What a perfectly delightful story--with a soupcon of gentle melancholy for seasoning. I have always thought it was simply canon that Dean is great with kids, both because he pretty much raised one and because he somehow managed to hold on to the ability to be pleased by simple things. Around kids is the one place he feels free not to wear the mask and just to put all the horrors in his life aside and play. As you say, living in the moment.

And I can see Sam going all BDABR in that environment. Bless him for giving Dean a while to hold on to the buzz before bringing him back to the ugly reality.

I'd love to see them do something along these lines on the show.

BTW, I love that Daddy's Boys icon. On a lot of levels.