White House Easter Egg Roll!

This was amazing - Out of thousands and thousands of people who applied for a ticket for the White House Easter Egg Roll, I was chosen! Well, our little family and 35,000 other lucky people. Needless to say, the line was quite long and security was tight. After clearing our double stroller and both kids, getting wrist bracelets, we were finally in the home stretch of the line! Both kids did surprisingly well!

After about 45 minutes in line, we finally entered the White House grounds! Immediately, we saw Zoe and a Smurf. Alexa was surprised to see characters and wanted to know if Elmo was there too. Before we could find him, we ended up at the First Lady's garden where Alexa picked up an apple. We then found a band playing kids music and danced about for a bit!

Then both kids decided to run for president. They are making history as the first ever brother-sister ticket. The only question is which one will be president and which one will be the vice president?

And wouldn't you know it, but out of the 35,000 people in attendance, we actually saw someone we knew! Marcie and Will with baby Cella Marie! I should explain that not all 35,000 people are at the White House the whole time. That number is broken down into smaller groups that enter for 2-hour increments. Our party was from 2-4 p.m.

We did not see the president, but we saw the first daughters! Alexa was confused when I told her one of them was named Malia. She said, "No, that's YOUR name." I said, "No, I'm Mommy." She wasn't too impressed. We also saw Forest Whitaker leaving the story time area. For more photos of the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll, click HERE.

Finally, it was time to load up and head home! Both kids were tired after a long day of fun. Alexa was upset because she didn't want to leave! She reminded us that we never found Elmo and asked to go back to the White House the next day to look for him.

Upon exiting, each kid was given some Peeps and a commemorative wooden egg! Alexa was in luck because we got RED eggs - her favorite color! Pictured below.