Caleb gave one three heads.

Asher decorated his with purple frosting and insisted it represented a mountain climber wearing thermal gear.

Mason quietly made four cookies in matching blue coats.

At one point, I caught Tristan watching them with an expression I recognized from the previous Christmas.

Then, instead of staring at what he had lost, he crossed the kitchen and asked Liam whether he needed help with the icing bag.

That was the difference.