We've been having a marvelous time visiting Tom's family in Illinois. There's been quite a bit of traveling, but overall our approach (which didn't involve any connecting flights) worked well. Admittedly, picking up our rental car in Chicago when it was -4 degrees was quite an interesting experience. Here's Rowan enjoying his rental car seat in true Rowan fashion!
It was quite cold at our destination as well, but not cold enough to keep snow from turning into what the weatherfolk call "winter mix". It put a thick sheet of ice on the driveway at Meemaw's house, and in anticipation for Uncle Dave's arrival yesterday evening, Uncle Rob and Daddy when out to shovel away at the ice. Rowan got bundled up in his warm clothes and new snow boots and tromped around into the front yard where fluffy snow had been coated with a sheet of ice. He quickly picked up on the fact that he'd slip on the ice but if he stomped so the ice cracked, he could stand in the snow and not fall down. He loved it! Here's a shot of Rowan with Uncle Rob.
