It's been one of those days. Do you ever feel like you just talk and talk and no one listens?

I swear all day no one listened to me at all. I would remind them not to bounce on the couch, they would acknowledge me, I would turn my back and they would be bouncing on the couch.

We went to the park and I reminded them that we couldn't go on the play structure today because it's all covered with ice and snow, but we could play in the snow. One DCB (5) says "we can still go on it if there's snow". I repeat that, just like at their school, when it's snowy and icy, we can't go on the play structure. We play in the snow for a bit and I hear DCB say to another "let's go on the play structure!" I repeat that it's not safe on the structure, so we can't go on it today. We play a bit more and when we start to leave the park, DCB says "but we still have to go on the play structure!"

By the end of the day I wanted to shriek "why is no one listening to me!!!" and pull my hair out.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better.