Michelle Obama, Daughters Arrive in Washington

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Source: Washington Post

Future first lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters slipped into Washington (Saturday) night, flying in from Chicago a day earlier than expected and checking into their new, temporary home at the posh Hay-Adams Hotel.

The departure allowed the family a little extra time to get situated before Malia and Sasha Obama begin classes Monday at their new school, Sidwell Friends School.

President-elect Barack Obama is scheduled to move today (Sunday) to the nation's capital from his home town of Chicago.

It was the start of classes after winter break at Sidwell that drove the Obamas' plans to arrive in D.C. weeks before inauguration and the family's official move into the White House. The family had requested to stay at Blair House, a guest house on Lafayette Park where presidents-elect normally stay ahead of their inauguration. But the White House declined, saying the building was already booked "by White House officials, the State Department and its Office of Protocol for various events."

So the Obamas instead made reservations to stay at the Hay-Adams, just off Lafayette Park....

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