because here s a woman with a background of having graduated from harvard law school and done undergrad at princeton and held these really big and important jobs, and folks just kind of were hoping that she would come into the white house and take over the world. michelle obama s priority would be making sure sasha and malia grew up grounded. we ve worked to make sure that our girls have a normal life, even though they re the children of the president. so it s important for us to make sure that they have friends and sleepovers. they go to school. they do everything that kids do. she made it clear when they moved to the white house that the staff should not treat them, in her words, as little princesses. that she could have responsibilities and chores, making their beds, doing laundry, and until they do those chores, they can t have other time such as tv or computer time on the weekends. even with the president s busy schedule, the first family has dinner together almost every n
one of the things about michelle is she s pretty blunt. if you were going to talk to her, you needed to have your facts correct. you needed to really be focused. and she didn t suffer bs. by 1998, michelle obama was working at the university of chicago. while mr. obama was an illinois state senator. and then daughter malia was born. i remember taking her home that first night. we were nervous. barack had to get the car seat in right. he was driving slowly. just like, you know, you hear in the movies. three years later, along came sasha. but mr. obama s political career as an illinois state senator soon put the family under strain. you ve got a spouse who s traveling back and forth to springfield. is, you know, home on the weekends. not there most of the week. that created stress and tension that i think a lot of couples find themselves in. and we had to really work
and folks just kind of were hoping that she would come into the white house and take over the world. michelle obama s priority would be making sure sasha and malia grew up grounded. we have worked to make sure that our girls have a normal life, even though they re the children of the president. so it s important for us to make sure that they have friends and sleepovers, they go to school. they do everything that kids do. she made it clear when they moved to the white house that the staff should not treat them in her words, as little princesses. that show should have responsibilities and chores, making their beds, doing laundry. and until they do those chores, they can t have other time, such as tv or computer time on the weekends. even with the president s busy schedule, the first family has dinner together almost every night. when we re in town here in washington, in the evenings, 6:30 we want to be at the dinner table with our kids and i want
michelle, really, i think felt some connection to me almost like a little brother. and so when i met her, it felt like the big sister i always wanted. and like any big sister, she was no nonsense with craig when the time called for it. one of the things about michelle is she s pretty blunt. if you were going to talk to her, you needed to have your facts correct. you needed to really be focused. and she didn t suffer bs. by 1998, michelle obama was working at the university of chicago. while mr. obama was an illinois state senator. and then daughter malia was born. i remember taking her home that first night. we were nervous. barack had to get the car seat in right. he was driving slowly. just like, you know, you hear in the movies. three years later, along came sasha. but mr. obama s political career as an illinois state senator soon put the family under strain. you ve got a spouse who s traveling back and forth to
jobs, and folks just kind of were hoping that she would come into the white house and take over the world. michelle obama s priority would be making sure sasha and malia grew up grounded. we ve worked to make sure that our girls have a normal life, even though they re the children of the president. so it s important for us to make sure that they have friends and sleepovers. they go to school. they do everything that kids do. she made it clear when they moved to the white house that the staff should not treat them, in her words, as little princesses. that she could have responsibilities and chores, making their beds, doing laundry, and until they do those chores, they can t have other time such as tv or computer time on the weekends. even with the president s busy schedule, the first family has dinner together almost every night. when we re in town here in washington, in the evenings, 6:30 we want to be at the dinner table with our kids and i want to be helping with their home