dialouge for the previous pictures (Sat.)

we were not able to go to Disney during the holidays at all, with everyone being so sick with the flu and all and Tim said we had to go see the Christmas decorations before they were taken down and they were coming down on Sunday... Zoe's pass was blocked for Saturday so we left her with Grandpa for an hour or so, and Tim and I went first over to California Adventure to see Car's Land's decorations and they sure fit the bill...I was not disappointed in them at all...then at dusk every night, when they turn the outside lights on, they do it with pomp and circumstance and this was the first I had ever seen it...really a nice job...the Christmas decorations there were over the top and I loved them... Calif. Adventure had a good number of people there but was very doable...Tim got us a Sea Salt Caramel hot chocolate (I have not had a hot choc. in years...) and it was so yummy...we walked around Calif. for a bit and then headed over to Disneyland and right away were hit with tons and tons of people and they were already lining up for the evening parade...so we went to a few stores and tried to see Small World lit up, but the pressure of people got to be way too much for us and we left to meet Zoe and Grandpa for dinner...trying to get out of the park proved horrendous around the parade and they finally opened up backstage to let everyone who was not viewing the parade an access to leave...LOL Tim tried to take a picture of backstage and was reprimanded by a staff member... we met up with Zoe and Grandpa and went to Downtown Disney (which was nice at night) and stood in line forever at Earl of Sandwich to get dinner to take back to the hotel... even tho it was absolutely freezing outside, Zoe insisted on swimming in the pool, and I wore my heavy jacket and mittens...she did not stay all that long...LOL it was so nice to be able to watch the fireworks in the comfort of our hotel, where it was nice and warm...since the hotel had a microwave, I had bought popcorn but we had our sandwiches to eat... a very nice night (that I had not experienced in a long time...) TBC