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by Mark Silva
It takes a lot of chocolate to stage an Easter Egg Roll.
This year, the White House's "chocolate village'' took a good two weeks of work to create, as the Today show reports.
The White House Executive Chef, Cristeta Comerford, leads the tour.
But there was more than candy here today.First Lady Michelle Obama, spearheading a campaign against obesity, is attempting to highlight something else this year -- fitness. The Obamas had J.K. Rowling on the White House lawn today doing some reading, Reese Witherspoon doing some events and other celebrities, too.
"This year I launched a nationwide initiative to try to end the epidemic of childhood obesity,'' the first lady told the audience assembled on a warm sunny day. "And today we have transformed the South Lawn into a playground. And our hope today is that in addition to having fun and doing some of the traditional activities like the egg roll and the Easter egg hunt, that you can learn about beginning to live a more healthy life.''
(Children on White House South Lawn. Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)
Comments
Why are Sasha and Malia there? I thought that students from private and parochial schools were not allowed to attend the Easter egg hunt. Did they skip school for this?
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