papa's show and share

Whenever Ed has a presentation for work, we tell Elian that he has a big "Show and Share" coming up. It's actually not too far from the truth but every time we say it, I imagine that Elian is picturing Ed bringing a toy to work and sharing it with all of his coworkers.

The other day Ed had to work late and explained to Elian that he had a show and share. Elian asked what he was going to show and Ed told him that he had to show some food. "That doesn't sound very interesting," Elian responded. So yesterday was part one of the show and share for Ed. Apparently his "food" went over like a lead balloon. He came over a bit displeased about the whole thing and we explained that Papa's show and share didn't go well. Elian seemed very concerned about this. He questioned what went wrong. Why didn't they like it?

Then today Elian had show and share at school. I picked him up and asked him how it went (he brought a toy motorcycle he got from the neighbor kids that I've never even seen him touch). He said it went well and then added, "It went better than Papa's."