Day by Day

I don't know about any other Mom's out there, but I am so done with the whining! Everyday, sometimes all day, everything is spoken in whine! Is it really so hard to just speak or ask? Right now for example, I leave for one minute and I hear Sarah screaming, as best she can with no voice, and Cat whining. I tell Cat to bring me the toy they are fighting over, I don't even have to see them fighting anymore to know that is the issue, and she says okay. I still hear screaming and fighting, I say a little louder,"are you bringing it?", no answer. More fighting....no answer. I go down and they are fighting over the yo-yo one of the boy scouts left and it is a death match. I take it away and put them in time out and the crying starts. I let them out and return upstairs to hear the whining start again. What is the deal? I try to teach them coping skills to deal with eachother, I try to teach them right from wrong. I try to teach them to love eachother and be nice and what am I getting in return? That's right, the whine...hmmm! However, right now we are all living day by day in order to cope. Sarah just walked in and told me she was ready to be nice, how kind of her. I love my children so much, it really bothers me when they aren't nice to eachother and me. Welcome to being a parent, I hear some of you scoff. I have a reply which I will keep to myself. I am feeling feisty today.