Peter continues to be a happy go lucky little boy. He loves to pick up the phone and carry on  long conversations with the dial tone of the phone. He loves nursery now. He loves the Highlights magazine and will look at the pictures. He is so funny, he has now taken to dancing. When I do exercises he will too. He does a good job at imitating me. Peter is a climber.

– Willison Family Newsletter November 1986

Peter is really quite a talker and his vocabulary is amazing. He is a very willing helper.He loves the baby and is very concerned whenever she begins to cry. He comes running in and “Mom, feed her”. He loves to go to Primary. He is quite the book worm. Yesterday Ken had his first interview with Peter. It was brief but what amazed him is that weighs a pound more than Emilie and she is 5 inches taller than he is (everytime Ken has his interviews with the children he always weighs and measures them). This will be Peter’s first year Tricks or Treating so it will be interesting.

Last Friday Peter got into the bees in the front yard…to make a long story short, he got about 15-20 stings. We rushed him off to the doctor’s. The next day his right eye was swollen but otherwise he made it through it.

Willison Family Newsletter September 1986

Peter continues to be Peter Pumpkin Eater. He usually never walks but has the cutest little jaunt. He talks all the time and is Emilie’s side kick. He really watches out for the baby. The other night he ran a temperature of over 104. We asked him how he felt , good or bad. He said he felt bad. Sometimes with Peter he can have a fever and still be running around. He will come up to us and say, “I love you, mom” or “I love you, Amy” or “I love you, Emilie”.

Willison Family Newsletter August 1986

When Ken came to the hospital to get me, he brought Peter and Amy with him. As soon as Peter saw the baby, he said, “My baby”. Then he said , “I hold”. All the way home, he kept saying , “My baby”. Since we have been home, he loves to go over to her and give her a gentle kiss on her forehead. He gently goes and gets a receiving blanket and covers her up. He is so cute. He is Mr. independent and enjoys every minute of it. He loves little match box cars and loves to line them up in a row.

– Willison Family Newsletter July 1986

Peter got involved in everything the other children did. His echoing chant was … Bye, Bye, Grandma, I love you!!

Peter is so funny, he loves to play ball. He has the most perfect kick we have ever seen. He is such a little chunk. When we are in a store people will come up and ask me if Emilie and Peter are twins not because they look alike but because they are so close to each other in size. He amazes us with his talking. I happened to be crying at the kitchen table one time this past month, he came up to me and said, “What’s the matter Mom?” I had to laugh, here’s this little boy coming up to me and asking me what’s wrong.

-Willison Family Newsletter June 1986

Peter has finally adjusted to the nursery at church.

Peter continues to amaze with his young sport ability in terms of balls. He loves to play ball -particularly soccer as he says. He can kick the ball square on and for some distance too. He has got to be one of the most fun loving -participating youngsters. Whatever the other children are doing, he gets right in and does. He has an enormous vocabulary and can express himself very well. He gives us no problem about going into the nursery now. In fact, he gets so excited to show us the pictures and art work he does each week. Yesterday at the Dentist he picked up a Highlights magazine and started thumbing through it. He then brought it over to me and began showing me a picture he found of a Panda Bear. His favorite phrase is “OH,OH” when things go wrong. There is an ad on TV for a muffler place he has taken to using that phrase when something happens. He says now “OH,OH, better get Mayco!!!” It is so funny to hear him say this…

-Willison Family Newsletter May 1986

Peter is such a grown up little man. Sunday seemed to be an easier day for him in the nursery. He is very independent and insists on walking by himself wherever we go. On Sunday April 13th we took the children to a place called Springdale Farm. It is an area park-owned farm with real farm animals on it. That particular Sunday they were having a sheep shearing demonstration and we thought the children would enjoy the ride and stroll around the farm. Amy took a friend and all the children found something of interest. Peter particularly found the pigs and piglets interesting. He also saw some little baby yellow ducks in the barn under a warming light. We then walked down to the duck pond which the older children liked. We then walked by the chicken coop or house and saw some chickens and roosters. For Peter, I think it was the first time he was really able to appreciate some of the animals he had seen in some books. We drove down the road a little farther and came across another museum -an airplane museum that Ken and the older children went through. Peter talks all the time now. In fact, last week one of the children did something or took something from him. I retrieved it for him and he went over to them and chanted “HAHA!!” I couldn’t hardly believe what I was hearing but I could tell by the way he jaunted over and gestured that that was what he meant.

-Willison Family Newsletter April 1986

Peter continues to grow and amaze us all. He has now taken to putting his own sneakers on!!! It is hilarious, He sits down and slips them on and velcros them shut. The other day he got them on the wrong feet but I was shocked he even knew how to do it. He is quite the thinker and talker. He carries on regular conversations and he knows what he wants and how to get it across. Primary nursery seems to be coming. In fact, I substituted in Emilie’s nursery this past Sunday and brought Peter with me. He was right at home with the older children. Peter loves the outdoors and is perfectly crazy about bouncing balls. He loves the nerf brand balls.

-Willison Family Newsletter March 1986

Peter is quite a talker and a joiner. He is still having a difficult time adjusting to nursery. Everyone says he looks just like Ken. Last month I took Markie, Emilie and Peter to get their pictures taken. Mark smiled and really enjoyed “blowing out the light.” Emilie and Peter cried each time they were put in front of the camera. Finally, we decided to try it again another time. Peter loves to brush his teeth and eat the toothpaste. The children all smother and baby him. Emilie loves to brush and take care of his hair.

-Willison Family Newsletter February 1986