Henry has a toy in his mind that he would like to have for his birthday, and while I was at first on board, I now find that he is probably too young for it and believe that he is too hard on his toys overall for him to receive this new toy - which a., is expensive, and b., could be damaged if treated too roughly for extended periods of time. Anyway, he talks about the toy incessantly, and now informs everyone that he won't be getting the toy because he isn't gentle with his other toys - a fact he announced to a woman today upon meeting her at church.

The other day, prior to our agreeing that he would in fact not be in receipt of the toy, this was our conversation:
Henry: I'm going to get a Woody doll for my birthday tomorrow.
Mama: You're birthday is coming up, not tomorrow though, and I'm not going to give you a Woody doll if you are hard on your toys.
Henry: I want to be gentle with my toys.
Mama: Well, if you are gentle with your toys, we will talk about getting you a Woody doll.
Henry: That's nice of you.
I started to laugh.
Henry: And that's nice of me too.
I laughed harder.
He's still not getting a Woody doll.