My kids are just manic, age 6 & 4. Either one on their own and it's fine. Put them both together and it's about 4X the noise and chaos. Both fighting to be heard with increasingly whingey voices, one doing a headstand, the other falling off the kitchen bench, oh where's that remote control car come from that your driving around the kitchen like a maniac??!
DH sat there absorbed in the newpaper with radio 3 blaring in the background to add the noise, probably a stressful trumpet heavy orchestral piece.
I just can't deal with the noise and chaos, find myself using my stern voice for the whole morning! I know I should engage with them more, sit down and have a wonderful Sunday breakfast and a chat but it's no fun (I'll just get stressed out by one of them making loud dablahblahrookle type sounds on repeat!), I do it 6 other days a week and just want a break to drink a cup of tea.
What can I do??!