Tears, and More Tears

I love being a mom, I love being a wife, and I love being a teacher...but all of those titles as amazing and wonderful as they can be, can also be so demanding and so exhausting. When Adilyn and Kacy are happy and getting along, the sound of their sweet giggles is the best sound in the entire world. Unfortunately, that sweet laughter that warms my heart so much turns into crying more often than not these days! Kacy has gotten into a violent phase. I remember Adilyn going through this about that age, but it's gotten out of control. Kacy will just walk over to her and grab a handful of hair! She will smack her in the face with her cup or hit her with a Barbie doll. Sometimes it is for attention, but most of the time it seems to be for absolutely no reason. When I yell at her or move her away from Kacy, she begins to cry. That leads to two crying kids... Timeout doesn't work, talking to her doesn't work, apparently it's just another lovely phase we need to wait out. Our other parenting struggle right now is sharing. Kacy has a complete inability to share, and she used to be easily distracted by a different toy. Now, she knows what she wants, and she wants everything that Adilyn has. Adilyn has her own issues with sharing, but it is getting a little ridiculous! Again, I know this will end soon, but it's so hard right now because I can barely leave them alone in the same room right now. I remember writing almost the same thing when Kacy was little, and Adilyn was beating her up. I guess what goes around comes around! I just can't wait until we have nights without tears. Seriously, I feel like our neighbors think we are the worst parents ever! We are outside all the time, and almost every time someone ends up in tears. I promise, we are loving parents! Loving parents with grumpy kids. :(