---
title: "Drop everything and watch this adorable video of two kids leaving messages for their deployed dad"
description: "A video from 2019 that circulated on Twitter on Tuesday night shows two adorable kids recording messages for their deployed dad on their Ring doorbell, and it will warm even the coldest of hearts"
date: "2020-11-19"
modified: "2020-11-19"
authors:
  - name: "Haley Britzky"
    job_title: "Former Army Reporter"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/haley-britzky/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/ring-doorbell-deployed-dad/"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Mandatory Fun"
tags:
  - "video"
---

# Drop everything and watch this adorable video of two kids leaving messages for their deployed dad

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-111518-pm.png>)

Folks, I have been emotionally wrecked. And no, it wasn't from this week's episode of *This Is Us*.

A video from 2019 that circulated on Twitter on Tuesday night shows two kids recording messages for their deployed dad on their Ring doorbell, and it will warm even the coldest of hearts.

The two adorable kiddos — [identified by Ring last year](<https://blog.ring.com/2019/11/11/kids-send-heartwarming-video-messages-to-military-dad/>) as 5-year-old Petroula and 7-year-old Zerick — go back and forth sharing things happening in their day with their dad, Army Maj. Peter DeCrans, who was deployed to Kuwait at the time.

The messages are full of "I miss you" and "I love you" and the updates that their dad simply *has* to know.

"Dad, I graduated from riding my bike now," Zerick says excitedly in one clip. "All I need for help is to push, then I'm all going by myself! With NO training wheels, dad! How cool is that?!"

I dare you — nay, I *double-dog dare you* to watch this and not cry your eyes out.

https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1328774711275376646

In a video posted by Ring, DeCrans calls the sweet messages the "highlight" of his day. And I can say honestly that it was the highlight of mine as well.

## Author
Haley Britzky was the Task & Purpose Army reporter from 2019 to 2022. She previously worked at Axios covering breaking news. She reports on important developments within the service, from new uniforms to new policies; the realities of military life facing soldiers and their families; and broader cultural issues that expand outside of the Army, touching each of the military services.Â

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/haley-britzky-b09022a0/>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/halbritz>)