Michelle Obama Pictures

June 2, 2010
"Paul McCartney sings "Michelle" to First Lady Michelle Obama during an event honoring McCartney as winner of the annual Gershwin Prize. I knew this was a special moment but didn't have a full realization of its significance until when I later heard the President telling others that his wife could never have imagined as an African-American girl growing up on the South side of Chicago that someday a Beatle would be singing this song to her as First Lady of the United States." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" with other performers onstage at the “Christmas in Washington” performance at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pretend to sing with an a cappella group in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during a holiday reception, Dec. 10, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama address guests during a holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 10, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama descend the Grand Staircase as they make their way to a holiday reception on the State Floor of the White House, Dec. 10, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama reads “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama, with mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha and Malia, and First Lady Michelle Obama, react as they push the button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama take part in the Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama greets an a cappella group from Princeton University during a holiday reception for volunteers in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 1, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Pastry Chef Bill Yosses laugh as a young visitor tastes her decorated cookie during a holiday craft demonstration with the children of military personnel in the State Dining Room of the White House, Dec. 1, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)