Early-Morning Dog Walks Fall to ... Michelle

Turns out the first daughters are a lot like kids everywhere, People reports. “Even though the kids are supposed to do a lot of the work, I’m still up at 5:15am taking my dog out,” Michelle Obama told a group of congressional spouses yesterday. “So for everyone who has a child asking for a puppy—you have to want the dog.” So does she? “I do. I love my Bo.”

The first family is normal in other ways, too: “Yes, I’m on a soccer field all day just like many of you,” Michelle said of her Saturdays. “And we’re shuttling kids back and forth to play dates, just like usual.”