It's been a long day.

One of these boys attended a cookie decorating party at his friend's house, then came home and played for the remainder of the day, occasionally taking a break to enjoy the fruits of his cookie labors. The other one endured six hours of holiday-shopping-related horrors. Guess which one is really asleep?

There you go.

New Wonderland up today. Now I'm off to wrap six million presents and drink some wine. I predict that the gifts will become increasingly less presentable as the night wears on. For my last gift, I'll tape the cat to a box and lurch upstairs to bed.

Comments

[daysgoby]

Oh, God rest ye Merry Gentlemen!

And I know that look. That's the look of Recharging Rest. Usually only lasts a minute, then they're UP like little bunnies and SPRONG around the house some more.

Enjoy the wine.

[jules]

That is so adorable! I'm enjoying wine as I type this, and afterwards will go back to my own blogging, which I predict will also become increasingly less presentable as the minutes tick-tock by. To that I will of course blame the cabernet. Happy wrapping!JulesHouse of Jules

[SouthernBelle]

Why is it kids just never give up? I wish I had that energy. Have fun wrapping. I got that finished last night.

[sizzle]

i didn't think someone could sleep after all those cookies. ;)

[SuburbanCorrespondent]

6 hours? That's Super-Husband! And I thought a few hours in IKEA was amazing for my husband...

[Bertha]

Boy, does Henry look just like you in this picture...

[Sara]

I locked my kids in the playroom for three hours while I wrapped presents today. Just kidding-it was only 1 hour. At this point in the game, I don't even bother with bows. I just cover it, tape it, and slap them bad boys under the tree. Yeah. Merry Christmas.

[Lisa C]

Oh my. They are both incredibly beautiful. This is one of those heart-breaking pictures that zaps you right back to the moment. You are a blessed woman.

[kyran]

CRAZY how much he looks like you.

[kyran]

uh, Henry. Not that you and Scott couldn't have that Mick and Bianca thing going on. It's hard to say with the glasses and beard disguise.

[Alissa]

scott must really like cookies.

[tulip]

dang Alice, Scott is super fine! :)And that Henry is cute too.

[alanaransley]

Funny how it always seems so much fun to wrap Christmas presents BEFORE you actually start. I say I enjoy it, but after a couple of hours, my wrapping jobs go from the precision of my Hallmark training to either recycling old gift bags with a sheet of tissue shoved on top of the gift, or sloppily wrapped in paper. No bows, and some of them don't even end up with tags.

[Sarah]

That's one million presents per hour. Pretty good going. I hereby invite you to do my Christmas shopping for me next year. I will feed you cookies and slices of cake as a token of my appreciation.

[Jen]

I have to agree. Wrapping presents seems so fun until you remember why you put it off until a couple of days before Christmas. My reason is that time I was eight and was wrapping presents in my favorite nightgown (which was actually an old halloween costume with sequins on it) and I accidentally cut it with the cursed scissors I was using for wrap. I am afraid to wear any clothes wrapping presents now.

[islaygirl]

Henry is lovely.

[Thea]

Oh no - wrapping presents, making them. I felt so on top of things until this morning when I realized how much I really had left to do and in such little time.

And, being pregnant, I can't even smuggle a bottle of wine in with the wrapping paper. Alas!

The photos are adorable, though. Those cheered me right up.

[Dory]

How did the wrapping go? Is the cat new and improved with 100% more adhesive???

[Mauigirl]

Wonderful pictures! I agree, Henry looks so much like you in that second picture. I think you need to have them framed side-by-side in one of those frames that holds two pictures.

Tape the cat to a box...ROFL!

[hikooky]

Great photo set. Love it. What handsome men you have. Happy gift wrapping!

[Karen (Miscellaneous Mum)]

Oh, that is so gorgeous.

With my gift wrapping, I'm waiting until the absolute last minute. I want to just leave them in the wrapping they've got from the shops. Husband wants an extra 'layer' put on for the kids to rip through.

*roll eyes*

[Lori]

Whenever I wrap sober, it looks like I wrapped drunk...so maybe if I wrap drunk, it will be better? Does that logic work in real life?

[Bipolarlawyercook]

You have a cooperative cat if tape works. We always have to use staples.

[Mrs. Flinger]

Genius to wear out the man. Except, maybe it's not as hard to do as the boychild. Hrm...

[Daniel]

Alice, you always make me laugh.