Kids affectionate to me and not wife

My wife and I are in the process of repairing our marriage. During this time I'm trying to help her figure out why I get all the affection from our 7 and 9 year old girls. They also give me all the thank you's even for things that my wife does for them. She is affectionate to them but not towards me. She also bends over backwards for them all the time. I am more strict with discipline, but in a loving way. This is something that she is extremely jealous of and is causing us problems. Yesterday was my 9 year olds b- day and my wife went to extremes to make it a nice day. When we all met at dinner with my parents both my kids ran past my wife, hugged me then went and sat down. My wife went into the bathroom and cried. I have a post here with details of our relationship but don't know how to link it. Thanks for reading. Posted via Mobile Device

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