VIDEO: Michelle Obama Jumps Double Dutch

Continuing her work to combat childhood obesity, Michelle Obama jumped rope with kids outside the White House while filming an ad for Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play. Suggested Reading See Oprah Stepping Out Looking Fit and Fly at Paris Fashion Week Billy Porter Details the Shocking Health Emergency That Left Him ‘Dead for Three Days’…

Continuing her work to combat childhood obesity, Michelle Obama jumped rope with kids outside the White House while filming an ad for Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play.

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On Sept. 24, from noon to 3 p.m., Nickelodeon will suspend programming on all of its channels and websites to encourage kids and families to get up and get active.

In the spot, the first lady says, “I love to run and jump; it makes me happy.” Despite depressing D.C. drama and black political infighting, cute Obama moments like this still do the same for us.

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Read more at Nickelodeon and the Huffington Post.

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