How to wrap presents with puppies in the house. . .

[Beaverhausen]

How to wrap presents with puppies in the house. . .

1. Gather presents, boxes, paper, etc. in middle of living room floor.
2. Get tape back from puppy.
3. Remove scissors from older dog's mouth.
4. Open box.
5. Take puppy out of box.
6. Remove tape from older dog's mouth.
7. Take scissors away from puppy.
8. Put present in box.
9. Remove present from puppy's mouth.
10. Put back in box after removing puppy from box.
11. Take scissors from older dog & sit on them.
12. Remove puppy from box & put on lid.
13. Take tape away from older dog.
14. Unroll paper.
15. Take puppy OFF box.
16. Cut paper being careful not to cut puppy's foot or nose that is
getting in the way as it "helps".
17. Let puppy tear remaining paper.
18. Take puppy off box.
19. Wrap paper around box.
20. Remove puppy from box & take wrapping paper from its mouth.
21. Tell older dog to fetch the tape so he will stop stealing it.
22. Take scissors away from puppy.
23. Take tape older dog is holding.
24. Quickly tape one spot before taking scissors from older dog &
sitting on them again.
25. Fend off puppy trying to steal tape & tape another spot.
26. Take bow from older dog.
27. Go get roll of wrapping paper puppy ran off with.
28. Take scissors from older dog who took them when you got up.
29. Give pen to older dog to hold so he stops licking your face.
30. Remove puppy from present & hurriedly slap tape on to hold
the paper on.
31. Take now soggy bow from puppy & tape on since the sticky
stuff no longer sticks.
32. Take pen from older dog, address tag & affix while puppy tries to
eat pen.
33. Grab present before puppy opens it & put it away.
34. Clean up mess puppy & older dog made playing tug-of-war
with remnants of wrapping paper.
35. Put away rest of wrapping supplies & tell dogs what good
helpers they are.

[IndyOp]

1. Awwww... The last is the best!

A few potential helpers:

[radfringe]

2. went through this with kitten

during the holiday season...

1. gather presents and put them on kitchen table
2. get wrapping paper, tags, tape, scissors, bows and boxes
3. remove kitten from shopping bag that the presents are in
4. open wrapping paper and spread out
5. pick up the scissors the kitten has knocked on the floor
6. remove kitten from wrapping paper you have spread out
7. place present on wrapping paper
8. pick up the scissors the kitten has knocked on the floor
9. remove kitten from present/wrapping paper
10. cut paper
11. fold paper over present
12. pick up tape the kitten has knocked on the floor
13. remove kitten from present/wrapping paper
14. tape paper
15. remove kitten from inside the partially wrapped present
16. go to step 4 because the kitten has ripped the paper while you were trying to remove it from the partially wrapped present

[BrklynLiberal]

3. This is worth a second look!!!

[Patiod]

4. Reminds me of how to pack for a work trip with help from Cat

1. Get out suitcase
2. Remove cat from suitcase
3. Lay out potential work outfits
4. Remove cat from anything black (unless it's a black cat, in which case it will be on the light-colored clothing)
5. Remove cat from suitcase
6. Put shoes and sundry bag
7. Remove cat from suitcase
8. Remove cat from each outfit, placing outfit in suitcase. Remove cat from suitcase. Repeat until completely packed.
9. Close suitcase
10. Remove cat from top of suitcase.
11. Repeat for each and every work trip.