#poor astrid

I think the talk worked. There’s been no calls from the school for a while now, and no property-damaging pranks at home.

Occasionally, there’s those kids who are quiet, mind their own business, and have minimal problems. But unfortunately not Astrid’s kids.

Being Vikings, Astrid has no option but to nurse so Hiccup can’t help her feed the babies. It’s all on her.

Astrid decides to bring her babies in the bath with her once because they’re all running behind. She later regrets it when they can talk and still insist on taking future baths with Mama.

She makes the boys stop getting into the bath with her around three yrs. and the girls around five yrs. but Ingrid always decides she needs to come in the washroom and talk to her Mama.

Also, when Astrid says she has to use the outhouse, all the little ones being potty trained or who still need help on the potty decide that they have to go, too.

She laughs at how modest she used to be before marriage/kids because now she’s lucky if she can even pee without toddlers in the room.

Sex with Hiccup is practically impossible until the kids are sleep.

But when the kids crash, she’s usually too exhausted (and so is he).

The kids fight over who gets to be held.

And then there’s Hiccup, who also wants to cuddle.

She and Hiccup take turns going on flights alone, but an hour of alone time every couple days barely makes a difference.

Stoick and Finn wrestle and leave half-eaten snacks around the house because “the dragons will clean it up.”

Stoick and Ingrid don’t get along. At all.

Ingrid and Erika don’t get along, either.

No one on Berk seems to get along and Astrid is General so it becomes her problem when Hiccup is absent.

Ingrid always has boy problems when she’s old enough to be interested.

The boys are like the new generation Ruff and Tuff. They ride a Zippleback and think Loki pranks are funny.

Or rather, Stoick thinks they’re funny and always drags Finn into his plans.

One Haddock or another always seems to be getting lost.

She considers permanently borrowing Skullcrusher to track them.