When they vacationed in Hawaii just before President Barack Obama's first inauguration, Malia and Sasha were little girls doting on their dad — holding his hand on the beach, taking in a dolphin show and nuzzling up to him at the shave-ice shop.
Now, six Christmases later, the presidential daughters are in their teens, both nearly as tall as their very tall mother, each developing her own style and leading an increasingly independent life.
Although they have watched a basketball game, gone for a hike and hit the beach with their dad during his current vacation, he has spent most afternoons here on the golf course with his buddies while the girls have gone about their business without him.