DD1 is at the age where she talks so excitedly about absolutely nothing & it drives me nuts! Its all I can do to not roll my eyes... I have occasionally said 'um, so?' But I try not too. It is nothing, but at this age accidentally wearing a boys hat means so much to her lol

DS is the one starting stories & 3 words in I get 'are you listening? MUM are you listening??' Yes I'm listening, I've just got a thousand things to do, so I can't stare at you while you talk. But I will try. Until someone comes in & talk over the top of you & you start screaming in frustration (silently me too!) because you have to start your story all over again!

I try to be attentive & listen to it all. I'm actually more interested in the things DS has to say at 5, than the things DD says at 12... But I try to be nice about it