Happy Birthday Bruce!

We woke up this morning by Elizabeth's cute voice (from her room) saying: "Guess who's birthday it is today?" Then she quickly came into our room and we began singing happy birthday to daddy. She was so excited to celebrate his birthday. She quickly went down to get his presents and she was so happy she could finally give him his present. After we finished opening presents she told him he had to come down to watch how we decorated the room (he was there when we did it last night). For birthdays we decorate the house with colored flags and balloons.

Toen we vanochtend wakker werden hoorden we Elizabeth's schattige stem (vanuit haar kamer) en ze zei: "Raad een wie er vandaag jarig is?" Daarna kwam ze vlug naar onze kamer toe en zongen wij samen "Happy Birthday". Ze ging vervolgens snel naar beneden om de kadootjes op te halen want ze wilde niet langer wachten om ze te geven. Nadat we klaar waren met de kadootjes moest papa toch wel snel mee naar beneden om te zien hoe mooi alles wel niet versierd was (ps hij was erbij toen wij het gisterenavond versierden hahaha).

We had french toast for breakfast and after that Bruce had to quickly leave to work to attend a meeting.
For lunch we met Bruce at his work and went to the cafeteria. This was a real treat for Elizabeth.

We hadden wentelteefjes voor het ontbijt en daarna moest Bruce er al weer snel vandoor omdat hij een vroege vergadering op het werk had. Voor het middageten zijn we naar Bruce zijn werk gegaan om met hem te eten in het cafetaria. Dat vond Elizabeth echt super leuk.

On our way home from our lunch with Bruce we stopped by the nursery close to our house and picked up a pumpkin to carve (since Halloween is only 2 days away).

Op de terugweg stopten we nog even bij het tuincentrum bij ons om de hoek om een pompoen te kopen (aangezien het over 2 dagen Halloween is).

Babi and Grandpa came over for dinner and after we were done we carved the pumpkin. Since Bruce doesn't necessarily enjoy sticking his had in the the pumpkin to clean it up we asked for Babi and Grandpa's help. They willingly (at least it seemed like it) helped get our pumpkin ready. Like her daddy Elizabeth put her hand in the pumpkin once and was done after that. Like father like daughter. She did not like the feel of it. Thank you Babi and Grandpa for helping us.

Babi en Granpa kwamen 's avonds bij ons eten en daarna hebben we de pompoen klaargemaakt voor Halloween. Aangezien Bruce het maar niets vindt om pompoenen schoon te maken hadden we zijn ouders maar gevraagd om te helpen. Elizabeth vond het net zoals haar vader maar niet om haar handen in de pompoen te steken en helemaal vies te worden. Ze heeft het een keer geprobeerd maar dat was genoeg. Dank je wel Babi en Grandpa voor jullie hulp.



After the pumpkin was all cleaned up Bruce helped Elizabeth to carve a face in the pumpkin. She decided she wanted to have a sad face on on side and a happy face on the opposite side. (I'll post a picture later. )

Nadat de pompoen helemaal schoon was hebben Bruce en Elizabeth samen een gezicht op de pompoen gemaakt. Elizabeth wilde een blij gezicht aan de ene kant en een verdrietig gezicht aan de andere kant. (De foto van de pompoen komt spoedig)

It was a fun day.

Bruce we love you a lot. You are a wonderful husband and a fantastic daddy.

Het was al met al een hele gezellige dag.

Bruce wij houden erg veel van jou. Je bent een fantastische man en vader.

As a little tribute to Bruce I did a little interview with Elizabeth about her daddy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

1. What's something your dad always says to you?
   I love you
   
   
2. What makes Dad happy?
   That I give him hugs and kisses.
   
   
3. What makes Dad sad?
   When I don’t listen.
   
   
4. How does your dad make you laugh?
   By tickling me.
   
   
5. What makes your dad laugh?
   To tickle him.
   
   
6. How old is your dad?
   I don’t know. 20????
   
   
7. How tall is your dad?
   This tall. (She held her hand about two feet apart)
   
   
8. What is his favorite thing to do?
   Play
   
   
9. What does your dad do when you're not around?
   Call me on the phone when he is at work and on trips.
   
   
10. What is your dad really good at?
    Work
    
    
11. What is your dad not very good at?
    Doing my hair.
    
    
12. What does your dad do for his job?
    Work for money
    
    
13. What is your dad's favorite food?
    White bean chicken chili.
    
    
14. What makes you proud of your dad?
    Because he plays with me and gives me hugs and kisses.
    
    
15. What do you and your dad do together?
    Give him hugs and kisses and we go on daddy daughter dates (she loves these).
    
    
16. How are you and your dad the same?
    That we have the same color hair. Daddy has dark blond hair and I have light blond hair.
    
    
17. How are you and your dad different?
    We don’t have the same color eyes.
    
    
18. How do you know your dad loves you?
    Because he gives me hugs and kisses. Because he plays with me and he loves me A LOT.