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Aristus

(71,944 posts)
72. There's no limit to what good parenting can accomplish.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 01:10 PM
Dec 2016

I've been unfair to Sasha.

I remarked back in 2009 or so that Malia would become a famous beauty, and Sasha would be the cute one.

I was wrong. Sasha looks lovely.

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She is a beauty and I love how she and her sister seem to get along so well. I'm sure there were monmouth4 Dec 2016 #1
I think they are a very close family. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #4
So many photos of her looking unhappy. femmocrat Dec 2016 #2
Oh, I suspect Sasha has what it takes to handle Hortensis Dec 2016 #8
Receiving line for some event? Thanks for another bit of context. Still, the OP is FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #26
The photos are from the state dinner for Canadian PM Justin Trudeau earlier this year, the first Tanuki Dec 2016 #34
Thanks! FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #35
We will look back so longingly on these eight years.... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #54
I remember this. The designer gown was gorgeous and Ilsa Dec 2016 #36
That's Ryan Reynolds genxlib Dec 2016 #41
She's handling herself well, meeting him... Barack_America Dec 2016 #42
oh, this is a gorgeous photo. MBS Dec 2016 #16
I think she looks serious, thoughtful TexasBushwhacker Dec 2016 #62
no more thinking in the White House after Jan. 20 Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #68
I know. Isn't she GORGEOUS?!!! n/t pnwmom Dec 2016 #3
It is going to be hard transitioning from this lovely, intelligent, gracious family ... etherealtruth Dec 2016 #5
You nailed the incomings perfectly! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #7
Isn't that the truth. I don't read People or other Hortensis Dec 2016 #29
It is going to be damn impossible... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #46
+1!!! -nt CrispyQ Dec 2016 #67
I swear, EVERYBODY ELSE'S kid seems to grow up overnight.... TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #6
So true. So true. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #25
Who is she side-eying? MineralMan Dec 2016 #9
The press me thinks..... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #11
That would make sense. MineralMan Dec 2016 #12
It is a sort of... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #14
Good people! If they were even slightly bad, the Republicans would've had... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #10
'Slightly bad' -- I think you mean 'possessed any vulnerability'. byronius Dec 2016 #19
Yep, that's a more accurate description. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #22
She's beautiful lunatica Dec 2016 #13
Me too lunatica! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #15
I think she looks a lot........... mrmpa Dec 2016 #17
...me too! northoftheborder Dec 2016 #20
I bet she's tough and intelligent as hell. What a crucible. byronius Dec 2016 #18
Those girls grew up before our eyes mcar Dec 2016 #21
"Gilded hillbillies." 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #47
on the campaign trial i was entertained by many stories about the girls mopinko Dec 2016 #23
I love them madokie Dec 2016 #24
We have watched them grow brer cat Dec 2016 #27
Without the strong loving family unit, none of them would have survived. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #33
Lucky parents and lucky kids, fine examples of how a family should operate. Thinkingabout Dec 2016 #28
When the Obama's first came to Washington virgogal Dec 2016 #30
Turn around, turn around... Tanuki Dec 2016 #31
Very Beautiful Song mazzarro Dec 2016 #70
She is drop dead gorgeous. Mira Dec 2016 #32
I agree. wisteria Dec 2016 #37
.. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2016 #38
one of the most beautiful heaven05 Dec 2016 #39
Yes they are, heaven. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #40
I think heaven05 Dec 2016 #66
Your post makes me sad. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #75
I miss them already. Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #43
Oh, I forgot that one. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #44
They've been a wonderful first family DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #45
Sasha is so Beautiful, she, like the rest of her family. Cha Dec 2016 #48
Beautiful picture. I love them. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #49
Yes, their last Christmas in our White House.. Cha Dec 2016 #50
I am scared. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #51
Me too.. and I hate Cha Dec 2016 #53
I know. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #56
Yeah it comes and goes.. see gif.. lol Cha Dec 2016 #57
P.S. just stole this from The Velveteen Ocelot Cha Dec 2016 #55
Sasha has turned into a real beauty! Greybnk48 Dec 2016 #52
I love them too, sheshe2. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #58
I'm pulling back a little bit from threads like this. I think I'm really afraid to confront it all. NBachers Dec 2016 #59
I know NBachers. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #76
Beautiful, loving family lillypaddle Dec 2016 #60
She's gorgeous. n/t area51 Dec 2016 #61
The Obama girls, how they've grown. Stellar Dec 2016 #63
They honor the house and the house is honored by them. sarge43 Dec 2016 #64
Nice dress. Ligyron Dec 2016 #65
I love this pic...like something from a fairy tale: Tanuki Dec 2016 #74
Gosh. BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #69
We live in a very conservative area Horse with no Name Dec 2016 #71
There's no limit to what good parenting can accomplish. Aristus Dec 2016 #72
She's always been a daddy's girl. milestogo Dec 2016 #73
The Obama children have really blossom into young ladies Gothmog Dec 2016 #77
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