Sibling Battlery?

What is it with kids and having to fight 24-seven? I swear, I stop one fight only to have another one erupt in the next room. It's kind of like cleaning my house. While I clean one room they are somewhere else making a mess. It never ends. The arguments are never about anything important, it's always who gets the dog or who went into whoms room. Mind numbing stuff actually. I know kids really do feel that these things are important, but as parents it can be trying because we know that if he touches you again he is not going to die. Life as we know it will still function and there will be time for another fight - later - after mommy's headache has finally ground down to a semi-constant throb. I try to explain that these things will pass and they shouldn't get so upset over the little things. They don't buy it. I've even let them go at it because I felt they needed to get out some frustration but it always backfires, someone gets hurt and again it is a shouting match to tell me who's fault it was to begin with. I'm hoping this is not just me, otherwise I am just broadcasting to the entire world how terrible of a mother I am. Oh well, I doubt if many people are listening anyway! And if there were a ton of people reading this I would be so popular that I guess I wouldn't care what anyone thought of me!

Eddie kept asking me today if what she just said was cute and if I wanted to write it down. See? When you have kids everything you say is under constant scrutiny and study. Every word I say goes into the vault that is their memory to be taken out at the most inopportune times. I have a very bad memory so they have me cornered pretty much every time. I refuse to answer any questions unless I am perfectly sure what they asked because knowing me I would agree to buy them something and when they don't receive their prize be branded as the mommy who breaks her promises. Even as careful as I am I still get suckered into stuff once in awhile especially when I'm tired and just want them to stop asking. Also a very bad habit to get into. But sometimes easy wins over lesson teaching. And that's okay because not every battle needs to be won and not every score needs to be tallied you just have to survive to fight another day.