Inside the Obamas' Easter Egg Roll!

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The day after Easter Sunday, a long-standing tradition occurs in Washington, D.C.: The annual White House Easter Egg Roll! This year was the first egg roll for the Obama family, who celebrated with the Easter Bunny, singer Fergie and hundreds of local children. Check out our behind-the-scenes photos of Malia, 10 ½, Sasha, 7 ½ and parents Barack and Michelle Obama enjoying the spirit of the day!

Sasha wore Converse One Star for Target Lace-Up Oxfords in black ($20).

Comments

Can’t speak for everyone, but this entire family is definitely winning me over!

- Xan on April 14th, 2009

We went this year and had a blast!!

- dcmom on April 14th, 2009

i actually love this family. I loved the photo of President Obama lifting a boy to shoot for hoops!

- Skipsie on April 14th, 2009

they’re adorable girls.Hope to see them more often:)

- Cheryl on April 14th, 2009

i’m not from the states, so maybe this is common knowledge there… can anyone go to the easter egg roll? or do you have to be invited? i think it’s so neat that they do that. some countries keep their politicians locked up and they’re treated like a demi-god or something. it’s nice that america keeps their leaders in a human perspective. (also, i love that the president’s daughter is wearing shoes that cost $20! so much better than some celeb kids decked out in $500 shoes!)

- ooji on April 14th, 2009

we went this year too! it was so fun. and yes, anyone can go!

- melania on April 14th, 2009

You do have to have invitations to go. You can’t just walk up to the white house and expect to participate. The tix for this event are a hot commodity each year. This year, in addition to giving tix to kids from the DC area, the White House set aside tix for children of gay and lesbian parents, children of kids whose parents are in the military, and children to represent each of the 50 states.

- lizzielui on April 14th, 2009

Such a lovely tradition. I’m sure a good time was had by all. Love the pics.

- Rosy J on April 15th, 2009

wow, looks like it was a great event this year. i think it made the occassion that much more special, because there are smaller children in the White House, so naturally the President and First Lady are in that frame of mind. Sasha and Malia seemed to be genuinely enjoying themselves. I love how open and accommodating the White House atmosphere is. nothing seems closed off.

- Mary on April 15th, 2009

You do not have to have invitations to go. You order tickets online. They are free. The White House does send out special invitations to the military, low income families, etc. I had to order mine online with the rest of the nation. It was hard to get them…due to heavy traffic on the web site. But I got 4 tixs and we had a great time!!

- dcmom on April 15th, 2009

They did reserve a few tickets for certain groups, such as children of Gay & Lesbian families, military children, and a few other groups. The majority of tickets were available for the general public.

- L on April 15th, 2009