– English Lyrics

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[English]

(bright music)

- Quiet.

- I got it, no!

(Kendra yells)

- Whoa.

Socks!

- [Child] Good job, blow 'em out.

- [Kendra] Good morning friends, what day is it?

- [All] Dad's birthday.

- While he's gone playing racquetball

with his dad and his brothers this morning,

(Janae screaming)

we are going to get his presents ready

and some breakfast ready

and Janae's apparently really excited about it.

(upbeat music)

- So it's my birthday today.

I'm really excited.

And I'm starting the day playing racquetball

with my dad who just flew into town

and my brother.

- I'm gonna win.

(uptempo dance music)

(hitting balls)

- Two wins for me, it is my birthday

so they might be playing easy, but it still feels good.

- [Kendra] It's card making time.

Laura, tell me about your card.

Look at all those L's.

Here's a picture of Laura and Daddy

and here's the boys.

Caleb, that is such a sweet note.

Isaac is Dad in all yellow?

- Yeah.

- I love it.

Poor Janae is too little to color.

I think she's upset I won't let her eat the markers.

- I love Dad.

I want to marry a guy that's like him.

- [Kendra] You want to marry a guy that's like your dad?

- I love you Dad.

I'm so glad you are in my family.

Love, Caleb.

- [Kendra] Whoa, what is that?

- A dinosaur.

- [Kendra] This is a dinosaur?

- Yeah.

- [Kendra] It's very abstract.

- Your honey will love this one,

it's made out of stripes.

- [Kendra] Did you say my honey will love that one?

- Yeah, cause it's yours to give to Dad.

- [Kendra] Oh that's so nice.

Thanks for making a card for my bag.

Who's home?

- Dad!

- How are you guys?

- [All] Happy birthday!

- Good to see ya.

- She wanted to say hi to Daddy too.

- She crawled from way over there.

- Come here.

- [Kendra] How was your racquetball?

- It was good.

I won the first two games,

and then I lost the last one.

I wanted to sweep the whole day,

but I was worn out.

- For Jeremy's birthday breakfast this morning,

we are having eggs, hash browns and bacon,

and fruit smoothies.

(blender whirring)

- Be quiet.

- [Kendra] We made a lot of smoothie this morning.

How's the smoothie?

- It's very good.

- [Kendra] Jeremy is the master of cooking eggs.

- I'm no master, but it is yummy stuff.

Oh I got, oh! - Ahh!

- The master?

I need a spoon.

Can I get the yoke without cracking?

- [Kendra] Awww.

We'll get some paper towels.

- So this is a special breakfast for me.

I'd love to know in the comments

what a special breakfast is for you.

Another special breakfast is crepes.

I love Swedish pancakes, where you roll

it up with whipped cream and strawberries and stuff.

That's really amazing as well.

- Jeremy got some work done this morning

and now he is out golfing with his dad

and his brothers, and I'm so happy for him.

He never gets to do that kind of stuff.

And it's important to play and have fun.

I actually just read an article all about

the importance of play,

and not just in a kid's life

but in an adult's life too.

So Laura, what are we gonna make?

- We're gonna make the birthday cake.

- [Kendra] For Daddy?

- Yeah, and it's gonna be with this and this.

- [Kendra] Okay, so we got some

of the ingredients right here.

What's the name of the kind of cake it is.

- Chocolate.

- [Kendra] Not chocolate, it's called pistachio.

- Pistachio.

I don't like that name.

- [Kendra] You don't like that name?

- Let's name it yellow.

- [Kendra] Alright, so you start with the cake mix.

Oil, add three eggs

and the secret ingredient is a cup of Sprite.

Now we're gonna mix it up.

- It's mixing it up.

- [Kendra] It is mixing it up.

Now we're gonna put it in the oven.

(lively big band music)

There's the pistachio cake.

We just mixed up the frosting.

It's pistachio pudding, Cool Whip and milk.

- I think you should add a little more sugar.

- [Kendra] You think so?

The cake is ready.

(bright music)

Well while there's been some birthday elements

of our day today, there's also been

a lot of normal regular life.

I'm doing laundry, the kids did their chores,

they're jumping on the trampoline

and Laura and I are hanging out,

because Laura is feeling particularly

nervous about something.

Since the big storm that we had just a couple

of days ago, she's not wanting to go outside,

she's not even wanting to be in different rooms

of the house than Jeremy and I.

She pretty much just wants to hang right by us.

And we keep reassuring her, our house is safe.

There's no storm today, it's sunshiney,

what can I do to help you feel better?

- Just a snack will help me.

- Oh.

- Just food will help me.

- Just a snack, huh?

(bright jazzy music)

- Get in, get in.

That's about as close as it gets.

Oh.

So we're out golfing with my brothers and my dad,

perfect way to spend my birthday.

(hitting balls)

It's such a beautiful day today,

the clouds are incredible.

- [Dad] Beautiful.

- Did it go over?

I hit a good shot.

So I'm 35 years old.

This last year, so many amazing things happened.

I had my fifth kid, Kendra and I have made

a lot of progress with our marriage.

We did counseling,

which was really important.

We hit a million subscribers with our channel,

we bought our house, we started a law firm with my brother,

I just feel really blessed.

Well I guess the kids all disappeared,

I hate when that happens.

- Happy birthday Dad.

- Happy birthday! - Hey hey.

- Wow! - Happy birthday!

- Happy birthday!

(laughing)

- It's time for Jeremy to open his presents.

Each of the kids has a present for him.

- Did you draw me a card?

What did you write?

- I hope you hae a fun time golfing and playing.

- Thanks, that's what that says.

- That is fun.

Everybody, Janae and Mom and Dad

and Laura and Elise and Caleb

and Isaac love each other from Laura.

- She loves her L's and H's.

There's L's and H's.

What?

A new tie?

(laughing)

I love this tie.

Can I try it on?

- Sure.

- And

how's my tie? - What do you think?

- Great.

Tell everybody that you have a new tie.

- I have a new tie.

(laughing)

Whoa, tis one's in a big bag.

This one's kinda heavy too.

Do you want to help me?

Alright, let's see.

Monopoly Jr.

I have wanted to play this with my kids my whole life.

Can we play this?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Happy birthday Dad.

I love you Dad.

I'm so glad you are in my family.

Love, Caleb.

- Thanks buddy.

- A snake.

(record scratches)

- And then a drawing of a snake.

- Where's the dinosaur?

- This one's super heavy.

Happy birthday Dad.

You picked good colors.

And a rainbow?

- A sunset.

- It's a sunset.

Dad I love you Dad.

You are the best.

Whoa!

- Your own root beer!

- Well I might need to share it with somebody.

- Me me me. - Yeah!

- All of us!

- Root beer.

- I'm a big root beer fan, there's no question,

so thank you.

Alright, let's see the card first.

From Isaac, Dad, happy birthday.

Ooh, go KC.

That's a really good drawing.

- No offense to Raiders fan. - Isn't it impressive?

- Yeah, no offense to any other fans.

KC's the best, number one.

Alright, happy birthday Dad.

I hope you have a good and fun birthday.

Thank you for being my dad, I love you

and thank you for playing

and watching sports with me, love Isaac.

I love watching sports with you.

- I picked last, so, it's kind of an interesting gift.

- This might be my favorite present.

Let's see what it is.

Socks! (dramatic music)

Thank you.

I've been wanting socks!

I appreciate it.

- [Kendra] Last but not least is Kendra's present.

- Kendra has never, almost never I think

kept a secret from me.

Or a present, have you ever done it?

- [Kendra] I can usually keep a secret for like two minutes.

- That's about it. - Maybe.

- So I have no idea what's coming.

I know you've worked on it a bit, so.

Kendra's been super cute about it though

with her qualifying, 'cause she's like

I know she's making something

but she keeps downplaying it, like this is really dumb,

it's really not a big deal,

she's been really cute about it.

- It's just silly and simple.

- It's just silly and simple.

- [Kendra] It's just fun.

- I want Kendra next to me,

just in case this is like a prank

and it all is gonna blow up.

- Do you want me to help you open it, like the kids?

- Yeah, okay.

I feel bubble wrap.

- Go to the side of the bubble wrap first.

- The side, is there like more than one thing?

Okay, so, it's a mask.

- You might need it.

- Why would I need a mask?

- It's a hammer.

Smash me.

You made something.

- Yeah.

- You guys, it says smash me.

- Your presents inside of there.

- Smash me.

- Okay, let's go, do you want to go outside

and find your present?

- Let's do it.

Here we go.

(uptempo rock music)

(hammering)

- [Kendra] Whoa.

That thing is tough.

