Me: “Hey Spence, what do you want for your birthday?”

Spencer: “Uh…a puppy!”

Me: “Hmmm. Anything else you want for your birthday?”

Spencer: “Uh…an elephant too!”

Looks like we’re going to need to take a trip to a toy store to stoke his interest in things that do not involve buying large quantities of food or incurring vet bills.