– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♫ You have a birthday shout, hooray

- [Jeremy] Happy Birthday, Mom!

♫ You today while you're older, wiser too

♫ Happy birthday to you.

- Hi punkin'

- [Child] Close your eyes when you walk over.

- You have a surprise for me?

- Close your eyes.

- [Child] You're 32.

- Close your eyes.

Okay, ta-da!

Your own art.

- Wow, that's beautiful.

- I made it.

- [Jeremy] She made art out of her eggs for you.

- Wow, what is it a art of?

- Shoe.

- [Jeremy] Obviously.

- [Kendra] Oh, it's art of a shoe.

- From the art festival I tried to make it.

- [Kendra] You're right, we didn't see art

out of eggs at the art festival.

How creative, I love the way your brain works.

♫ Happy birthday to you

♫ Happy birthday dear Mommy

♫ Happy birthday to you

(child shouting)

- Alright, of the

things Kendra loves. - Cha, cha, cha,

with a cherry on top.

- [Kendra] Cha, cha, cha with a cherry on top.

- Is fruit and muffins for breakfast

and since we had raspberries we're going to do

grateful raspberries, Mom edition.

Laura is sad over here, she just wanted a raspberry.

Laura, what are you grateful for about Mom?

- I'm grateful that Mom had me.

- [Jeremy] Yeah, she had you.

- Grateful for Mom that she rocks me to sleep.

- [Jeremy] Aww!

- [Mom] I like rocking you too.

- I'm grateful for Mom that she is a

helpful Mom.

- [Jeremy] She is a very--

- And a very nice Mom.

- Yeah. - Thank you.

- I'm grateful that Kendra is so honest.

She's a sincere, honest, authentic person,

like she faces her weaknesses and she wants to improve

and she's a very honest about that

and I love that about her, it's very inspiring

and a neat thing to be married to someone who's like that.

- Thank you guys, you guys are so sweet.

I am grateful that I have a family that loves me

and is patient with me in spite of my many shortcomings.

- [Child] I love you.

- I love you, too.

Should we eat some muffins?

- Yeah.

- For my birthday today we are going on an adventure

as a family and I got to pick where we're going

and I'm really excited because I wanted to go here

the whole time we've lived in Kansas City,

which is five years, so I chose the Kansas City Library.

Last year on my birthday we also went on an adventure,

like a family adventure, and last year I chose

to go to the Arbor Day Tree Farm, which is up in Nebraska

and it's like an outdoor park play space,

like almost an outdoor children's museum for the kids.

It was incredible.

We weren't vlogging then but we took lots of pictures

so I'll try to ... ugh, that's a bumpy part of the road ...

Anyway, I will try to get Jeremy to put some of those

pictures in because it was great

and I think we might have to make this a family tradition

that I get to choose some like fun place that

I've always wanted to go and drag Jeremy

and the kids along with me for my birthdays.

What do you think?

- Sounds fun.

- [Kendra] Awesome.

- Hopefully we do Hawaii next year.

(laughing)

- That would be fun.

Well there's loads of construction going on

in downtown Kansas City and I accidentally

took us to the wrong library first.

I took us to the library on the Plaza

instead of the library downtown.

Oops, so everybody's being really good sports

and being patient as the drive is

a little bit longer than we'd planned.

Look at those happy faces.

Look at them, they look so happy.

They look like they're overflowing with happiness.

It looks like if they had happiness in their noses

it would be dribbling out like green boogers.

They are seriously just so happy.

Their mood is contagiously giggly.

It's like enough giggles that it would fill helium balloons

and rise them all the way up to the ceiling

and then they would burst with all the happiness

we have in this car.

And this is the happiest site of them all.

There it is guys, we found it.

There it is. - Look at this place.

- Jeremy, two hour parking right there.

I am really, really glad that Jeremy is driving.

I am a decent driver but I am

the world's worst parallel parker.

I'm a pretty lucky gal.

- There's the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

and it's by Mark Twain.

- What's Mark Twain's real name?

- Samuel Clements.

- Booyah!

- [Jeremy] Nice.

(upbeat music)

- So guys, when this was a bank this is where

they kept the money to keep it safe.

Guys, what is this?

Whoa, it's a studio camera.

This is a video camera.

- You guys imagine if we had to vlog

holding one of those things?

- [Child] It would be heavy.

- [Kendra] Vlogging in 1915.

(upbeat music)

- So we're out on the roof of the library

and they have a big chess set out here,

which is kind of cool.

(upbeat music)

- Alright, well that was a great family outing.

I really enjoyed it, there were moments of

like pure magic and then there were moments

of tantrums and getting lost and our schedule

going way late and now everybody's way over tired

and over hungry, so, you know, real life

but there were those glorious moments

so I'm grateful for those.

(child speaking)

- This one's from Laura.

Lets see her picture, ooh, did you draw that for me?

- [Child] Uh huh, she did.

- Yeah, you sure did.

Who is this?

- That's you and that's me.

I was mad and you were happy

and on the next one you were mad and I was happy.

- Oh. - And I drawed a rainbow.

- I see that.

That is a beautiful picture. - Two pictures.

- [Kendra] I love you.

- I love you, too.

- Thanks for getting that for me.

Happy birthday, I love you.

I love you, Mom.

There's a rainbow, is that us playing together?

Is that us swinging together?

- [Child] A chicken.

- [Kendra] And a chicken.

- [Jeremy] Of course.

- And a sunshine?

Lisey, it's beautiful.

Let's see what's inside.

Oh, it's nail polish!

Wow, what a beautiful color!

Alright, well guys, this was the best birthday ever.

- No, Isaac's.

- Is there still one more?

