Maria Puente

USA TODAY

Melania Trump has taken a comparatively inconspicuous approach to being first lady so far but she's still been busy. Here's a summary of what she's done as FLOTUS:

Greeter-in-chief: She's acted as hostess to the spouses of visiting foreign leaders six times, three at the White House (Jordan, Israel, Argentina), two at Mar-a-Lago (Japan, China) in Palm Beach, Fla., and one (Australia) in New York. During these visits she says little and reporters often can't hear her if she does.

She's also co-hosted some social events, such as her first formal soirée, the Governors Ball for the nation's state governors, on Feb. 26 (the same night as the Oscars), and a reception on March 28 for senators and spouses in the East Room.

High-profile events: Her major FLOTUS events so far have included organizing and co-hosting the kiddie-dominated White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17 , and making a short speech at the International Women of Courage ceremony at the State Department on March 29 . Unseen for days immediately prior, the media flocked to that event, trumpeting it as Trump's first major public appearance as the first lady.

Outside the White House: Her solo public appearances outside the White House are sometimes so low-key they're not announced in advance, are not covered by photographers or a reporting pool, or covered only by the local press. Instead, she or press secretary Stephanie Grisham will post a picture on Twitter, reflecting the increasing importance of direct social media in White House communications in general and the Trump administration in particular.

When Trump accompanies the president outside the White House, as she did on April 22 when they visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., to meet wounded veterans and hand out Purple Hearts, the event is fully covered but then the focus is largely on him.

Stealth FLOTUS: Judging from some of her engagements, she favors those in which she gets to meet children or teens in hospitals or care centers. On April 28, she opened a "healing garden" at a Washington children's hospital where she looked happy and relaxed crafting at a table with a group of youngsters. Back in March she visited the same hospital to help kids plant the garden, but it was all under the radar.

One of her first engagements was on March 2 when she made a surprise visit to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center to read to kids in the pediatrics unit playroom. She tweeted a picture later.

"Mrs. Trump is not someone who seeks out attention," Grisham says. Moreover, she did not want to exploit sick children. "Mrs. Trump did not want to use them as props in a photo op."

On March 8, she hosted a lunch in the State Dining Room for International Women's Day. She got a standing ovation and prepared to deliver remarks but it was closed to media and the reporting pool was ushered out before they heard her say much.