Family Mellmann

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Merry Christmas to all our family and friends. This is what has been happening in our last couple weeks leading up to Christmas. Christmas Concert at Trinity.  Patrick, and the other seniors, were narrators for the Christmas program. Patrick's last day of his last Advent Calendar.  Now that he's 18 his next Advent season will look different.  *gulp, sniff   Christmas Eve morning - here comes the tree!   We had to resort to a step ladder to get the star on the tree...no more little kids to put on Papa's shoulders. The tree is ready and the presents are in place.   Our a

One of my favorite parts of winter is the return of knitting season...who wants to knit in the heat of the summer?!  I finished this cowl just in time for Christmas.

Sleepless nights, never-ending laundry, learning to work with one hand tied behind your back (or using it hold a baby on your hip).  Then they sleep through the night, learn to do their own laundry, and add two hands to the kitchen instead of handicap one. After years of diapers, baths, doctors, dentists, noses, laundry, chores, summer camps, play groups, library runs, school programs, and a seemingly limitless list of tasks and responsibilities associated with motherhood and parenting, it's over.  Well, maybe not over, but things are definitely changing. Now, Patrick blows his own nose, does his own laundry, and drives himself to the dentist.  One thing that hasn't changed?  He still likes to have lobster for his birthday dinner.  One of my earliest pictures of him helping to prepare lobster was when he was not quite six years old.  I don't think this was a birthday dinner, but it was the beginning of a long tradition.   Lobster dinner - 2006   Lobster Birth