The First Lady blossoms! Melania dedicates new healing garden at the Children's National Medical Center with a touching play-date filled with hugs at the hospital

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The First Lady blossoms! Melania dedicates new healing garden at the Children's National Medical Center with a touching play-date filled with hugs at the hospital
Daily Mail, Apr 28, 2017

First Lady Melania Trump dedicated a new garden for patients at one of America's leading children's hospitals on Friday as she grows more comfortable in the White House role.

Patients at the Children's National Medical Center will be able to spend time outside in a healing garden while enjoying views of the National Mall and Washington Monument from the the hospital's new rooftop.

Melania spent the afternoon working with children as they colored a floral coloring sheet with a pink marker and bonding with a girl who was celebrating her birthday.

'My birthday was this Wednesday,' she told the girl. The table continued to chat about birthdays, and Mrs Trump explained that her husband's birthday is in June, and that he is 70-years-old, reported CNN. 

The children all seemed to take kindly to the First Lady, and were pictured laughing and giving her hugs as they sat around the crafts table.

The group chatted about their favorite books and singers, and after several minutes of crafting, she thanked them for spending their afternoon with her. One of the young patients even gave her  the picture she drew.

The new Bunny Mellon Healing garden is dedicated to all of America's first ladies, and named for an American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist and art collector who died in 2014.

Following the festivities, the First Lady tweeted 'Wonderful opening ceremony today for the new Healing Garden @childrenshealth. It will play a vital role in the recovery of extraordinary patients.'



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4457374/Melania-dedicates-healing-garden-children-s-hospital.html#ixzz4feqxwHr1

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Look at the dress. It's another one made for a twirl!

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Look at the dress. It's another one made for a twirl!

She looks beautiful in it, too.  Thanks for the ping, @Freya
She must have been listening to @CatherineofAragon  -- she's wearing nude heels with her white twirly dress.   ^-^

I really enjoy seeing the pictures of her with the kids.  She seems very warm with them, and they seem to love her right back.  Very sweet.

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She looks beautiful in it, too.  Thanks for the ping, @Freya
She must have been listening to @CatherineofAragon  -- she's wearing nude heels with her white twirly dress.   ^-^

I really enjoy seeing the pictures of her with the kids.  She seems very warm with them, and they seem to love her right back.  Very sweet.

I'm from the South. No Southern lady would be caught dead out in public in nude after Easter.