April 28, 2025
"Shenanigans and Exciting Fun in the Hanson House!"
Welcome to another lively episode of We Are the Hansons! In today’s adventure, the Hanson house is full of shenanigans, laughter, and pure, unscripted family fun. From impromptu games and hilarious pranks to heartwarming moments and silly chaos, there's never a dull moment under this roof. With thirteen kids and two parents trying to keep up, every day feels like a new chapter in a hilarious family storybook. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the exciting, messy, joyful, and unforgettable moments that make our big family life so special. Buckle up — it's going to be a wild ride!
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Hey, everyone, welcome back to We are the Hansens. I
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am so glad you're here today because this episode is
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going to be pure fun. Sometimes life gets busy, sometimes
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it gets stressful, But today I want to celebrate all
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the shenanigans and excitements that make our homes such a loud, joyful,
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and sometimes absolutely hilarious place to be. Life in a
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household of kids isn't just about routines, schedules, and responsibilities.
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It's about those unpredictable, sometimes chaotic, often silly moments that
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remind us why family life is so special. So grab
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your coffee, sit back, and let's dive into the fun
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side of our crazy world. First of all, let's just
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be honest. Some days feel like we are running a
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full on circus over here, and I mean that in
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the best way. You walk into our kitchen at any
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given time and there's probably a science experiment happening on
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the counter, someone trying to bake cookies without a recipe,
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and the littles wearing superhero cape claiming to have just
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saved the cat from a certain doom, and for the record,
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the cat was just sleeping. We have them days, sometimes
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without even meaning to one afternoon, everyone decided it was
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speak only in accents day, and for all four hours
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our house sounded like an international airport. I don't even
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know who started it. I think I probably did. All
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I know is my seven year old was running around
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with the thickest accent, sounded like British that you've ever heard,
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offering people a spot of tea, while my teenagers were
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speaking weird voices. Trying to keep a straight face when
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you're trying to parent while your kid is calling you
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Captain Mum and asking for extra plunder with their snack.
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There's always something spontaneous happening, and honestly, I wouldn't trade
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it for anything. And don't even get me started on
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family game nights. You think monop he gets heated, try
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a round of handsome family charades. Somehow, no matter what
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the prompt is climbing a mountain, brushing teeth, building a house,
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the kids always turn it into an elaborate dramatic performance.
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I'm talking fake injuries, slow motion falls, full on Oscar
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worthy scenes and hide and seek in the house our size.
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Let's just say it becomes an extreme sport. One time
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I couldn't find our youngest for about twenty five minutes.
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I was this close to panicking, thinking she had gotten outside. Nope,
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she was hiding inside the laundry basket, underneath a full
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load of clean clothes, just breathing so quietly, absolutely thrilled
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with her herself that she could hide that way. That
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was her best hiding spot. Ever. I'm pretty sure my
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blood pressure has never fully recovered. And then there are
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the nights when we make up games on the fly,
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like Guess the Noise, where someone makes a sound and
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everyone else has to guess what it is. If you've
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never heard of a seven year old try to mimic
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the sound of a blender, you're missing out. Another part
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of the excitement the wild idea that somehow became tradition.
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It all started one rainy Saturday when everyone was bored
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and one of the kids said, let's turn the living
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room into a campground. In two hours flat, we had
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every pillow, blanket and chair stacked and arranged into a
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makeshift tent. We roasted marshmallows in the oven and told
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ghost stories by flashlight. Now it's a thing, raindy day camping.
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It's raining and we have nowhere to be. You can
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guarantee our living room will be fully transformed by sundown backwards,
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dinner nights before we desert first, and dinner last. It
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started as a reward for a particularly tough school week,
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and now the kids will ask for it at the
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most random times, and honestly, it's a great reminder to
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just lighten up sometimes and enjoy life out of order.
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And let's talk about the noise for a second, because
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if you walk into our house, you will immediately hear it, laughter, shouting,
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singing at the top of our lungs to some song.
