Lemon Festival

Today, Leilani and I went to the Lemon Festival in Downtown Upland. She of course couldn't wait to go on the rides.  I was pretty selective because I'm a bit skeptical about those carnival rides. 

We started off with her first pony ride.  I don't like them because the poor ponies always look so pitiful.  But she begged to go on it.  When Mike saw the pictures of her on the pony, he said he was very proud of me for overcoming my fear of letting Leilani touch a carnival animal.  (Of course I practically bathed her in hand sanitizer after the ride was over!)

Then we moved on to the Bumblebee ride that she liked so much she went on it TWICE.

We finished off the day on the Motorcycle Merry-go-round.  She loved it, but was a little bit sad because she remembered going on this ride last year with Rubie.  After the ride was over she said, "I miss Rubie.  Let's go home."

Even with the pony ride, carnival attractions, and yummy treats, the highlight of Leilani's day at the Lemon Festival was when we bumped into her preschool teacher there.  She was so excited to see her beloved Miss Alice outside of school.  I hope she will always love school and her teachers as much as she does now.