White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders probably thought holding a mock press briefing on "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2019" would go smoothly but, hoo boy, was she wrong.

While Sanders was fine hosting a group of kids (mostly the children of the White House press corps), she hasn't hosted an actual press briefing for actual reporters in 45 days which is a new record.

Kids of WH Press Corps members are getting ready for a briefing with @PressSec. Their parents have not had one in 45 days. pic.twitter.com/y6sCHFPoX8 — Weijia Jiang (@weijia) April 25, 2019

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this year's event was mostly "off the record."

Some of the attending kids were clearly children of staff members; check out the kids in the red MAGA hats below.

Children of White House reporters and staff are in an off-record briefing with press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. pic.twitter.com/QZJ9ufQCax — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 25, 2019

Sanders was prepared for what should have been some softball questions, but things didn't go quite as smoothly as she hoped.

A bunch of the questions were 'favorite color' and 'favorite dinosaur,' but Sanders was asked about child separation policy by one kid. She replied Trump wants to "keep families together" https://t.co/tfCNpQvz97 — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 25, 2019

This if, of course, not entirely true. The administration carried out the family separation policy for a while before backing off. Even now, despite denials from administration officials, there's reported talk of bringing it back in a revised form.

Of course, reporters weren't thrilled that Sanders is still ducking them, especially due to the laundry list of big news affecting members of the Trump Administration in recent weeks like, oh, say, the release of the Mueller Report. At least one reporter made sure to let Sanders know about their displeasure.

“Sarah, when will you brief for the real reporters,” a shouted question as @PressSec ended her mock briefing for being your child to work day. The White House tried to insist that this event in the briefing room be off the record. — Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) April 25, 2019

“Sarah, when will you brief for the real reporters," AP's @dsupervilleap asked at the end of the kids WH briefing. No answer from the podium. — Karen Travers (@karentravers) April 25, 2019

Rubbing a bit of salt in the wound for the press, Vice President Mike Pence even popped in to say hi.

.⁦@VP⁩ Pence joins ⁦@PressSec⁩ Sarah Sanders for a surprise visit during a briefing with children on take your kids to work day. Sanders has not held a regular briefing with White House reporters in the briefing room for more than 40 days. pic.twitter.com/Jgq5Qk8SPF — Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) April 25, 2019

President Trump himself will have a chance to speak to a group of children later Thursday when he makes an appearance at the White House to mark the same event. Should be interesting, given how Trump has handled interactions with children in the past.