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Yes, it is young to have braces on and off. She had all of her adult teeth by 5th grade but they waited for the teeth to settle before she got her braces on. She will have had them on for 1 year and 6 months which isn't bad. We were lucky because not a lot of work had to be done. Just some...

Thanks for following! She is super thrilled about the braces coming off. They told her during her last orthodontist appointment and I have not seen her smile that big since before she got them on.

68 days to go and the trip is paid for!!!

We have booked our 4th trip to Walt Disney World in 4 years. I told Maddie that I would like to take her on a trip to celebrate her upcoming 8th grade graduation. After tossing around numerous ideas she decided that she wanted to end her middle school career with another trip to Disney. Of...

Really fun trip report. Loving it!!

February 2016

Snack: Frushi from The Japan Kiosk at Flower and Garden Drink: Strawberry Oolong Tea Slush from Joy of Tea in the China Pavilion Food: Cedar Plank Salmon from The Boathouse in Disney Springs

My favorites are: Philharmagic Beauty and the Beast Festival of the Lion King Frozen Sing Along Finding Nemo the Musical One Man's Dream Celebrate the Magic Reflections of China If I had to pick just one it would be Festival of the Lion King and my daughter would pick Philharmagic

Day 8 - Monday, 2/29/16 Time to fly home...sad! To be honest, I was ready to go home this time. I just wanted my own bed. Being sick on vacation is the worst. I felt so bad for the guy sitting next to me on the plane. I went through almost an entire box of tissues in that 3 hour flight. I...

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. When we arrived back at the resort Maddie asked if she could take some pictures. I told her that I needed to go lay down in the room. She could take photos but I wanted her back in an hour. I gave her some money in case she wanted a snack and I slowly made my...

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. We started to make our way back to the front of the park to catch the bus back to the resort. Maddie took more photos on the way back around and we hopped in the line for Spaceship Earth one last time. I wish I had more energy to keep going but there was no way...

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. Sorry, we took a lot of photos of this but here are the last ones. We really bonded during this exhibit and I enjoyed seeing her excited about something she loves. I was getting a bit hungry and also needed to take more cold medicine so we stopped at...

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. More Kawaii! When we got home I ordered Maddie one of the sushi stuffed toys you can see in the apartment photos here. She loved it!

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. More topiary photos as we make our way back to Japan. Maddie wanted to purchase a few more items and spend some time in the Kawaii exhibit. After that we planned to slowly make our way back to the front of the park. I was ready to call it a day since I was so...

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. Mexico is slowly creeping up as my favorite place in World Showcase. I just love the music, smells and the ride. We spent so much time at Epcot this trip but it never got old for us. We just love it! Music! Blurry photos of the Gran Fiesta Tour! We were...

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. Next up is Norway. We hung out with Anna and Elsa for a while. Pretty! We took a look at the bakery items. I didn't want anything sweet so I didn't buy anything but that school bread sure looks interesting. Maybe next time!

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. Maddie wanted to explore China and took all of the photos you will see posted here. It is so beautiful that we spent some time really enjoying this area. We stopped to watch Reflections of China. It was wonderful!

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. My dad has collected toy trains since he was a boy. He is very excited to have a basement again because he plans to set them up. I took these photos for him but Maddie and I love this display. We met some friends from the Lion King along the way!

Day 7 - Sunday, 2/28/16, cont. Wow, it has been a long time since I updated my trip report. Work has been crazy busy and so has life. Here I go trying to finish! We continued our tour of World showcase in Epcot stopping in America. Look how handsome Woody is! We passed through Italy...

Our first trip we started with Magic Kingdom but now we usually start with Epcot because this is my daughter's favorite park. You really can't go wrong either way.