First trip to Cabela’s

Seth, Eli and I met up with Seth’s parents and sister to do a little shopping and go for a bite to eat today.  Eli loved Cabela’s, and his Daddy and Pappy loved taking him around and showing him all of the animal exhibits (although he was really only interested in the lights).

Overall, it was a really great day, even though I didn’t get any Christmas shopping done.  Thanks to the suggestion of a mother on a parenting forum that I visit, Seth and I have decided on some guidelines for Christmas presents.  From now on, for Eli and any future children we may have, our kids will receive 4 presents from us, plus a stocking and one gift from Santa.  The 4 gifts will include “something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read.” The only thing we’re sure of is that Eli’s read gift this year will be The Night Before Christmas. I want to find a really nice hard-cover edition.