It's Easter at the White House: Let's Roll!
The Obamas celebrate a 137-year-old tradition.
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We're So Egg-cited! - President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama join the Easter Bunny on the balcony for the start for the annual Easter Egg Roll. Malia and Sasha, who usually roam around the event with a group of their friends, skipped out this year due to "school things," their father explained. — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)(Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Oh, Say, Can They Sing - The iD4Girls perform the national anthem as First Lady Michelle Obama and the Easter Bunny look on. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Happy Birthday, Let's Move! - Fifth Harmony performs the 'Happy Birthday' song from the Truman Balcony to mark the fifth anniversary of the first lady's Let's Move! initiative. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Ready, Set, Roll! - Children race to push their colored easter eggs to the finish line. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling - Children from all over the nation come to the White House to participate in the Easter Egg Roll.(Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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True Grit - This little boy was determined to make it to the finish line. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Two Helping Hands - Obama offers some tips as the first lady helps a little boy roll an Easter egg down the White House lawn. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Good Job! - The president congratulates a little boy for a roll well done.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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You Roll, Girl! - The president shouts words of encouragement as children compete in the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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She's Got the Moves - The first lady dances with members of the All Stars from the television show So You Think You Can Dance. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Story Time - Obama reads Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. During the reading, the president and his audience received a surprise in the form of buzzing bees. "If you're a wild thing, you can't be afraid of bees," the president told the startled children. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Let's Play - Obama greets his doubles partner. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Score? - The president never misses an opportunity to play hoops at the Easter Egg Roll.(Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Gimme Five! - Washington Wizards basketball player John Wall congratulates the president as they play on the basketball court on the South Lawn.(Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Live With Mike and Kelly - Live co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan prepare to show off their egg rolling skills.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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