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Half the kids don't even know the words to, screaming,
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someone else yelling that the dogs stole their sock. It's
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not always organized, it's not always peaceful, but our home
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is alive and we love it. There's so much love
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in the noise, and there's so much life in the
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chaos in our home. I think sometimes when people think
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about big families, they imagine constant overwhelm, And sure, there
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are moments like that, but mostly it's just a lot
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of little moments stacked on top of each other, a
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pile of memories being built every single day. Here a
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note past during dinner that says you're the best mom
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a fort so elaborate you have to crawl under it
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just to get to the couch. A water fight that
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started because someone accidentally spilled a glass of water and
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no one could let it go. All those silly, crazy, loud,
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messy moments, that's the heartbeats of our family. Just a
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little here that I want to share is when people
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come to our house, they know that our house is
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not organized. It's messy, and it's not like filthy messy.
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It's just there's toys all over, and most of the
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time the kids will pick up their toys. Sometimes you'll
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find a tablet laying on the couch, or shoes just
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tossed off, or a towel throwing randomly wherever. Because the
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girls will go play in the rain come in and
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just drop their stuff. There is not a time that
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there ain't a toy or a ball or something laying
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on our floor. We have kids. That's what our house
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is all about. Regardless of what anybody thinks, our house
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is lived in, and it's very lived in with love.
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Our family shares craziness with people that come over. People
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see our family and I know they think that we
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are just a chaotic family, and we are. We are
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not a family that just sits around. We do something
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all the time. Whether it be playing games or building forwards,
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or cooking or baking or you name it, we're doing it.
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And if we're not doing it at home, we're out
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and about. We're at the park, we're at the mall,
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We're at the fishing hole, we're at the swimming hole.
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We do so much. There ain't a dull moment in
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our home. And I would never ever trade that for
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anything because it is fun. It keeps us as parents young,
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It keeps us going, and we never get bored. Whether
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it could be a movie night or whatever. We do it.
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You know those moments when you think you're being a
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responsible adult and then it just absolutely falls apart in
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the funniest way possible. Yeah, that's basically Tuesday at our house.
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Like the time I thought I was going to be
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a cool mom and set up an elaborate DIY obstacle
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course in the backyard. I spent hours setting it up.
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Hula hoops to jump through, ropes to crawl under, a
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slip and slide at the end. I even made little
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metals out of cardboard and ribbon. I was ready for
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Parent of the Year. And then the very first kid
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running through trips in the mud puddle that I didn't
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even see slips takes out half the obstacle course. With them,
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it was like family Jenga. Down goes to hula hoops,
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the rope snaps, the slip and slide gets dragged halfway
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across the yard, and the dog is losing his mind
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thinking it's the best game he's ever seen. We laughed
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so hard we couldn't breathe. No one finished the course,
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and no one cared. We all got metals anyway. And
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don't think the kids don't come up with their own
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k oh No, they are very capable little instigators. One
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of their favorite games is the classic prank warse no
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one is safe. You could walk into a room and
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find a plastic spider dangling from the ceiling. You could
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sit down and find your chair has been wrapped with
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saran wrap. You could open the fridge and find well,
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let's just say, googly eyes on everything. One time, one
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of the older kids switched to everyone's shoes. Two left
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shoes in one closet, two right shoes in another. It
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took hours before anyone figured it out. And if you
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think the littles don't get in on it, oh they do.
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They're just sneakier about it because everyone thinks they're innocent.
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Moral of the story. If you hear suspicious giggling, you're
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already too late. So today I just wanted to celebrate
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the beauty of the Shenanigans. We live in a world
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that tells us to have everything perfect, organized, instagram worthy.
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But honestly, I think the muddy footprints, the toothpaste on
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the mirror, the forts in the living room, backwards dinners,
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the socks stealing dog, the pirate themed charades, because that's real.
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That's family, that's home. If you're listening today and your
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house is feeling chaotic, noisy and messy, just know you're
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not alone. That noise, that chaos, that's love and action.
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It's life being lived fully and joyfully. Thanks for hanging
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out with us today. I hope you smiled, maybe laughed
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a little, and remembered that the best memories are almost
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never made during perfect days. They're made in the Shenanigans.
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Get on over to our YouTube channel we are the
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Hansens and subscribe. You can also send us a message
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on our we are the Hanson's Facebook page, or you
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can send us an email on our We are the
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Hanson's Show at gmail dot com. Until next time, keep loving,
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keep laughing, keep enjoying the chaos. We are the Hansens
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and this is our beautiful, messy, exciting life.
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