I'm irritated with Younger Boy and Middle Boy is irritated with me.

Younger Boy is doing everything possible to be disrespectful right now.  He is almost going out of his way.  Every time the phone rings he grabs his trumpet and starts playing.  Anything I ask him to do I can count on the opposite.

Middle Boy is irritated at me, because he thinks I don't listen when he is talking on the phone.  I listen, but the connection is usually bad and he almost always sounds like Woodstock from the Peanuts cartoon.  I generally can guess half of the words, but lately it is unacceptable to say "what?" or make any sort of guess.

Prayers for harmony.