President Obama tucks Michelle in every night, Michelle says

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First lady Michelle Obama hugs President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Nov., 21, 2011.

He may be the leader of the free world, but he still takes a moment to tuck his wife in at bedtime.

First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that tidbit and other details from the couple?s personal life in a People magazine interview that hit newsstands Friday.

"We have a ritual where he tucks me in, because I'm usually in bed before anybody," the First Lady spilled. "He'll come and turn the lights out and give me a kiss, and we'll talk. He's like, Ready to be tucked? I'm like, Yes I am.'"

Obama has been promoting her new book ?American Grown,? about the White House Kitchen Garden.

She served up a few other nuggests from behind the scene in People.

FLOTUS said she and her husband try to steal as much alone time as possible despite their busy schedules.

For instance, the First Family eats dinner together at 6:30 each evening.

"The first half hour, we're talking to the girls, then we shoo them off to go walk Bo and catch a little check-in without the kids," she said.

The First Lady also talked about her husband?s penchant for singing - a fact that should come as no surprise to most Americans, as President Obama has made headlines on more than one occassion with an impromptu outburst of song. (The president?s repetoire includes Al Green?s ?Let?s Stay Together,? LMFOA?s ?Sexy And I Know It? and the classic, ?Sweet Home Chigaco.?)

Barack loves to sing around the house, too, the First Lady told People.

"He loves it in the shower in the morning, sings to the kids," she said. "But it's not a song. He'll sing one line of something romantic or cute. Oh yes."

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