Rock Star Peter

Peter is the "Rock Star of the Week" for his class. Bryan and I were given the assignment to write a letter about Peter, letting his class know what a great kid he is. Bryan wrote his first. I read through it and then tried hard not to duplicate it. So that I can remember all of the great traits that Peter has right now, I'm posting that letter here.

Peter is awesome. He has a lot of special gifts and talents that have always impressed me. He loves to see people happy and will try hard to make sure everyone is laughing and having fun. Peter is a very good friend. Once Peter was playing at a park and saw another little boy who wasn't playing with anyone, so Peter invited the boy to play and encouraged everyone to include the boy. He tries hard to make others happy.

Peter is very creative. He loves art projects and will often spend hours Imagineering fantastic worlds and build them out of bits of paper and cardboard. He loves to write stories and can remember most of the stories that I've told him. He also builds cool things in Minecraft and Terraria.

He has a great memory - it is nearly photographic. He can absorb information from books like a sponge can water. He loves to share and teach. He is a natural leader, and will often have others following his lead. When he decided he likes something he will focus on it relentlessly. He reads more than anyone I know, and has finished lots of hard books.

Peter is good at basketball and is a fast runner.

Most of all, Peter is my friend.

I love you Peter,

Dad

Peter is awesome. He loves to go on adventures. He has lived in every time zone in the continental United States. He’s visited Seattle, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Chicago, Green Bay, Washington DC, and NYC. Someday he wants to visit Paris and he thinks the Eiffel Tower is really cool. He’s played in the Pacific Ocean in California and in Oregon and has been to Mount Rushmore.

He has a big family. In addition to his mom and dad and brother and two sisters, he has nine uncles, six aunts, four grandparents, and three living great-grandparents. He met his great-great-grandma when he was a baby. Family is important to Peter.

Peter is great at helping with his baby sister. She was born nine days before he turned eight and he works hard to be a good big brother to her. He also comes up with fun, crazy, inventive games to play with his brother and other little sister.

Peter is always moving! When he was a baby we had to swaddle him (a special way to wrap a little baby in a blanket) so he would sleep. Otherwise he would wiggle and keep himself awake. He loves to jump and bounce and run and dance.

Peter eats a lot. He eats more than I do. He eats more than his dad does. Sometimes, he eats more than both of us combined. When he was little he was picky, but he’s not anymore, which I think is great. He’s a good cook. He made a delicious apple pie for Thanksgiving and helped make dinner for our family earlier this week.

Life is never dull with Peter.

I love you Peter!

Mom