Worst part of Christmas

[cjcouple]

Trying to figure out how/when to wrap the boys gifts!!! With me on days and dh working nights, they are always home!! Lol.

[gastro]

I usually wrap after they are in bed.

[nicolewi]

I'm usually wrapping at about 3:00 am the night Santa comes, or the night before. Don't do this.

[momin2013]

I'm planning to try to finish mine today - I'm off, and everyone else is at school/work! Only problem is I have about 3,547,875 other things that I want to squeeze in; I swear my days off are 100x busier than my work days - sheesh!

Maybe your DH can take the boys out for a couple of hours sometime on a Sat/Sun?

[cjcouple]

nicolewi, Yes, usually do that a couple days before. It sucks.

gastro, the problem is I am exhausted by the time they go down. Last night for example they each had basketball practice back to back, DS2 at 6 and DS1 at 7:30 until 8:45. We get home at 9:05, and I hadnt even eaten dinner yet. I was cooking stupid chicken fingers at 9:30 last night while they both showered and got ready for bed. It was 10 and they finally went down. I got up at 5am so by 10 I am done!!

This isn't every night (usually rhey are down by 9 on non sports nights) but because of those nights, it throws off my other nights because I need to squeeze in housework, dishes, vacuuming, laundry. DH is off tonight BUT we were supposed to go to this lighted house tonight and walk through and out to dinner. He works most weekends too.

I will just have to suck it up and stay up late this weekend and wrap. Sucks but there is no other time.

Sorry, I am whining. It is not a huge problem to deal with. It could be much worse, I just love my sleep. lol