Coming through, loud and clear

Sometimes I feel like my kids don't listen to a word I say. I repeat the same things over and OVER...but are they actually listening!? However, sometimes I get an answer to that question. Or at least in part. Maybe not everything I say is getting through to them , but some things definitely are. I don't have to question where Mia gets some of the things she says (I know where Maggie gets everything she says-- right from her sister!). Lately Mia has been saying something to the likes of: "This is making me crazy!!!" (You'll just have to imagine that being said with A LOT of drama.) Uh-oh...good job mommy. Yup, guilty as charged...I say that exact phrase. Another thing she tells me is "Just calm down, Mommy." I tell her this all the time as she is quite the drama queen, but when she says that to me...ugh, it's really annoying and patronizing. Hmmm...maybe that's how she feels when I say it to her...