U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks to participants along with (L-R) first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. Thousands of people people are expected to attend the 134-year-old tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (April 8, 2012 – Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)