Obamas Pay Final Visit To Swing Set They Donated To D.C. Shelter

A White House fixture for eight years has a new home. The Obamas paid "Malia and Sasha's Castle" one last visit on Monday.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

The peaceful transition of power from Obama to Trump apparently does not include swing sets. Malia and Sasha's castle, a large wooden playground structure complete with a slide, rope ladder and swings, was a fixture outside the Oval Office for the past eight years.

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:

The playset is now a fixture at a Washington, D.C., shelter for needy families. Yesterday the president and first lady had one more chance to play.

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: What's going on, guys? How you doing?

SIEGEL: The Obamas visited the Jobs Have Priority Naylor Road Program, the structure's new home.

MCEVERS: The castle was built in 2009 for the two Obama daughters. It gave the president a chance to watch his children play while he worked. The outgoing Obamas offered the playset to the incoming Trumps, but the Trumps declined.

SIEGEL: And while Sasha and Malia are way past playground age these days, the president had no problem jumping back into his role as swing teacher in chief.

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OBAMA: Keep your legs - pull your legs up. When you go out, you pull your legs up. (Inaudible) There you go. That's the move right here.

MCEVERS: One more wistful moment for the Obamas in a week and month full of them.

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OBAMA: I know. It brings back memories.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Don't forget the other one.

OBAMA: Don't worry. She's got it. She's got it. She's got good momentum.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Pump those legs, girl.

OBAMA: Pump those legs.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCADE FIRE SONG, "HAITI")

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