- So this thing is more solid than I expected,

I'm gonna need a not kid hammer and not doing it

on the table.

Should I get a chisel, so I don't hurt the present?

- [Kendra] Maybe.

- 'Cause look I can see the present in here.

- [Kendra] Oh.

- [Jeremy] Don't hurt your hands.

- [Kendra] We decided to let the kids all try.

- So I think I'm gonna try to chisel it out,

so I don't damage what's inside.

(chiseling)

(Kendra laughing)

- [Kendra] That thing's like really in there.

- I'm gonna try to actually hit it my hardest.

I haven't done that yet,

so let's see how it goes.

- [Kendra] Uh-oh.

(yelling and laughing)

So here's where we're at.

- To finish this off, I needed a solid foundation.

There we go. - Woo hoo!

- Alright.

It's to go to to a movie.

- [Kendra] Yeah.

- We never go to movies and I love movies

and it might even still work.

- [Kendra] Happy birthday.

- Thank you so much.

So I've had several members of my family and friends

say that they hope I have a good sunset tonight

for my birthday.

- 'Cause they know how much you love them.

- Yeah, isn't that thoughtful?

It is a good sunset.

- It's beautiful out here.

- [Jeremy] So the kids are at gymnastics.

- They are, it's gymnastics night.

So today has been such a great day in some moments,

and so darn annoying in other moments.

You I think when the kids get really excited

about a special day,

it's really hard for them to behave appropriately,

abd so we've been dealing with discipline issues.

That's just real life, it's just real life,

like I feel like this moment doesn't fit

in this beautiful vlog,

because we've got all these wonderful memories

and all these happy things happening,

and then you turn around

and somebody's hitting their sibling

and somebody else is whining about something

and that's just real life.

So we had some other things,

we had hoped to go out to a restaurant

with the family tonight

and the kids just weren't behaving well enough for that.

So instead we stayed home and had hot dogs.

(lively music)

(Jeremy laughing)

- [Jeremy] Elise.

Do you want to go home and have cake and ice cream?

- Yeah, yum.

- [Kendra] Here's our version of 35 candles.

♫ Happy birthday dear

♫ Daddy ♫ Jeremy

♫ Happy birthday to you

(clapping)

- [Kendra] Go for it.

(cheering)

- I didn't spit, I didn't spit.

- [Kendra] Alright, who wants cake and ice cream?

- [All] Me!

- So one of my favorite parts of this cake

is the frosting isn't the normal rich buttercream frosting,

it's like a light whipped pistachio amazingness.

It's so good.

The kids have prepared an interpretive dance

to celebrate my birthday.

- [Narrator] Jeremy, a man of good deeds

who cares and loves.

Today it's his birthday.

Jeremy loves to sing and dance.

And today he's turning 35.

- [Jeremy] 25, I would've gone for that.

- [Narrator] That's a lot.

Happy birthday Jeremy.

- Yay! - Happy birthday!

- [Caleb] Goodnight, J House out.

- [Kendra] New pajamas.

- We thought it might help her for her audition,

to practice in front of all of you.

- [Kendra] There he goes.

- We're playing copy Janae.

(Janae screams)

(screaming)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
racquetball /ˈrækwɪtˌbɔːl/ B1	noun - a game played in an enclosed court with a small rubber ball and rackets
excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ A2	adjective - very enthusiastic and eager
presents /prɪˈzɛnts/ A1	noun - gifts
breakfast /ˈbrɛkfəst/ A1	noun - the first meal of the day
apparently /əˈpærəntli/ B1	adverb - seemingly or according to what is said
excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ A2	adjective - very enthusiastic and eager
brothers /ˈbrʌðərz/ A1	noun - male siblings
winning /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ A2	verb - achieving victory
card /kɑːrd/ A1	noun - a piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - having a pleasant taste
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ A2	adjective - anxious or apprehensive
storm /stɔːrm/ A2	noun - a violent disturbance of the atmosphere
golfing /ˈɡɔːlfɪŋ/ B1	verb - playing golf
important /ɪmˈpɔːrtənt/ B1	adjective - of great significance or value
ingredients /ɪnˈɡriːdiənts/ B1	noun - the components of a mixture
pistachio /pɪˈstɑːʃioʊ/ B2	noun - a green nut
mixing /ˈmɪksɪŋ/ A2	verb - combining ingredients
blessed /ˈblɛsɪd/ B1	adjective - enjoying happiness