Last Wednesday, Malia and Sasha Obama came home to find a new swing set on the south lawn of the White House. Rear Adm. Stephen Rochon, Chief Usher, conducted extensive research at the request of the First Lady before the set was chosen, including a trip to Brookings, SD home of Rainbow Play Systems where, according to CEO Greg Foster, “he climbed on the set. He slid down the slide. He swung on the swings.” The selected model has many features: 3 swings, a tire swing, climbing wall, slide, monkey bars, and “penthouse” with bubble windows. Foster and a factory crew came to D.C. to install the set, bringing along a custom picnic table with brass plates engraved with the names of all the Presidents. The last full swing set at the White House belonged to the Kennedy children. I dug up two photos from Corbis of Caroline on that same south lawn: a posed shot of her on the set, and a long lens candid shot. It looks like they had a little treehouse with a slide as well as a jungle gym.