My favorite Christmas moment

Merry Christmas!

I hope to post pictures soon too, but here's a sweet story:

So, my mom bought the boys these advent calendars to have for the month of December - you know - where you open a little door everyday and there's a candy inside? So, about a week ago, I had the boys both taking their daily candy out and I had to run into the office (right next to our kitchen) and help a student. When I returned five minutes later, Caleb was sitting on the floor next to an empty calendar with a chocolately face and a smile. I was like, "Caleb! You ate them all?!" Gabe was shaking his head and said, "Now Caleb's not going to have any more candy!" And I was like, "Nope, that's too bad for him. He ate it all and now it's gone!"

So, this past week every time Gabe has opened a little window on his calendar, Caleb has come to me and been like, "My candy?" and usually I've scounged up a piece of chocolate somewhere for him. But on Christmas Eve Day, I was fresh out of everything chocolate. And Gabe was so excited to open his very last door of chocolate. But when he opened it, Caleb was kneeling down next to him watching (as usual), and Caleb looked at me and asked, "My candy too?" And I said, "Sorry Caleb. Yours is all gone because you ate it and I don't have any for you today." And do you know what Gabe did? He looked at Caleb and looked at his last piece of candy and said, "Here Caleb. You can have my piece if you want." And he gave him his very last piece! It was soooo sweet! I was like, "Gabe, I can not believe you did that! That was so nice!" (Caleb of course didn't really grasp how nice it was, he just took it and ate it - he may have said a quick thank you, I'm not sure...) But then Gabe's like, "That would make Jesus happy right?" It was so cute because we've talked about how Christmas is really Jesus' birthday and for his present he just wants us to be nice to eachother. It was soooo cute! Merry Christmas everyone!