Daddy's Love of King of the Hill

Daddy and I have been watching the new season of King of the hill, the first in a long time. But just to reiterate how important this show is to daddy, this morning before work I found this list on our kitchen table for Daddy's friend Cameron at work. It is a list of the all-time best King of the Hill episodes. It is all organized by date and bullet pointed! We love our daddy!

Disneyland with April & Emily 2025: Best of Photo Highlights

Disneyland with April & Emily 2025: Exploring Main Street After Hours

Finally I was on a mission to find something I remembered from my childhood, the original Penny Arcade flipbooks that I used to see in Disney world. There are only a few left now that work. When I was young there were lines of them in the penny arcade. I brought pennies along for just this reason. Here is me about to put a penny in the Charlie Chaplin penny arcade! But the main street Penny Arcade here had many little interactive games around the different candies that they sold. Next was the true grip challenge where I actually got  "crusher gripper" which was close to the strongest! Next was Esmeralda the fortune teller where we got our fortune... which was to Journey to the edge of the frontier today. There was also the calliope that used to cost $0.10 but now just plays automatically every 15 minutes. I always love calliope's! Then there was a little interactive Pinocchio that you put a penny in and compress the buttons to move his arms and legs, and finally there was the scale that was putting a penny in and seeing what your weight was.

 and I couldn't end this set of Disneyland posts without showing one of the many decorations around the parks and hotels, because it is the 70th Anniversary they would have these large stand-up signs each featuring a particular Disney character. I took a picture by the Frozen sisters! Celebrate happy!

Disneyland with April & Emily 2025: Paint the Night Parade & Fireworks

 the Resurgence of the Disneyland paint the night parade was the real reason why April originally wanted to try disneyland. This was the premier parade that they stopped a few years ago and just brought back. In my opinion, the most spectacular float was in the first picture it is Belle and the Rose from Beauty and the beast. None of these pictures do the parade justice! Incredible kinetic sculptures were involved on almost every float, interactive displays and millions of lights!

Disneyland with April & Emily 2025: Walt Disney–A Magical Life

At the end of the museum is a theater that housed a lifelike and life-size animatronic of Walt Disney himself who narrates the history of disneyland. It was a really exciting show to see, and it almost didn't happen! This was the very last show of the evening, and the two shows before were canceled due to technical difficulties. We waited to see if the show would go on and it did! Above is me beside the bust of Disney at the entrance to the theater. Below is a bust of lincoln. Usually this theater had housed Great Moments with Mr lincoln. And the Disneyland park has decided to toggle back and forth between the two shows switching them each year.