not the greatest mom award

Today has been one of those days. And it's only 11am. We're in Tofino (my idea to try and get a mini-vacay and some family time) and my children's behaviour is appalling. Is is normal to struggle through every single day with your kids? Is it normal to sound like a broken record of, "no, don't do that" and "just listen!"? My confidence in myself as a parent is waning. I feel like I'm already alienating A2 with my incessant negativity and I do try to find the positive bahaviour to comment on, but there is so little sometimes. Are my expectations too high? I wish I knew why parenting seems so ineffective at times. More than anything, I want to enjoy my children with as little conflict as possible. I guess I'll just have to try changing my approach...again.