something to do with your time," Jeff said marching over to the sofa where Gordon and Alan were fighting, taking the remote off them, then plonking himself between them, large scotch in his hand.

"Hey Dad! We were watching that!"

"Well it looked more like fighting from where I was," Jeff said "besides it's not going to matter to you today, because you are going out!"

"Yeah, like where? It will be nice to have a break from those two," Virgil said still blue from his younger brothers antics the other day.

Before Jeff could respond, there was a knock at the door.

"Oh, I wonder who that could be?" Jeff said sounding fake and taking a sip of his drink trying to hide his smile.

Scott stopped stretching and jogged casually to the door and opened it.

"Jenny, hi what are you doing here?"

"Well your Dad asked me to pop over, so here I am,"

"You had better come in then," Scott said smiling at her.

"Ah, Jenny!" Jeff walked over to her giving her a friendly kiss on the cheek over exaggerating the greeting.

All the boys just looked at each other.

"Listen up boys, after yesterday's shenanigan's, I have decided that you need something to do with your time. Jenny has been good enough to help with this, you all have your respective outfits," Jeff said as Jenny was checking sizes and giving them out.

"Go to your rooms and come down with these outfits on,"

"Dad, what are these costumes?" Scott asked "I am not wearing this!" he stated.

"Until you boys learn to get on and live together civilly, I am afraid you leave me no choice, now move," he said watching each son in turn look that the costumes and muttering with disgust then walk upstairs.

After about 20 minutes none of his sons had re-appeared, so he called up to them.

"Boys are you ready?" He asked impatiently.

Scott was the first out of his room, the costume made him look like he had an odd fetish, shortly followed by John dressed in matching lederhosen that was embarrassingly tight around certain parts.

"Seriously?" John said "Why? What have I done?"

"Yeah what have we done to deserve this?" Scott said pulling the crotch that had ridden up a little to far up for his liking.

Alan and Gordon, who were still young enough to look cute in them, came bounding down the stairs shortly followed by Virgil who looked like he was walking down a catwalk in a clothes show dressed in the same matching outfits.

"I don't believe it, he's enjoying it! How come his costume fits him perfectly?" Scott said pointing to Virgil.

"It doesn't fit perfectly on me!" Virgil said defensively "I just know how to wear these sort of clothes better than you!"

"Why are we dressed like the Von Trapp Family?" John exclaimed.

"This is your punishment for yesterday, punishing you individually is simply to much work." Jeff said smiling "So now if you can't sort out your own arguments, I will be getting my own back on you. This week I have decided to name 'The Von Trapp Experience'. You are to stay dressed like this while picking berries for your Grandmothers pies that she is planning on making." He was barely able to contain the smile that had engulfed his lips. "Well you had better be on your way," Jeff said.

Scott and John looking horrified.

"No way!" they said in union.

"I've got a street cred to live up to!" Scott said.

"I am not stepping outside this house! What if Kat sees me? She will laugh!" John said pleadingly.

"She won't if she really likes you," Jeff calmly said back. "Now be on your way, so I can have a couple of hours of peace!"

A short time later the Tracy boys were still dressed like the Von Trapp family while picking berries under the supervision of Jenny who hadn't stopped talking to Scott. Gordon and Alan were starting to get bored and throwing berries at each other. Virgil was skipping to each section of the bush between picking.

John was really annoyed, 'Give me a break!' he thought 'I haven't done anything wrong!'

He growled in anger out loud.

"You okay bro?" Scott asked managing to excuse himself from Jenny.

"No! I can't believe this, my whole life is an embarrassment!" he said his face burning in anger. "I haven't done anything wrong!"

"Well I wouldn't have said that," Scott said smirking "I took Kat's sister, Cassie, to the woods yesterday,"

John turned sharply to look at Scott.

"Are you kidding me? Well she was scared I was just showing her some stuff,"

"Nope and I know you were," Scott paused, "I just want to know one thing, as your my only sane brother, are you being safe?"

"Not you too!"

"John, this is serious,"

"Yeah I know, when the time comes we will be safe,"

"So was that your first, you know, 'experience'?"

"Yeah," John said blushing slightly.

"How did you find it?"

John didn't answer he wanted to shout it from the roof tops how good it was how much he loved his girlfriend for doing it and how much he wanted her to do it again.

"John?" a voice came from behind him.

"Katherine!" at this point he wondered if he would ever not be embarrassed ever again.

"John, why are you dressed like Friedrich Von Trapp?" she asked smiling.

"Errr….I'm just going to make sure Virge is okay," Scott said excusing himself.

"I am picking berries in costume as a punishment for Gordon teasing me, how unfair is that? I am starting to wonder if I'm going to make it through school without getting the utter crap kicked out of me!"

"Would you like some help picking?" she asked as she sneaked a berry out of his basket and put it in her mouth.

"Are you sure you want to be seen with me looking like this?" John asked looking down at his outfit cringing.

"Sure why not," she said stood in front of him looking him up and down, " I am getting used to the fact your family is far from normal!" he said shaking her head at his ridiculous outfit.

"Right then boys, how about a sing song," she stopped "Hello Katherine, will you be joining us?"

"A sing song?" Katherine said almost stuttering. "But I don't know how to sing!"

"Well we mustn't loose anytime you must learn!" using her teachers voice. "Now let's see,

Doe a Deer, a female deer,

Ray, a drop of golden sun,

Me, a name I call myself,

Far, a long long way to run, now you sing,"

John and Katherine watched in disbelief as Virgil started singing rather angelically followed by Alan, Gordon and Scott. Katherine shrugged.

"Well Stargazer, if you can't beat them join them!"