Dear Malia and Sasha,

       I know that you've both had a lot of ___1 these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn't have let you have£®But I also know that it hasn't always been easy for you and Mom, and that as excited as you both are about that new puppy, it doesn't ___2 for all the time we've been apart£®I know ___3 I've missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more   about why I decided to take our family on this journey£®