Malia Obama's summer: braces, camp, and a growth spurt
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Just a few days ago, I called the First Lady鈥檚 office to ask about the Obama girls. What are Malia and Sasha鈥檚 plans for the summer? I asked. Can鈥檛 tell you, came the reply. Just imagine if it came out, for example, that they were going away to camp. That would set off an all-out feeding frenzy of media trying to figure out which camp, a diligent press aide informed.
Well, it turns out 12-year-old Malia Obama is going to overnight camp for the first time, and for a whole month, her dad revealed Thursday in an interview with NBC. That鈥檚 putting a bit of crimp in the Obama family鈥檚 vacation plans.
"We're going to be trying to figure out where we're going to be able to take some time over the course of the summer," President Obama said on the eve of a to Bar Harbor, Maine. "But a month of it's going to be taken up with Malia going away for camp, which she's never done before. And I may shed a tear.鈥�
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No word on what nine-year-old Sasha鈥檚 doing this summer. But, as is usually the case, it鈥檚 the older child who has to break in the parents on all those milestones of childhood. Malia just got braces, and she鈥檚 already quite tall, her dad revealed at a recent Kansas City fundraiser.
鈥淓ven though she鈥檚 5鈥�9鈥�, she鈥檚 still my baby,鈥� Obama said. The braces are good, , 鈥渂ecause she was starting to look too old.鈥�
Oh dad. Maybe he thinks braces will keep the boys away.
Interest in White House kids is always high, and the rule is that the Obama girls aren鈥檛 to be photographed apart from their parents. In general, only their parents can reveal details of their lives. What about music lessons? I once asked during a musical event hosted by the First Lady. Sorry, said the staffer.
So far, the name of Malia鈥檚 summer camp still hasn鈥檛 come out. If it does, any paparazzi who dare try to infiltrate will presumably face her Secret Service detail.
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