Downtown Disney.

After our Disney adventure we decided to briefly hit the pool to wear Elena out even more for her nap. Let's just say that worked like a charm! She took at 3 hour nap and we even had to wake her up so we could head to dinner!

We decided to head to Downtown Disney to check out the restaurants and shops. The path on the way was lined with an unbelievable amount of palm trees! It was absolutely gorgeous!

Then we reached Downtown Disney and imagine that -- more lines!! We had to wait in line for dinner. But there was some cool scenery to keep Elena distracted while we waited.
I forgot to take any pictures in the restaurant we ate in (must have been the margaritas!). It was called Tortilla Joe's and decorated really neat - complete with a wandering Mariachi band (we had one at our wedding!). After dinner we decided to walk around and check out some shops. We were going to head back to Disneyland but it was already getting pretty late and we knew we could see the fireworks from where we were at so we just hung around. This whole area is so pretty and fun!

Elena picked out a new friend - Pluto! She also got another lollipop - imagine that!

I picked up a couple fun things - an ornament with the year on it so we will always remember the year 1st brought Elena, and what I am most excited about - a Mickey shaped cookie cutter and pancake mold!! I will have to share some pics when I get to use them! (I searched high and low for this for Elena's Minnie Party last year!) Then it was firework time~

A perfect way to end our day!