Mother Michelle Obama’s pride: “Now I see the fruits of the efforts made with my daughters”

«Now I see the fruits of my efforts with my daughters, two young people with a big one curiosity they love discover new things when they travel “. Michelle Obama, 57, in an interview with the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair revealed all her pride as a mom of two: Malia e Sasha, 22 and 19 years old.

Malia was 10 and Sasha was seven when (dad) Barack Obama became president of the United States. Mother Michelle’s main concern, as far as the family sphere is concerned, has always been one: to make sure that her daughters do not feel like they are in a beautiful aquarium.

Despite the privileges, the former first lady has always wanted the two to grow up in the most normal way possible. “We had to become the kind of parents that they create a cocoon of normality in a rather crazy and abnormal world “, the former First lady revealed in an episode of Conan O’Brien’s podcast. Adding: «We have always made sure to attend parent-teacher meetings, attend their plays, and stay in the corner“. Sure, Malia and Sasha they had to sacrifice much of their childhood“. But they also did things that no child does, they met the Pope and the Queen of England ».

Now that the White House is just a memory, Mom Michelle can say she did a good job. His daughters have become two curious and independent young women: «La major, Malia, yes it is just graduated and will soon be going to live alone».

During the lockdown, the girls spent a lot of time with mum Michelle and dad Barack in their home in Washington and the one on the beach a Martha’s Vineyard. «I think that our daughters at one point couldn’t take it any more than us, which was also fine, because we were quite fed up with them too!», had told the former First lady a few months ago, laughing, during a video interview with Conan O’Brien.

But during the confinement, Michelle now reveals a Vanity Fair, his daughters also discovered new things. For example, the love for pastry: “They are both very good at making sweets, cakes, muffins … Has been fun to see them try new things, make mistakes and then get better preparing the same recipes over and over again. I really appreciate their ability to explore and I also enjoyed seeing that they are able to feed themselves ».

Michelle is now engaged in hers new TV show focused on feeding children: Waffles + Mochi, on Netflix. But she too, at the time of the pandemic, discovered an unsuspected passion: that for knitting: “It starts with a scarf, then comes the blanket. And once you have finished the blanket, you start with the hat, the socks… ». Now, as he revealed in a recent interview with People, is packaging a crew neck sweater for her husband, l’ex presidente Barack Obama. «I’m trying to figure out how to do the sleeves…».

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