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Hear Me Now, Believe Me Later

Does anyone else feel like they are shouting the same instructions of what not to do day in and day out?  Put your coat on!  Don't touch that!  Stop climbing on the table!  Why are simple instructions so hard? I sometimes wonder if my kids think my sheer existence is to annoy them with mundane tasks and meaningless rules.  Like I have time to plot against them??  I barely have time to think!  What's even more mind blowing/soul destroying is when they walk outside in a T-shirt and announce that they are cold, they actually break the thing you told them not to touch and they fall off the table then look at you in shock and start crying.  Seriously??  I'm going to loose my mind.  I don't feel like I'm super demanding....okay, maybe I am but whatever, you can thank me later because you will be more prepared for the real world.  I know they are just kids but I'm moments away from having a mommy dearest meltdown. The harder part of this conundrum is knowing i