Cherry Blossoms

The weather is getting warmer and with spring in DC, comes the cherry blossoms. The cherry blossoms are the trees that line the tidal basin; they bloom each spring and are truly beautiful for about 2 weeks out of the year. They'll be at peak bloom in a few days, but the weather was so gorgeous yesterday that Papa Tigger, Tigger, Major and I headed down to the tidal basin on Sunday.

Here's a partial picture of the tidal basin. The trees rim the whole tidal basin. See the Jefferson memorial on the other side?
We started by taking some pictures in the cherry blossoms. Some with Mama Tigger...



Some with Papa Tigger..


We tried a family pic..
..then some tourists walking by took pity and snapped this shot for us:

We then decided to enjoy some shade and play time. First with Papa Tigger..

then with Mama Tigger

Tigger even got to sit in the grass for the first time!

At one point, he wanted to play with the camera. Here he his reaching for it.

After a few more minutes of relaxing, we decided to head home

after getting one of the best pic of the day with Tigger:

We wrapped up the day with what used to be the standard Mama-Papa Tigger kissing shot. Many of you remember how many of these we took when we were dating. Here was one for old times' sake: