3 is hard. Especially when they're all at very different stages. With my first two, because they were only 15 months apart, it is almost like having twins. Once they were 2 and 3 years old, I could pretty much do the same things with both of them, and they were both happy. I had #3 when the first two were 3 and 4. And because they were at such different stages, it made everything that much more difficult. Even now, it is hard because #1 is 7, #2 is 6 and #3 is 3. The bigger two are at school and #3 is still home and really is the baby. He is taking so much longer to grow up than the first two!! Which part of me loves because he's my baby and it's going fairly slowly compared to my first two, who's babyhoods were such a blur. But it's also frustrating when I have to do stuff for the bigger two and he just whinges and complains...
Yes, this! I'm exactly the same except mine are a bit littler, 5.5, 4 and almost 2. The big two are mostly beautiful and can happily play but we still have to follow around Mr not quite 2 and keep him out of trouble.

As for chaos, well we I've in chaos. Chaos is our friend

Have you seen my un domestic goddess thread???? I just can't keep on top of things.

I've asked for a robot vacuum for Christmas, in the desperate hope that my floors may retain some resemblance of clean. Every meal food is splattered all over the floor, I vacuum and cry half an hour later when it is covered in crumbs, again!!!!!

Hang in there hun. Hang in there.