Florida vacation with De Jongs 2026- Magic Kingdom.

Wow, what an amazing day at Magic Kingdom! We all loved it so much! All of it was so special- rides, characters, parades, fun treats, etc. Disney really does make it magical! I love this nighttime picture of us!

Nighttime light up parade!

All the floats were amazing!

Norah was thrilled to get this mini Minnie backpack! (I took this on the moving ferry on the way back, so it's not very clear.)

The best time!

It's A Small World ride- a classic!

Go Dutch!

We went to Magic a couple years ago with De Jongs too, and we went to this store again this trip where the De Jongs went to when Kley and Elizabeth were little too to pick out a keepsake. Fun to carry on traditions! They each picked out a Christmas ornament, Lucy got this little glass Mickey, Norah got a rose/tiara and Ellory a wand/tiara. So neat!

Afternoon parade.

Love Cinderella's castle!

Special treats.

Another little character show in front of the castle.

Speedway driving. For a long time, Lucy and Ellory were incredibly close in height, but now Lucy is a couple inches taller, which made her tall enough to drive solo but not Ellory. Thankfully they let her do it with me as passenger, so she was happy about that!

Getting ready to race!

Such a sweet, classic photo! What a gift to experience this with our girls!

Such a special day!

Florida vacation with De Jongs 2026- American Girl store and pool time.

 What a fun week in Orlando! So glad we could be here. Love the view from our hotel room!

The pool here is amazing! I think it's the longest lazy river I've seen, and the water is nice and warm! My only complaint is that it winds around so much that it's hard to keep track of your kids, but they are loving it so much!

Kley always likes to order exotic things on vacation. This was some sort of duck breast dish and he loved it!

We took a few family photos!

Loving the pool!

This was our non-park day, which was nice because the hotel had super fun slides and an obstacle course that were only open in the afternoon, so the girls got to do them and loved it!

So fun!

We also visited the American Girl store with Amma! So very cute- the AG marketing team is really nailing it!

Ellory got the Julie doll for Christmas- it's what she asked for from grandparents and she wanted a doll that had longer hair because she likes to do their hair, so she brought her and got her ears pierced. All the girls brought their dolls along (Ellory's other doll and a doll of Norah and Lucy), when we went to the AG store in Chicago a year and a half ago and they each got their hair done and ears pierced. Kley and his dad went golfing this morning and they loved that!