At age four Peter's loves are Lego's, cars, and riding his bike. Peter has more Duplo Lego's to create and make fun rockets, boats, planes, ships, etc.; however he's also really into his regular Lego's because Kendal has her own to play with him and they've set up a town with a fire and police stations, houses and stores to carry on adventures in. Since the warm weather has hit Peter is all about being outside on his bike. He loves the freedom of our closed off cul-de-sac and can be on his bike throughout the day everyday if he could. If he's not doing either Lego's or his bike he's usually got his cars out. He's got the best little imagination and can go off on stories with or without help. He still has an awesome sense of humor about him. The things he says or some of the things he does makes us smile.
Peter loves to eat. He asks all day long to eat or when the next meal is. He's generally a good eater, but sometimes snacks or just stubborn attitude interfere with finishing dinner. Peter is our night owl. If he's in the mood to put off sleep or if he's had a nap bedtime takes a while. He's also one to get up with the sun, so as the spring and summer days are getting brighter earlier he's joining in and tends to get up early (Which on really early days tend to mean it's a nap day. We've discovered less sleep means more stubborn attitudes.)
Peter is our Strong willed child. If he feels he's been wronged, hurt, or gotten into trouble he's no longer your friend. His defense when upset is to say he doesn't love us or we're not his friend anymore. He's navigating the path of actions and consequences right now; and more often than not he's finding out there are many negative consequences when a stubborn and grumpy attitude are present. Were working on communication and effective ways to let out frustrations. He's given us a run this year with his tyrannosaurs three's. We're hoping being four brings out a brighter side of life, if not we'll just keep working on happy.
Funny enough Peter is great with other people. His primary teachers have nothing but praises and funny stories about Peter. He loves the library ladies, and other adults in his life. He does what they ask and is generally way better for them than he ever is for Mom and Dad at home.
Peter is very good at picking up things quickly. Learning to ride his bike, snap, swimming, throw or catch a ball, etc. just come naturally to him. He has learned so much this past year with his alphabet, numbers, writing, and basics with Mommy and ABC mouse at home. His learning is on his terms though so when he's not in the mood to sit down and work on letter sounds with me he just plain wont. We've started doing sight words with him because he wants to be big like Kendal and read. He'll happily sit on my lap for stories any time and he and Kendal often look / read books at night.
Peter's favorites:
- Color: blue
- Toy(s): Lego's
- Food: "this food" (meaning waffles)
- Animal: Monkey
- Song: I am a child of God
- Holiday: Halloween
- Snack: Pizza
- Cartoon: Dinosaur Train, Daniel Tiger
- Book: Lightning McQueen
- When he grows up: A Doctor like Uncle Cody, and a Police-Helicopter man
Nicknames: Petey
Stats: 39' tall, and about 35 pounds.
Happy birthday Peter! We love you so very very much!
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