The Malia and Sasha Fan Club weblog was created by my granddaughters (Kailysia and Kaila) who wanted to find more information about President Obama’s daughters. They could not find a website that had information on Malia and Sasha exclusively. My granddaughters ran away with my idea of starting their own kid-based website. Malia and Sasha are role models for a generation of children. We hope you enjoy!
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Malia and Sasha attend Miley Cyrus Concert First Lady, Mrs Obama, took daughters Malia and Sasha to the Miley Cyrus concert last night in Washington, D.C., according to ABC News.
AWESOME!
Questions:
Have you been to a Miley Cyrus concert?
Did you see the movie?
First White House Halloween for Malia and Sasha WASHINGTON (CNN)– The Obama family celebrated their first Halloween at the White House by inviting Washington area students and military families to trick or treat.
According to the White House, up to 2,000 kids between the ages of 6 and 14 years old are expected on the grounds of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday evening.
Three 1,000 lb pumpkins shipped in from Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin were on display, while children were entertained by Star Wars characters, snow globe fairies, bubble makers, and wandering trees.
The National Parks Foundation provided sweets for the children.
What do you get for Halloween at the White House? (1) A box of White House M&Ms with the president's signature imprinted on it (2) A sweet dough butter cookie made by White House pastry chef Bill Yosses (3) A National Park Foundation Ranger activity book (4) A serving of dried fruit mix made up of cherries, apricots, pears, apples and papayas.
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and his wife Michelle Obama (R) give out treats at a reception for children of military and White House staff families during Halloween at the White House in Washington October 31, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)
First Lady Michelle Obama's office said Tuesday that Malia and Sasha Obama have received the vaccine for the H1N1 flu, otherwise known as swine flu.
A spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, tells the Associated Press that Sasha, age 8, and Malia, age 11, got the shot from a White House doctor last week after it became available to schoolchildren in the Washington area.
President and Michelle Obama are going to wait to get the H1N1 shot until members of higher priority groups have received their shots. The whole family, however, has gotten the seasonal flu shot.
Obama Family Official Portrait Released! Credit: Official White House Photo/Rex Yesterday, the White House released the first official family photo of the Obamas.
The picture was taken by famed photographer AnnieLeibovitz.
Photo: The First Family -- President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia Ann and Natasha (Sasha) Obama -- the photo was taken in the White House's Green Room.
Dear Mrs. Obama, please come to the grand opening of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in our grand city of Memphis! The big celebration will be June 15, 2010. We inserted this video clip for you to see. There are a lot of kids who sent you postcards for you to come. Do you think you can bring Malia and Sasha?
Malia and Sasha's Mom Hits 142 at Hula Hoops First lady Michelle Obama exercises with a hula hoop during a healthy kids fair on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Mrs. Obama managed 142 swivels of a hula hoop yesterday during a "healthy kids fair" on the White House lawn. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much. The first lady also gave a pep talk about eating right to about 100 children and parents from local elementary schools. Obama said it's OK to eat fun stuff sometimes as long as you usually eat right.
"Look, my favorite food in the whole wide world are french fries," she said. "I love them. Dearly. Deeply. I have a good relationship with french fries and I would eat them every single day if I could. I tell my girls this: If you're getting the right foods for most of the time, then when it's time to have cake and french fries on those special occasions, then you balance it out."
Question: Can you hoola hoop?
Malia and Sasha's Dad keeps tab of what they are reading President Obama keeps tab of what Sasha and Malia are reading, according to a report by pool reporter George Condon of Congress Daily about the president's visit to a Maryland elementary school yesterday.
Here's an excerpt:
He asked each kid what he or she was reading. One kid said "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." The president said, "Sasha and Malia loved that. They think it is hilarious."
In addition, the president told students at Viers Mill Elementary School that he had read the Harry Potter books with Malia and thought they were "pretty good."
It's no surprise that our President is a voracious reader, but did you know that he counts Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are among his faves? The Father-in-Chief read the book during the White House Easter Egg Roll earlier this year, and at today's visit to Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD, he shared that he saw the movie yesterday and loved it.
The DC premiere of the Where the Wild Things Are movie was last week.
QUESTION: What does voracious mean? Don't forget to use the dictionary on the side bar.
First Tweens Malia and Sasha Obama attended a celebration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Fiesta Latina.
The event is part of PBS' "In Performance at the White House" program, a series begun in 1978 to showcase the richness of American arts in a historic American building. This is the second such program filmed at the Obama White House; the first was in honor of Stevie Wonder.
Performers included Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Gloria Estafan, Eva Longoria Parker, Jimmy Smitts, and many more.
For more on what's new and cool for tweens and their parents go to: www.MsTwixt
Michelle Obama now holds a new title – President. Not of course of the country, but the new honorary National President of Girls Scouts. Mrs. Obama accepted the post, following in the tradition of every first lady since Edith Wilson in 1917.
“It is my great pleasure to serve as Honorary National President of Girl Scouts,” Mrs. Obama said in a written statement, “With their innovative new programming, ground-breaking research, and emphasis on service and leadership, Girl Scouts is preparing the women of tomorrow to be a positive force for change – in their own lives, their communities, and across the globe.”
The Tween Summit took place this past Saturday at the Capital Hilton hotel in Washington. The day was all about tween girls: what tweens want, their dreams, and what they want to see from the government, parents, schools, and society. While the majority of girls in attendance were from the Washington area, I met families who had travelled from Florida, Washington state, and California.
Jess Weiner moderated the day's sessions. On the topic of the First Tweens, she says that girls are "so excited to have tweens as role models in the White House" not just because their father is the President, but because they are so relatable. Malia and Sasha Obama live lives so much like other tweens - they attend school, play soccer, care for their pets, take vacations with their parents, cheer for the Jonas Brothers - just like other tweens. Jess also heard from girls at the Summit that they want to see "more real girls" in the media, and that they "want to be featured and acknowledged for their own efforts" (many of the girls attending the Summit are active in their communities and emerging leaders).
AllyKatzz.com organized the Summit, and they will be publishing the input from the girls' sessions shortly. Girls spent the morning and afternoon sharing their insights on all kinds of issues and contributed their comments on "the White House Wall".
US President Barack Obama (left) and his wife Michelle (2nd right) and daughters Sasha (2nd left) and Malia hold hands as they cross Pennsylvania Avenue to walk to the White House after attending a Sunday morning church service at St. John's Church in Washington October 11, 2009. REUTERS
Congratulations to Malia and Sasha's dad for winning the Nobel Peace Prize!
I told my granddaughters that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. They were very excited and then asked the question: What is a Nobel Peace Prize? I immediately went into my teaching research mode and gave them an activity so they could come back and tell me the answer.
You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN!
