well im back with another chapter.
*several weeks later*
Mathilde woke up to the sound of crying and arguing, so she jumped out of bed, and rushed into the living room where she saw Berwald holding a crying Mari up in the air and away from Lukas who as trying to grab her away from the oldest child's grasp, "what in Odin's name is going on in here?!" she exclaimed, and then grabbed Mari away from both boys, "explain now." Berwald stood calmly, but Lukas kept talking, "he started it! He wouldn't let me hold Mari!.." he said, whining," he NEVER lets me hold Mari!"
"Th't is bec'use you are r'ckless."
"I am not!.."
"goo!" everyone stopped and looked at Mari who was babbling, her tiny fingers in her mouth and she giggled, kicking the air. Mathilde sighed, then handed Mari to Lukas, who now was smiling," careful, she is squirming a lot lately."
"I know mor…" Lukas said, and held Mari gently, poking her small nose every so often, chuckling as she giggled happily, and tried to grab his small finger. Berwald sat on the deer skin couch, sulking as he watched his little sister have fun with him. Soon it was time for dinner, so the two boys came into the kitchen, Lukas still holding the babbling Mari. Mathilde gently took Mari, and sat the baby in a wooden high chair that Mathilde had built for Lukas a long time ago, and after setting Berwald and Lukas's food down in front of them, she started to feed Mari , who wasn't at all amused now, and kept spitting her food onto the floor. "Mari…please eat." Mathilde asked softly, starting to get distressed by the Danish infant's behavior. Mari shook her head, and refused to eat. "mor let me try…" Lukas said softly, then got up, and stood next to the high chair, and gently fed Mari her food, and to Mathildes' surprise, Mari ate it. Lukas kept feeding Mari the rest of dinner, and when it was time for bath time, Mathilde had to chase after Berwald, and Lukas, after setting Mari on her bed, wrapped up in a fluffy towel to keep the small baby from getting cold. "BOTH OF YOU GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANCE!" she yelled, chasing after the two young boys as they kept running, yelling back, "NO! NEI! NEIJ!"
finally after an hour of running around the small cottage, Mathilde finally caught the boys, and had one under each arm. The walk to the bathroom was difficult since she had to keep the boys from escaping, and then having to quickly lock the door so they wouldn't escape again. when Berwald and Lukas were inside the bathtub, playing with the bubbles and water, Mathilde filled a small wash bin and went to get Mari, then came back, and set the baby into the wash bin, making sure the water wasn't too high the girl would drown, then proceeded to wash up the children. After all that was done, She sent Berwald and Lukas, all wrapped up in fluffy towels, to their room, then carried Mari back to her room to dry the squirming and clean baby. "Mari sit still please~" she cooed, struggling to hold Mari down to dry her off. When Mari was changed and dressed, she gently laid Mari down into the bassinet she had from when Lukas was Mari's size, then laid down herself, and fell asleep immediately.