Is anyone listening?

Hello out there, is their anyone that's listening? The moment that you notice sometimes you just aren't in control of everything. Its everyday I feel like screaming when I have exhausted every trick in the book I know. You mean to tell me that children don't come with a manual? REALLY??? Who would have thought? LOL. I sit and wonder do they hear what I am saying, or is it going in one ear and out the other? Does anyone else out there feel the same?

I wonder am I doing something wrong as a mom? I thought I had this thing down, and then life smacks me in the face to let me know, no one has it all down. I see people in the magazines and on TV and I think " wow, they have it all down packed. I wish I could live that life".

As I am trying to get things done around the house I seem to have to stop every 5 minutes for something or another. I ask the girls "please sit down and read a book while mommy cleans up", two minutes later I hear them fighting over one book out of the 300 we have... When will I be able to get control of things. Am I overreacting since they are only 5 and 4? Do they hear me, are they listening?