Brotherly Love

Today, I witnessed the best act of brotherly love between Samuel and Darius. Here's the background to what happened today. This week Samuel has been running a fever. On Tuesday, his fever spiked and he was very mopey and just layed around. I grabbed his pillow and let him lay on the couch with it. Usually his pillow and blanket have to stay on his bed, but I made an exception since he was feeling so bad.

Fast forward to today. Samuel was on the couch watching Word World and said that he was tired so he was going to lay down on the couch. Darius heard him say he was tired, so he ran to Sam's room and grabbed his pillow and brought it to him. Then he brought him his blanket, and gave Sam his little stuffed hamster and bear blankie that he (Darius) sleeps with. He followed it up with James (steam engine and tender, that Sam loves), another blanket that they like to sit on, and was trying to pick up the Fisher Price barn to give to him. (I had to step in before someone got hurt with the barn.) It was so heart-warming to see how Darius was taking care of Samuel. I admit that I did have tears in my eyes when I saw the kindness.

Darius is starting to show sympathy towards Samuel. Lately when Samuel gets upset, especially this week with him being sick, Darius has tried to give him his favorite toys to comfort him. Samuel has done this to Darius when he's been upset. Its nice to see that they do care for each other, even though chances are in five minutes that they will be fighting over something or pestering each other. But I hope that they continue to show love to each other.