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Better than spontaneous outbursts in song and dance and better than perfect weather (except that one day at Animal Kingdom), and even better than the smell of hazelnut wafting from the bathrooms was the time our family was able to spend together in Disney World. I think this was the first time Alex ever spent five consecutive days with all the children, and we only see our East Coast cousins and grandparents about once a year. This is what it looks like when you put together one ten year old, one eight year old, one seven, one six, one five, three fours and two twos--in the happiest place on earth, no less. Of course I couldn't quite get a picture of all that chaos together, but cheers to family: