FLOTUS pool report from Bring Your Child to Work event

From: Parsons, Christi [mailto:******@latimes.com] 

Thursday morning
No news, good color, a little dog update
 
Michelle Obama did a "Bring Your Child to Work" event with the children
of White House staffers, more than 100 children gathered in the East
Room for a q-and-a with the first lady.
 
Vice President Joe Biden's granddaughters were in the room, as were NSC
deputy Denis McDonough's children. FLOTUS talked about the importance of
being a public servant and thanked the children for being patient with
their parents when they have to work long hours.
 
"None of us could do it without your parents," she told them. "We
appreciate your sacrifice."
 
She also urged them to work hard in school so that they can work in the
White House one day if they want to. A few highlights:
 
Q. What would you do if there were a disaster, like an earthquake? 
 
A. "Well, first I'd wake my husband up, say, 'Hey buddy, get down to the
Oval office.'"
 
Q. What do you do in your free time? 
 
A. "Right now I'm taking care of this puppy." 
 
(She also revealed that she and her staffers "sneak out" from time to
time without announcement, like when they recently went to Five Guys.
"Nobody knew it, and it was good," she said.)
 
There will be details in the coming transcript for those interested in
White House sleepovers (they sometimes involve sleeping in front of the
TV), the garden (she likes the row she planted best, plus the plants
from seedlings of the Thomas Jefferson garden at Monticello) and the dog
(apparently FIDOTUS was kicking up a ruckus in the White House the other
night).
 
A ten-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy, accompanying
journalist-parents to work for the day, offered these observations:
 
Girl: She wore cool clothes. 
 
Boy: She had a black belt that looked like a pit bull's collar.
 
Girl: She said a few times to try your best.
 
Boy: She encouraged us to skip school.