"I don't like the way you are being…"

The day started out poorly – Trinity (2-y-o) woke up around 5:30, which isn't that bad if she hadn't done it the night before and Hunter (4-y-o) the night before that; they're teaming up on me. That seemed to set the tone for the day, as I was a little behind on everything. Dogs were unsettled because I was late letting them out, horses were grumpy because they had cabin (barn) fever, and so on from there.

Tonight while getting the grumpy and tired little ones ready for bed, I was tired and...