Bring It Down Now!

Voices. Loud voices. This is our current struggle everywhere we go, but especially at home. Everyone has loud voices. Kids talk loudly. Mommy talks louder to be heard over the kids. DH gets even louder so he can be heard over the kids. It is all one big, loud, annoying circle that has to end, right? We are constantly shushing the kids, but catch ourselves being louder than we need to be at times, too. A.R.G.H!!! I have the hand signs, you know, the "Bring it down now"..... "A little bit softer now," turning down the volume, pointing to the celing, I have them. The kids know what they mean. But NO ONE respects their meaning. Frustration. Seems like I need to pray for patience....