Just a dad and his daughters, out Christmas shopping.......A tiny bit of "normalcy." I loved the clip....it really shows how it is for them.

Thanks for this tiny peek into their lives.

It was wonderful.

. . . you're so very welcome, California Peggy!

That's an excellent book for young kids if you're looking for gift ideas

is out and about taking his daughters holiday shopping and promoting small businesses.

I'm so proud that he is our President and has our backs!

He is setting a great example. Stores like that are always in danger of being driven out of business by Amazon and big chain bookstores. It's kind of amazing that stores like that have survived, and hopefully they will get a boost after being visited by the president.

Makes me smile...and maybe choke up a little too.

A handsome Dad shopping with his two beautiful daughters..

But it does look like it here

I would have taken the president for an iPhone or Droid guy.

when he first took office there was a huge security discussion about it and finally he demanded that he was going to keep it.

I wish he would stop calling me ....dammit I have a Christmas tree to put up...run the world on YOUR TIME pal.

Is he really the first president to have one? I remember members of Congress using Blackberries when I interned in 2002.

Bush, of course, couldn't understand why he couldn't get his Hot Pocket into that "fancy schmansh microwave" - the disk drive was ruined

. . . just Sasha hidden beside the Prez.

Good patriotic footwear--red, white and blue. Would be more patriotic if they were US made, but New Balance (which he can afford) are the only US-made sneakers left.

I love this man!

Nice pics - thanks

Thanks for the thread, bigtree. I would've been crying with joy if I'd been there.

Instead of negative media coverage crowds going crazy to buy foreign made goods and workers not getting a well-deserved holiday, we have a president setting an good example.

You know what you're getting ahead of time, so there's not much surprise to it, thanks to news stories like this. At least in this case, the kids who are getting those books probably don't read look at the news reports.

I get a real kick out of their relationship with their dad ... loving and respectful ... BUT ... they obviously "do their job" and hold pins at the ready for any ego-balloons that appear. Malia is becoming a WOMAN ... but seems to have her head on straight. Sasha is my favorite of all the Obamas, of course. She's got 'tude. I just love a kid with 'tude.

They're a family that HUGS! It's impossible to overstress the importance of hugging, imho. Puppy piles.

Dubyah put the seal on fucking everything he wore! Practically screaming "I am the President"; although I don't know who he was trying to convince, the country or himself...

such a great family

"Oh Yuri! On Barstow! On Remo and Chun!"

They all do, of course, but this President makes sure it's a good example for all Americans.

He's always making them laugh, he hugs them and holds their hands constantly.
What a great daddy he is!
I love how he interacts with the adoring crowds that await him...look at the genuine smiles on their faces. Makes me proud and get a tear in my eye too!

I know I shouldn't but can't help it sometimes.

nice pics by the way

and here's PBO the next day doin' his thing. Highlighting small businesses and taking Malia and Sasha out for some quality time together.. along with a few of their body guards and supporters!

Thanks for the cool set up of their Christmas Shopping, bigtree!