Published: November 13, 2008 11:44 pm         

Kids give their views on the White House

It’s a dream that never gets old.

At one time or the other, every little girl (or grown girl) dreams one day she will leave her regular life behind and be swept into the life of royalty. Whether it’s because the prince chooses her to be his wife or she suddenly finds she is the forgotten heir to the throne, rags to riches is always a girl’s fantasy. And probably a boy’s fantasy too. Without all the romantic junk.

In the good, old U. S. of A. we don’t have a king and queen. There is no prince on a white stallion.

But there is the White House.

Politicians may not exactly be royalty, but in a government without a monarch, the president is as close as you can get to a king.

Sasha and Malia Obama have been swept away by a vote of the people and will soon get to live in the White House with their mother, Michelle, and their father, President-elect Barack Obama.

The Enid News & Eagle took some time to ask some of Enid’s children what they would do if they were the ones who got to live in the White House.

“Fun,” “cool,” “awesome,” and “big” were the most commonly used words to describe White House life by some students from Monroe Elementary School and Hayes Elementary School in Enid.

“It would be pretty cool because there’s lots of bedrooms and lots more bathrooms and stuff,” said Natalee Dills, of Monroe.

“I would just go up and down the elevators,” said Zachary Corbin, of Hayes.

Jadyn House, of Hayes ,didn’t opt for the elevator luxury of the White House. She said she would like to slide down the staircases.

Dills did not hesitate when asked how she would decorate her bedroom in the White House.

“I would paint it black and put white stars,” said Dills.

Regan Wagner, of Monroe, said she would choose to decorate in bright colors and Jordan Villalva, of Monroe, would paint her room blue. D’Amore Midgett, of Monroe, would like to have clouds painted on her bedroom walls, and Chloe Hopper, of Monroe, would like a spring theme. Mia Jones, of Monroe, had decorating ideas that would require her to have two bedrooms in the White House. She said she would like one room to be lime green with polka dots and the other room blue with stars.

Devin Hawley, of Hayes, said he also would choose more than one bedroom.

All the kids agreed they would get full use out of the bowling alley, but one of the most popular questions was whether or not the White House had a pool.

Hopper took the pool matter into her own hands.

”I would build an indoor swimming pool,” said Hopper.

While others were talking of tennis, movies and bowling in the White House, Alex Cromwell, of Hayes, was a little more practical. Assuming his living in the White House would mean he was the president, Cromwell said he probably would be too busy signing bills and doing other work and he probably wouldn’t have much time for playing in the mansion.

Because Sasha and Malia Obama have been promised they may have a dog when they move to the White House, the kids of Enid had a few suggestions.

“A big dog to keep you safe,” said Kena Bruno, of Monroe.

Other popular suggestions were German shepherds, Chihuahuas, shih tzus and dachshunds.

The students from Monroe were asked what they would tell the Obama sisters if they got the chance to talk to them.

“It’s a different type of weather here and mostly a lot of people live out in the country,” said Jordan Kostka.

“I think we would have a lot of fun together,” said Midgett.

“I would tell them they are lucky because they don’t have tornadoes,” said Villavla.

The students at Hayes were asked what they would do if the Obama sisters came to visit them in Enid.

Destiny Porter said she would take them to Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse and take them swimming.

“I’d take them up north in Oklahoma so they could see different animals ... it would be peaceful,” said House.

Cromwell said he would take them to Wee Too for breakfast.

All in all, the students seemed to enjoy using their imaginations and dreaming of life in the White House.

Mia Jones may have summed it up best when she said, “I think it would be kind of like a fairy tale because you’d get to live like a princess.”