Disclaimer I DO NOT OWN HEY ARNOLD. Sorry for taking so long.
Arnold's POV
I walked back into the boarding house and went to check on the babies. I noticed that they were asleep and I decided I should probably do the same. I took a shower and crawled inside the bed. As I lay in bed looking up at the sky I couldn't help but think about Helga.
She was so amazing today, she barely freaked out about the whole situation. Sure she went a little crazy for a brief second, but she snapped out of it quickly. As soon as she settled down she was set. When she was holding the babies she looked as if she could be there mother.
My eyes started to droop and I fell into a deep sleeping dreaming about a family with Helga.
The next morning
"Hey Arnold, Hey Arnold, Hey Arnold". I turned off my alarm. I got out of bed and went to take a shower. As I walked back into my room I checked on the twins. Aiden was up but Cecile was still sleeping. I picked up Aiden and went to change his diaper. I looked over at the boxes and bags in the corner of my room. As I looked for the bag with diapers I noticed the two big boxes with the cribs. I should ask Gerald to help me build them later, if he doesn't totally flip out about the babies. I opened a pack of diapers and wipes and changed Aiden.
I felt Aiden pull my finger and start laughing. I tickled him and he starting giggling even more. I heard my door open and I looked up to see Helga walk in.
"Hey Arnoldo, how's it going with the twins"? She said.
"Not bad, Aiden just woke up a little while ago but Cecile is still sleeping". I felt a strong tug on my hair. I looked down at added to see him with a handful of my hair. Helga started to laugh.
"That boy has a strong grip; he is going to be one hell of a fighter when he grows up"
"Well it would be nice if he would let go of my hair"
"Alright, alright, I will help you." Helga walked over to us and started making funny faces, Aiden started to laugh. His grip on my hair slowly loosened up and I was finally free.
"I wonder how old the babies are". We never really read the rest of note left regarding the babies. I walked over to the baby bag, picked it up and read the note aloud.
Aiden and Cecile are 11 months old and their birthday is April 12th. Cecile is allergic to strawberries so always read the ingredients on the food you give her. Aiden does not have any allergies but it is best not to feed him strawberries either. Aiden has a favorite plush baseball and bear whenever he gets too fussy he can play with that to calm him down. Cecile has a plush baby book and ducky. Their toys are in the diaper bag. They eat Merber baby foods. There is some formula mix in the bottle but try to give them less of formula and give them some regular milk. Please take care of them, I understand things will be hard but you guys can manage it.
-S
Who is S., maybe it's one of the babies' parents name.
"That's not too bad a list of instructions. I thought the instructions would be long enough to roll down the stairs" Helga laughed, I could never get tired of it. If she knew what I was thinking she would probably say I'm being too corny.
Helga's POV
"It is such a coincidence that Cecile shares the same allergies as you." said Arnold.
Yeah and it is also a coincidence that she shares the name as me when I dressed up as Arnold's French Valentine's Day date.
"Uhhh yeah, funny thing. But we should probably get the kids cleaned up to meet Geraldo and Pheebs at the park" I replied.
"You're right, but maybe we should feed them first then wash bathe them. Don't want to end up having to change them twice before we leave" Oh Arnold what a genius he is.
'I went over to the stroller and carefully woke up Cecile. She started fussing a little and then let out a huge cry. I almost panicked but then I decided maybe I should rock her to calm her down. Her cries started to lower and she became calm.
"I guess she is cranky about getting woken up" said Arnold.
"Yeah that must be it. I know how she feels; I get so annoyed when Miriam or Bob interrupts my sleep. And don't even get me started on Olga with her stupi- I mean silly rise and shine routine". I got to watch my words around these children, even if they don't understand it. I don't want to take any chances or corrupt them in any way.
"Guess no matter what age, girls get cranky when they don't get the beauty rest huh" laughed Arnold. Oh he is a real comedian now.
'Yeah whatever, let's go feed them". We walked downstairs with the babies and saw there was two high chairs in the kitchen. Phil really got almost everything for the babies; he is such a great man. Arnold is lucky to have family like that.
"How about I make breakfast for both of us, while you get the babies settled in the chairs" said Arnold.
Arnold warmed up some skim milk and put them in the baby oatmeal cereal. He placed them into two small feeding bowls. He then started cooking breakfast for us, how sweet of him.
As he was cooking I started to try and feed Cecile and Aiden. Aiden immediately started to eat his oatmeal but Cecile was another case. Cecile would spit the oatmeal right back out her mouth when I feed it to her.
Arnold put the food down and saw I was struggling. "You eat your breakfast and finish feeding Aiden and I will try feeding Cecile"
"Good luck with that, she does not like that oatmeal at …" I looked up to see Cecile eating the oatmeal with no problems. Arnold would move the spoon like an airplane and Cecile would laugh and eat the oatmeal.
"Hmff, favoritism already. Cecile I thought us girls would stick together" Arnold laughed and said
"I guess not"
After we finished breakfast, I washed up the dishes then we took the twins upstairs for their bathe.
Thankfully there was not much problem with that. We changed Aiden into teal top and blue pants. Cecile had on a pink and white jumper. We left and headed out to the park. As we reached close to the bench near Mighty Pete, I noticed Gerald and Phoebe were already there.
We walked up closer and the way there eyes popped out said it all.
"WHO'S BABIES ARE THOSE, AND WHY DO YOU HAVE THEM" yelled Gerald.