There have been so many times in the last 3.5 years that we have desperately missed DC. These next few days are certainly at the top of the list. We would LOVE to be there to CELEBRATE and to soak it all up, but alas, we need all of our time off for Mr. Baby Boy Stott Number Four.
So, we made do today with free HBO and enjoyed the inaugural celebration concert at the Lincoln Memorial on TV.
Abby watched with us as she did some "stitchin' work." At one point she commented, "I don't usually like grown-up shows, but this is really good because it is about Obama!"
When U2 took the stage, Abby got excited and grabbed one of her handmade instruments and began to sing and dance along to Pride. (She loves the song and recently announced that the line "One man washed on an empty beach" is a reference to Jonah. If you ask Abby who wrote the song, she'll tell you that her imaginary unicorn friend Cornell wrote it!)
I love this picture of Abby jamming with the Edge! Daphne appears to love it as well, but she was just trying to eat Abby's guitar.
And then, to top it all off -- PETE SEEGER walks on to the stage with his grandson! (Granddad sent Abby a Pete Seeger album when she was a wee babe and we've been singing along ever since!) Seeger, who turns 90 in a couple months, led the 500,000 people on the Mall (and the 3 Stotts in their living room) in singing This Land is Your Land. And appropriately in the last days of the Bush Administration, Seeger sang Woody Guthrie's original lyrics:
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me; Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn’t say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
