Let your uncle mean uncle

When you all were little I established a hard and fast rule whenever we played physically together – tickling, wrestling, etc.  As soon as you cried (or whimpered, if in a particularly tight wrestling hold) “uncle”, the play stopped immediately.  No tickling, no wresting, etc. 

This was a simple way to build trust between us.  I followed it and made sure you all followed it when roughhousing with each other.

Of course Peter had fun with this and couldn’t just say uncle all the time.  There would be times I was tickling him and he would start to say “uncle” but would turn it into “umbrella” or “cousin” or “aunt” or something else, just so the tickling would continue.