Former First LadyMichelle Obamaposted an adorable tribute toSesame Streeton Instagram on Wednesday after being honored at the Sesame Workshop’s 50th Anniversary Gala.
She also shared sweet behind-the-scenes photos of daughtersMaliaandSashaon the set of the show in March 2010, when Malia was 11 and Sasha was 8. It was the first time the girls had visited, according to their mom.
“As Malia, Sasha, and I walked onto that street with the brownstone, the grocery store, and the famous trash can, we were totally overwhelmed, in awe, our faces filled with wonder, and our spirits soaring,”she wrote on Instagram. “But it wasn’t just us—my staff was mesmerized. Even the Secret Service agents had big goofy grins on.”
Obama, 55, has appeared on the children’s show a number of times over the years and celebrated the program after receiving the Joan Ganz Cooney Award on Wednesday night.
“I could not be more honored to help celebrate 50 years of @SesameStreet tonight. It’s a program that’s been a part of my life as a child, as a mother, as First Lady—and thankfully, still today,” she wrote in her Wednesday tribute.
Sesame Street, Obama wrote, has “some unique alchemy that bubbles up that you just can’t find anywhere else. There’s nothing in the world that so beautifully marries boundless aspiration with simple goodness, nothing that strips away the daily madness and distraction, nothing that is so pure and hopeful—and absolutely essential to our future.”
“There is something unexplainable that happens there,” she wrote.
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She congratulated the beloved program for making it to 50 years, urging her followers to share their own “favorite memory or lesson.”
Obama first appeared on the program back in 2009, when she joined Elmo in teaching children about eating healthy.
In honoring Obama this week, Sesame Workshop’s President of Global Impact and Philanthropy Sherrie Westinwrote thatshe was being recognized “for all that she has done to help improve the lives of children. From fighting childhood obesity, to supporting military families, to empowering girls the world over, Mrs. Obama is a tireless champion of children and families.”
In the years since their firstSesame Streetvisit, the Obama girls have left the White House and prepared to enter adulthood.
Malia has since gone on to go to Harvard University for college, while Sasha is slated to graduate from the Sidwell Friends high school in Washington, D.C., next month.
source: people.com
