M.L.
Fathers often have a different parenting style than mothers typically do, especially if they work and aren't around the kids all day.
Dr. Sears is a childhood expert and has some great advice for fathers and discipline.
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/T110100.asp#T110300
It's good to openly have a nice calm conversation, "Hey honey, I noticed the kids give you a pretty rough time this morning. You are doing a great job, but I came across some ideas that can help us both with some discipline issues with the kids. I printed them off online, would you like to go over some of the info with me?
Then, Dr. Sears has several general discipline advice as well as some specific ones, you guys can look over that would help. I agree with you, the kids were running crazy b/c their energy wasn't being funneled into a supervised activity... sometimes hard to accomplish though as a parent.
In any case, here is that discipline advices:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/6/T060100.asp