Dear Sasha & Malia : From Jenna & Barbara | Prez Kid Advice !

An open letter from sisters Jenna & Barbara Bush to Sasha & Malia Obama. [JAN 2009]

READ THE LETTER ! : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123239885943895155.html?mod=special_page_camp...

[ PLAYING HOUSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ]

(CNN) -- Jenna and Barbara Bush know a lot about growing up in the White House. The twin daughters of former President Bush were 7 when their grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, was inaugurated, and 20 when their father became president.

Like their dad, who left a note for President Barack Obama, Jenna and Barbara Bush wrote Tuesday to Obama's daughters about what to expect in the weeks and months ahead.

"We also first saw the White House through the innocent, optimistic eyes of children," the twins wrote in an open letter published in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal.

The twins reminisce in the letter about important events and historic moments they were able to be part of in a presidential family.

But the Bushes also tried to prepare Sasha and Malia for some sobering truths.

"Although it's an honor and full of so many extraordinary opportunities, it isn't always easy being a member of the club you are about to join," they said. "Our dad, like yours, is a man of great integrity and love; a man who always put us first. We still see him now as we did when we were 7: as our loving daddy."

But as their father was increasingly criticized in the media and mocked by late night comedians, the twins said they learned a lesson.

"He is our father, not the sketch in a paper or part of a skit on TV," they wrote. "Many people will think they know him, but they have no idea how he felt the day you were born, the pride he felt on your first day of school, or how much you both love being his daughters. So here is our most important piece of advice: Remember who your dad really is."

It helps, wrote the Bushes, to surround yourself with loyal friends.

The rest of the letter was more lighthearted, with the twins sharing some of their favorite memories of living in the White House, including playing house and hide-and-seek in what many children would consider to be the ultimate playground.

"When we played house, we sat behind the East Sitting Room's massive curtains as the light poured in illuminating her yellow walls," the girls said. "Our 7-year-old imaginations soared as we played in the enormous, beautiful rooms; our dreams, our games, as romantic as her surroundings. At night, the house sang us quiet songs through the chimneys as we fell asleep."

They also told the Obama girls to embrace any opportunity they had: "When your dad throws out the first pitch for the Yankees, go to the game."

"In fact, go to anything and everything you possibly can: the Kennedy Center for theater, state dinners, Christmas parties (the White House staff party is our favorite!), museum openings, arrival ceremonies, and walks around the monuments."

"Just go," they wrote.

The twins also reminded Sasha and Malia to be themselves -- kids -- saying even if they travel over holidays like Halloween, the girls should dress up and trick-or-treat down a plane aisle.

"Slide down the banister of the solarium, go to T-ball games, have swimming parties, and play Sardines on the White House lawn," the Bush girls said. "Have fun and enjoy your childhood in such a magical place to live and play."

Jenna and Barbara Bush told the girls to cherish the pet that their father so publicly promised them.

"Sometimes you'll need the quiet comfort that only animals can provide," they said.

"Four years goes by so fast," they wrote. "So absorb it all, enjoy it all!" [ JAN 21 2009 ]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/bush.twins.letter/index.html

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[davlor86]

Jenna & Barbara Bush are good girls (coughs)

[NShutterbug]

Have you heard Rush's list of hopes regarding Malia and Sasha? Did you hear what John McCain once said about Chelsea? Scum does not begin to describe the statements. I thought the press left the twins alone, and I certainly did not hear any left wing radio hosts going after them, or even mention them.

[TheBrilliantGeniuses]

i truly respect this man as a great leader.

history will tell. not liberals.

shep believes mardi gras began in mobile al. only watch the grammys for the ronny james dio tribute. see freedom of speech, douchebags. that never happens in reality. not reality tv, mind you. but it's how media liberal spin is implanted into cultures. now for some willie nelson top ten snacks.

[PhotoFilmEffect]

wow, people still try to find faults even when a good deed is done, ahh the anonymity of the internet

[macrent2]

It would be very hard to grow up in the white house! However, you would get to meet such amazing people!

[spud0606]

Look a the funny monkeys! I wonder how many bananas they eat in a day!

[wilakt4fud]

"Nothing has made us dumber or meaner than the anonymity of the internet."

--Aaron Sorkin

[IndiMusicLover]

The Bush whores are no class drunks that shouldn't give advise to anyone especially Obama's extremely bright and well mannered daughters.

[AntalopeAUT]

if these chicks meant it honestly they wouldnt have done it in the open

its that easy

[mypuppy234]

READ THIS BECAUES IT REALLY WORKS

1st - put ur hands on ur chest ( boy or girl )

2nd - think of someone you like ....

3rd - 2 marrow that person will ask u out or say they LOVE u

4th - the catch is u have 2 write this for 5 vidoes

[BattleAngel]

the one good thing that may have come out the bush administration...

[Julietjeske]

I made a parody version you should check it out, it is currently also on Huffington. I nearly gagged when I heard the original, they go on for 45 seconds about how wonderful their dad is, which may not seem like a lot but it is only 2 1/2 minutes long.