Emmett lost his first tooth!

He lost it while biting a doughnut, of all things! The tooth fairy came and brought him a whopping $5! When he woke up at 5:30am the next morning, he reached under his pillow and we heard him say "Yessss!" from across the hall. So cute!

It must be because he is five :)

Marshall's Gulch on Mt. Lemmon

We joined other families from the Rainbow Families group, sponsored by Wingspan in Tucson, for a picnic at the top of Mount Lemmon yesterday. This picture shows how much the kids enjoyed the running water and MUD in the very lovely temperature of 68-72 degrees. Emmett is on the right, his "mud brother" Matvey is on the left. Huge thanks to Matvey's dad for taking such great pictures!

This was a great escape from the valley heat of 102+ that has taken over for the summer.

A note from Kirsten (great story!)

The boys were 'gardening' when E and P came running to the door telling me something was dead in the birdbath. So I went to take a look and there was a chick dead in the water. Probably a little house finch. Emmett took the flowers that Grandpa Krueger gave me (I was getting ready to compost them anyway) and walked to where the dead bird had been with this clump of flowers in his hand, said a few words and dropped them to the spot. As they were falling to the ground Emmett waved goodbye to him.

I watched this from inside the kitchen and it was very powerful for me. Yes, I cried. He is so kind and loving. When he came in I hugged him, crying, told him how proud of him I am and how sweet and kind he is. Potter said, 'me too?'. I told him the same and we all had the nicest hug. We are so lucky to have these guys.