FLOTUS pool report #2 - event color and POTUS quotes

Some color from the event:

FLOTUS bent down to greet a little Trex. One enterprising child finagled candy from both POTUS and FLOTUS.

A group of three small girls - a princess, a ballerina and a bee - appeared not to know what to make of the situation, standing a few feet away from the first couple and staring. The wave of a candy bar from POTUS got them over.

A banana was coaxed over by FLOTUS, took a candy bar and ran.

POTUS signed a golf ball for a child appeared to be dressed as Tiger Woods.

“It’s a long line. It’s almost as big as the ballroom,” POTUS yelled to the press.

The line appears to go down the South Drive.

Lots of parents stopped to talk to POTUS, causing some line delays. There was an assortment of costumes: members of the military, dinosaurs, pumpkins, Buc-ee’s beaver, a McDonald’s French fry box.

At one point POTUS turned around to the Air Force band and appeared to ask them to change the music - a slow orchestral song was playing. The music changed to a faster beat orchestral song.

Other White House staff spotted: Will Scharf

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Emily Goodin

White House Correspondent

McClatchy DC/Miami Herald

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