Obamas make MLK Day visit to homeless shelter

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama spent part of Martin Luther King Day at a shelter in D.C. that’s focused on helping the homeless find jobs.

While there, the Obamas helped about a half a dozen school-age children paint an indoor mural featuring MLK Jr. and butterflies at the Jobs Have Priority Naylor Road Family Shelter, according to the press pool report.

The Naylor Road facility is where the Obamas donated the swing set the first family installed on the South Lawn of the White House eight years ago.

Eight children were playing on “Malia and Sasha’s castle” when the Obamas went out into the yard.

“Hey guys! “It’s Barack Obama!” Obama said echoing one of the kids.

“Brings back memories,” he said as he pushed two girls on the swings his daughters used to use. He noted that Sasha was not much smaller when the family moved into the White House.

Outside the shelter, a crowd of onlookers gathered and sang, “Obama, Obama Hey, Hey, Goodbye.”