The Pohicks headed to Tate Farms in Meridianville, Alabama today. We all had a great time. While there we jumped in hay, jumped in cotton, took a hay ride, picked pumpkins, petted goats, petted pigs, petted bunnies and got lost in a hay maze. To see some more great pictures from the day, click on this link.
No Pohick adventure would be complete without a little toe-tapping Alabama Music. The group swung by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was opened in 1990 to honor the many contributions made to music by Alabamians. The Hall of Fame inductees include: Tammy Wynette, Lionel Richie, Emmylou Harris, the group Alabama, The Commodores, Nat King Cole, W.C. Handy, and Hank Williams.
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. In the movie, 7-year old Helen Locked in a frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness since infancy. She has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch the only tool they have in common and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
Once again our band of intrepid adventures journey into the unknown. Seeking out new civilizations. Going where no man has gone before. Well, no man except for the guy who cut the path through the corn maze. The Pohicks journeyed to a nearby town and took a hike through a corn maze. It was fun but as the weather was still in the 90's today, it just didn't seem like a good day to be participating in Fall activities. Who wants to drink hot apple cider when it's 90+ degrees out I ask you? Anyway, the gang still had fun and Jake got to prove that he is not as directionally challenged as Molly sometimes likes to portray him.
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Given the perfect weather today, the Pohick gang just had to get out of the house. They headed to Monte Sano State Park for a little hiking. The overlook in this picture is just one of many that the group stopped at to admire the great outdoor scenery. Who took this picture did you ask? Jake took the picture. Actually, he set the camera for the maximum delay of 10 seconds and ran as fast as his little legs would carry him. He jumped into the picture just in the nick of time. He briefly considered taking another picture just to make sure, but as winded as he was, he just didn't think he could do it. Luckily this picture came out just fine so a do-over wasn't necessary.
Alas, the end of summer 2007 is almost upon us. It is the middle of September and the girls have been back at school for several weeks now.
The air was really warm today, but truth be told, the water was just a wee bit on the chilly side for everyone's liking. Once you got in though, it really wasn't too bad. Obviously though, unless they want to join the polar bear club, the Pohick's swimming season for 2007 is just about at an end. They are already looking forward to 2008.
Ok, so Molly didn't really fall off the wagon. But she did get a wagon ride. Molly wanted a garden cart for her birthday, and that is what she got. Jake and Yellow Hair assembled the said cart and then took Molly for a little ride around the estate. Happy Birth Day Molly!!!!!!
The Pohick family has traveled to the land of South Mysteria where Jake is hoping to procure employment as the reigning monarch. While Jake was out interviewing for the position, Molly, Yellow Hair and Scribbles took the opportunity to tour the Kingdom and sample some of the local fare. They were quite pleased to find many delightful indulgences. Here's keeping our fingers crossed that Jake is able to land the job.
Please sir, may I have some more? So, now that the Pohick family has been ousted from their castle they are temporarily staying at St. Mungo's Home for deposed royalty. It's not quite up to the standard that the Pohicks have grown accustomed to, but at least they have a roof over their heads and a hot meal in their stomaches. Today the fare was something called macaroni and cheese. It's not exactly Lobster and Saffron Lasagna in truffle sauce, but the entire family agreed that it was quite an interesting and exotic dish.
It is a very sad day. Jake was deposed as the King of Pohick today which is royal talk for being fired. Apparently there was some allegations of not properly keeping his subjects informed (He didn't blog often enough). The royal coachmen arrived almost immediately and began to remove the Pohick Family's personal possessions from the castle. Jake immediately began searching through the want ads looking for a new gig. You would be surprised to learn this, but there really aren't that many openings for Kings in the classified ads. Jake consulted a few experts and they told him that updating ones resume and networking are the two most important factors in finding new employment. So if there is anyone reading this who knows of a Kingdom in search of a new monarch, please let us know.
The craziest thing happened to Jake at church this week. The Pohick clan was sitting in the front row, because Jake is a creature of habit and hates change. The service started and everyone began singing one of those uplifting contemporary Christian hits. Just as the singing started, a vicious fly started circling Jake's head. Jake thought that this was quite unusual given the fact that you don't normally see many flies in January.
So much for that global warming theory. It appears that winter has finally arrived in Pohick. Though we are only expecting a couple of inches of snow between now and tomorrow morning, we can now officially say that this is not the year without snow.
There's nothing like climbing a few thousand feet up a shear granite wall first thing in the morning to get the old blood pumping. Molly decided to take the Pohick Girl Scout Troop out to do a little rock climbing. You can only earn so many badges for doing paper mache art after all. Little did she know though just how high the climb was actually going to be. Special thanks to Mrs. Hagrid for this photo of Yellow Hair in action. During the climb, Yellow Hair asked Molly, "Do you think Grandma Squeaky would be nervous is she saw what we were doing?" Without waiting for an answer, she proceeded to climb higher.
