Show and Tell

Brian has his first show and tell at school on Friday. The note from his teacher said that each child should bring in "a few things" to share. Not real descriptive, doesn't really help much. I was thinking of sending an ultrasound picture of his baby sister on the way (the 3D one where you can tell you are looking at a head and a face), a picture of his family-as he is obsessed with talking about everyone who is his family, and a favorite book. I mean what does one send with a 3 year old for their first show and tell? If I ask Brian without some ideas to give him, he will go in with his Handy Manny talking toybox (loud and obnoxious and sure to drive his teachers mad), his Little Einstein rocket (again, volume/sanity factor), or something loud and absolutely inconvenient and unrealistic to take (like the television). Tonight I asked him an open-ended question re: what he would like to bring and he said the Christmas tree. So that kind of questioning is clearly not going to work.