--- title: Michelle Obama: Malia, Sasha Hosted White House Sleepover description: Michelle Obama revealed her two daugthers, Sasha and Malia, hosted a slumber party with pizza on their last night in the White House canonical: https://time.com/4762957/malia-sasha-obama-last-night-white-house/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-02T11:47:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:48:35.339Z article:section: Politics og:title: This Is How Malia and Sasha Obama Spent Their Last Night in the White House og:description: The two former First Daughters wanted pizza and nuggets og:url: https://time.com/4762957/malia-sasha-obama-last-night-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53d39cbba3c32205/6988cb95656a3f02ffbcfcc3/obamas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: TNT Christmas In Washington 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is How Malia and Sasha Obama Spent Their Last Night in the White House twitter:description: The two former First Daughters wanted pizza and nuggets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53d39cbba3c32205/6988cb95656a3f02ffbcfcc3/obamas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Malia and Sasha Obama’s Last Night in the White House Featured Pizza and a Slumber Party > Sponsored content. 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President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he is proudest of his daughters for refraining from feeling cynical in the wake of the presidential election._ by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 2, 2017 11:47 AM UTC President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he is proudest of his daughters for refraining from feeling cynical in the wake of the presidential election. by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 2, 2017 11:47 AM UTC How did the [two former First Daughters](http://motto.time.com/4638541/president-obama-malia-sasha-donald-trump/) spend their final night in the White House earlier this year? With a sleepover and pizza, of course. Former First Lady [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4762055/donald-trump-school-nutrition-guidelines/) revealed her daughters Sasha, 15, and 18-year-old Malia spent their last night at the [White House](http://time.com/4760741/hasan-minhaj-whcd-funniest-jokes/) in January with a slumber party, chicken nuggets and pizza with friends. “They had a sleepover because of course on Inauguration Day, because my girls are so normal, they’re like, ‘Well, eight girls are gonna be sleeping here because it’s our last time, and we want pizza and we want nuggets.’ And it’s like, really?” Obama said last week at the [American Institute of Architecture conference](http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12694-aia-conference-michelle-obama-on-architecture-and-life-after-the-white-house) in Orlando, Fla., as reported by [_Today_](http://www.today.com/parents/michelle-obama-reveals-how-daughters-malia-sasha-spent-final-white-t110991). Malia and Sasha grew up in the White House during former [President Barack Obama’s](http://time.com/4747333/new-england-patriots-white-house-barack-obama-donald-trump/) two terms. Their mother said leaving the place they called home for eight years was difficult. “So that moment of transition, right before the doors opened and we welcomed in the new family, our kids were leaving out the back door in tears, saying goodbye to people,” she said. But for the former First Lady, she kept the tears to a minimum. She said she didn’t want to appear upset about the new occupants — [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/), [Melania Trump](http://motto.time.com/4730971/vogue-andre-leon-talley-melania-trump/) and their son, Barron. “I didn’t want to have tears in my eyes because people would swear I was crying because of the new president,” she said. ## Transcript [00:00] You know, [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:05] every parent brags on their daughters or their sons. [00:10] You know, if your mom and dad don't brag on you, you [00:12] know you got problems. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:17] But man my daughters are something. And [00:22] they just surprise [00:26] and enchant and impress [00:33] more and more every single day as they grow up. And, [00:39] These days, when we talk, we talk [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:48] as parent to child, but also, we learn from them. And [00:54] I think it was really interesting to see how Malia and [00:57] Sasha reacted. They were disappointed. They [01:03] paid attention to what their mom said during the [01:05] campaign and believed it, because it's consistent with [01:10] what we've tried to teach them in our household. And [01:14] what I've tried to model as a father with their mom and [01:17] what we've. Ask them to expect from future [01:24] boyfriends or spouses. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [01:30] But what we've also tried to teach them is resilience. [01:33] And we've tried to teach them hope. And that [01:38] The only thing that is the end of the world is the end of [01:40] the world. So you [01:44] get knocked down, you get up, brush yourself off and [01:48] you get back to work. And that tended to be their [01:53] attitude. I think neither of them intend [01:57] to [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Pursue a future in [02:01] politics and in that too I think their mother's influence [02:05] shows .>> [ LAUGH ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] But [02:11] both of them have [02:17] grown up in an environment where I think they could [02:20] not help but be patriotic. To love this country deeply, [02:24] to see that it's flawed, but see [02:28] that they have responsibilities to fix it, and [02:34] that they need to be active citizens. And they have be [02:38] in a position to talk to their friends and Their teachers [02:43] and their future coworkers in ways that try to shed [02:47] some light as opposed to just [02:53] generate a lot of sound and fury and [02:57] I expect that's what they are gonna do. They do not [03:03] They don't mope [03:12] and what I am really proud of them-- what [03:17] makes me the proudest about them is that They are [03:20] also don't get scenical about it. They have not [03:23] assumed because there's sudden win or because [03:28] some of the values they care about don't seem as if [03:31] they're vindicated that automatically America has [03:35] somehow rejected them or rejected their values. I [03:38] don't think they feel that way. I think they And [03:44] in part through osmosis and part through dinnertime [03:48] conversations, appreciated the fact that this is a big, [03:50] complicated country. And democracy is messy and it [03:53] doesn't always work exactly the way you might want. It [03:56] doesn't guarantee certain outcomes. 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