Abby slowly approached the sleeping pile of "men" in the chair and gently tapped Tim on the shoulder. As he jolted awake he quickly caught Sam who was about to slide off his lap. It took him a few seconds to orient himself to his surroundings and that his beautiful wife was standing beside him. He smiled at her as he stood, carrying Sam in his arms. Tim walked up the stairs and into his youngest son's room to tuck him back into his bed. Abby close behind kissed the little boy before the two parents shut the door and went to their own room.

Tim had emailed Abby about the evening's events and so she there was little discussion of the past and talk jumped quickly into how to solve the lack of a winter coat and how to get their youngest to wear one.

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The following morning as the family was all getting ready for work and school Abby was going through a few storage bins in the basement in search of a winter coat. She found a puffy red jacket that, like the 'lost' blue one was likely to be a bit big on Sam. Taking it upstairs she hung it on Sam's hook by the door. Abby had decided that not making a 'big deal' about the new coat would be most likely way to avoid any unnecessary discussions.

The rest of the morning went as usual with the boys eating breakfast and then running up stairs to brush their teeth and get dressed for the day. Both Tim and Abby had to hide smirks when they saw Sam come to the front door in 3 layers of sweaters. He'd solved that not having a coat issue himself. Neither parent said anything as the boys collected their backpacks and got the coats off their hooks. Luc quickly donning his own coat before looking to Sam who was examining the red garment on his hook. It was oddly familiar yet he couldn't place exactly why.

"Put your coat on Sam" Luc instructed not wanting anymore drama himself.

"I don't think this IS mine" Sam said a bit confused.

"It's on your hook, it fits, it IS yours. Now put it on."

".OK. Geesh… you're as bad as dad" Sam threw at his brother as he put the coat on and then fought with the zipper. Luc knelt down, zipped up the coat and handed Sam his bag. "Let's go" Luc declared holding out his hand for his brother to take. Sam eyed his older sibling scrutinizing his motivation, seeing a big smile he quickly took the offered hand and they headed to the car.

Tim and Abby exchanged knowing and proud glances before Tim kissed Abby on the cheek and headed to the car.