Holy smokes, good thing I had four kids.

Alright let's see. - That one's from Isaac.

- [Jeremy] Good reason to have a fifth.

One more present from

the dollar store. - From, Issac.

Happy birthday, Mom, I love you.

I'm excited for you, my birthday too, you are 32 now.

Do you like having birthdays and do you like having kids?

(mumbling)

Yes, I like birthdays and yes, I like my kids.

- [Jeremy] He had little check boxes for you?

- [Kendra] Yep, happy birthday, Kendra.

Is this a bass?

- Mmmhmm

- And a goldfish over a bridge with a rainbow.

- And the water, like it's over a river.

- Yeah, yeah, I can see it's a river.

- [Child] Can I see?

That's beautiful, Issac, thank you so much.

- I was, it's a Monet garden.

- Oh, it's a Monet garden with the bridge.

I can see that.

- So we have a really nice friend

make this cake for Kendra.

Was it named ...

- Target?

- [Jeremy] Yeah, yeah, there it is.

(children laughing)

Did Mom just blow out the candles?

- [Child] Are you turning two?

- Maybe.

♫ Happy birthday dear Mommy

♫ Happy birthday to you

(cheering)

- So this cake is chocolate peanut butter.

This is peanut butter mousse inside

and dark chocolate ganache on the top.

The box made it sound really good.

Mousse?

- Yeah, there's mousse in there.

- [Jeremy] Gross!

- [Kendra] How's that mousse?

- Good.

- [Jeremy] Laura's loving life.

- [Isaac] So moose meat is in there?

- [Kendra] No, not moose meat.

Mousse is like pudding or frosting.

- [Jeremy] Why?

- [Jeremy] Okay, so how did this happen?

This is all your fault.

- Okay, so we started a new system

to try to encourage the kids to keep their shoes in the bins

and if I find their shoes out, I kidnap 'em

and they have to do a chore to get 'em back

and if they see Jeremy or I's shoes out,

they can kidnap 'em and we have to

play a game with them to get them out.

- [Jeremy] You've had to play several games, right?

- I have. - This is my first time

to get caught.

Dang it, you got me!

You got me, what game should we play?

- Rock, paper, scissors.

- [Jeremy] Rock, paper, scissors?

- [Kendra] Okay to get your shoes back.

- Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

(laughing)

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

Okay, okay, go get in the car.

We're going to Uncle Brent's.

He's going to watch them tonight while we go on our date.

- Yay! - We're going

to do the sprinkler with them. - It's going to be fun.

- Alright, so we came down to The Cheesecake Factory

on the Plaza for my birthday dinner tonight

and we got like my favorite seat.

It overlooks the Plaza and the fountains

and this hottie.

(laughing)

And anyway, I ordered the same meal

I get every time I come.

Jeremy gets something different every time we come

and I like stick with the exact same thing,

I just love it and now we got my favorite cheesecake,

which is

vanilla bean.

- The first time I got the vanilla bean,

Kendra made fun of me, she was like, it's so boring,

and then she tasted some

and she's ordered it every time since.

- It's really good, if you haven't tried it,

you really should try it.

Okay, we're going to go enjoy our food.

Alright, so we are headed home from our date night

and it was an awesome date and an awesome birthday.

I just really enjoyed spending the time with my family.

Whoa, that was a dark tunnel, anyway,

thanks so much for all the birthday love on Twitter

and Instagram and YouTube and Facebook,

I really appreciated that, so you guys, thanks.

That's it for today, J House out.

- J House out.

- J House out.

- Hi J House, my name is Maddie

and I live in McKinney, Texas, J House out.

- Hello, I'm Melissa from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

and J House out.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
birthday /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/ A2	noun - the anniversary of someone's birth
creative /kriˈeɪtɪv/ B1	adjective - relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfʊl/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.
adventure /ədˈventʃər/ A2	noun - an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience.
library /ˈlaɪbrəri/ A2	noun - a place where books, journals, and other resources are kept for use by the public.
incredible /ɪnˈkredəbl/ B2	adjective - so extraordinary as to seem impossible.
tradition /trəˈdɪʃən/ B1	noun - the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.
patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ B1	adjective - able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
honesty /ˈhɒnəsti/ B2	noun - the quality of being honest.
inspiring /ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ/ B2	adjective - filling someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.
shortcomings /ˈʃɔːrtkʌmɪŋz/ C1	noun - a fault or defect in character or ability.
excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ A2	adjective - very enthusiastic and eager.
delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ A2	adjective - highly pleasant to the taste.
construction /kənˈstrʌkʃən/ B1	noun - the process of building or assembling something, typically a large structure.
happiness /ˈhæpinəs/ A2	noun - the state of being happy.
lucky /ˈlʌki/ A2	adjective - having good fortune; fortunate.
studio /ˈstjuːdiəʊ/ B1	noun - a room in which artistic work is done.

Key Grammar Structures

• ♫ You have a birthday shout, hooray

  ➔ Present Simple, Imperative

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple to state a general truth (having a birthday shout) and the imperative 'hooray' as an exclamation of joy. The structure is a common birthday greeting.

• ♫ You today while you're older, wiser too

  ➔ Present Simple, Adjectives, Conjunction

  ➔ This line uses the present simple to describe a state of being. 'Older' and 'wiser' are comparative adjectives, and 'too' is a conjunction adding information.

• Close your eyes when you walk over.

  ➔ Imperative, Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ This is a direct command ('Close your eyes'). 'When you walk over' is an adverbial clause of time, specifying *when* the action should happen.

• You're 32.

  ➔ Contraction, Statement of Age

  ➔ This is a simple statement of fact. 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are'.