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# Bowling, Selfies, Executive Orders: The Trump Family's White House Instagrams

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[Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/)


## Maya Rhodan


Jan 26, 2017 8:04 PM UTC

by 

[Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/)


## Maya Rhodan


Jan 26, 2017 8:04 PM UTC

President Donald Trump has a big family and all of [his children](http://time.com/4405825/the-apprentices/) were on hand—and snapping away on their phones—for the 45th commander-in-chief’s inaugural weekend in Washington.

[Ivanka Trump](http://time.com/4577957/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-hamilton/) and [Jared Kushner](http://Mark Hetfield, HIAS’ President and CEO), Tiffany, Eric and Donald Jr. all traveled to Washington to watch their father get to work—and each took some time out to share their adventures on social media.

[Donald Jr.](http://time.com/4495615/donald-trump-jr-adl-holocaust-joke-gas-chamber/?iid=sr-link5) shared a video of his wife Vanessa bowling on the White House lanes and a pic of his young son Tristan rocking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pajamas in the White House.

[Ivanka](http://time.com/4577957/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-hamilton/) has moved to Washington with her husband Jared and their three kids to be nearer to the White House, where [Jared](http://Mark Hetfield, HIAS’ President and CEO) is now a senior advisor to the president and his father-in-law. She shared pics of her family’s arrival in Washington as well as a photo taken in Blair House.

[Eric](http://motto.time.com/4397182/eric-trump-ivanka-vp/?iid=sr-link1), who along with [Don Jr.](http://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/?iid=sr-link1) is taking over control of the Trump Organization while President Trump is in office, shared a photo from “the top of the White House.”

### They Went Bowling

### They Took Selfies


### They Flew on Air Force One

### They Took a Family Portrait

### He Signed Orders


### They Posed for Pictures on the Roof

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