Daniel's birthday and Disneyland

Daniel had a good birthday. My little sister Sarah and I took him to lunch at Red Robin. I got Dan a laptop desk since he is obsessed with The Sims. It's yellow because he is also all over Spongebob.



He also got a birthday sundae but made me take off the whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles. (Did I mention that the kid only eats vanilla ice cream?)



Love that little man.

The next day we headed over to Disneyland with Andy's mom.



I immediately got a blueberry muffin because I was starving. It was DELICIOUS but oh so buttery. I couldn't finish it.



I took pictures of myself on the Winnie the Pooh ride. (I sing "Heffalumps and Woozels" the entire time. Anyone else?)



I ate a surprisingly good turkey sandwich. (With caramelized mushrooms & onions, honey mustard and cranberry sauce)



And a veggie pasta salad.



And forced Andy to take stupid photos.



Went on the ride with the ear-worm. (It was recently updated and it's air-conditioned.)







The teacher in his element. (He has forced me to sit through this...awful)



We drank sangria.



Checked out updated menus!





Ate a salad with figs, goat cheese and nuts. Figs are delicious!



Andy ordered seafood pasta.



Josie and I had beef tenderloins with gorgonzola potatoes.



And we actually got to watch a parade while eating our dinner. It was really fun.







I love Pixar movies.



Seriously this parade was a blast!



I'm a child at heart, obviously.



For dessert, we had berries in balsamic syrup, lemon-vanilla panna cotta and chocolate espresso tarts. It was delicious.

We ate at the Trattoria in California Adventure if anyone is wondering.





We got fast passes to see The World of Color!



My World of Color photos did not really turn out but it was an incredible show and totally worth the wait to see it. Andy, Josie and I were pleased.

I already want to go back. Blogger Disneyland meetup please?

Disney's Food and Wine Festival

Wow! I love going to Disneyland and California Adventure but I love it ten times more during the Food & Wine Festival!



We started the day off right with a ham, egg and cheese crossiant.



Here we are with our best friends Tiffany and Gary.



After breakfast, we went to see Captain EO. I'm not going to lie it kind of freaked me out. The 80's were a weird time.



A few hours later, we met up with more best friends to attend the festival.



We started off with small bites. These plates were priced from $2-$5 and were cute and tiny. I got a White Cheddar & Beer soup. TDF!



And an assortment of cheddar cheeses with raisins. I hate raisins so I pawned them off and split some cheese with my friends.



Andy ordered a beef slider.



Friends! Gary, Brett, Adina, Andy and Tiffany.



After our snack, we were on to the wine! They had $10 wine samplings. You got 4 half-pours. We tried wines from California first.





I'm no wine snob, I drank them all!



A few hours later I got another White Cheddar soup. It was that good.



And Adina got a profiterole. I sampled the cream filling. Superb.



We attended another wine tasting. This one was only $1!



A chardonnay, pinot noir and a zinfandel.



Gary, Tiffany and I just cracked up the entire time. We are very mature.









I don't even remember the guy's wine-talk. Sad.



Brett, Adina, Andy and Gary attended a beer walk while Tiffany and I scouted out more wine. Tiffany and I were a little tipsy at this point...







Don't ask.





Amazing! I'll definitely hit up the Food & Wine Festival next year!

--I ran a 5k today! I'll recap tomorrow! :)