Wherein we display our enviable dramatic skills

I baked oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies the other day. Because I wanted to give my son a treat. Because sometimes I can be a kind and loving Mother. It’s not like Henry never gets treats, kids; he gets them pretty much every day, but for whatever reason, these cookies made him suspicious. What is she planning? What is she trying to accomplish, with this whole homemade cookie junk?

At least I think that’s what was going on. All I can say is, he ate a single cookie in the oddest, most irritating way possible. As if there might be sprouts or poison lurking somewhere within the cookie. I was going to write about it, but I couldn’t possibly describe his insane cookie-eating method in a way that would do it justice.

So instead, Scott and I reenacted it for you. Here you are.

Dramatic Reenactment of Our Son, Eating a Cookie from Alice Bradley on Vimeo.

Comments

[Chookooloonks]

When you're ready to arrange a marriage for Henry, I have a lovely 5-year-old daughter I'd like to submit for your approval.

Thank you.

(also, please make space in that back cabinet for your Oscar.)

[S-Way]

I love you guys.

[samantha jo campen]

If that really is true to form I would have gone INSANE watching that.

And I think you have something on your face. Right. . . . .THERE.

[vanna]

oscar-worthy acting!

[Debl]

Hi. Lar. I. Ous.

[Milala]

Oh, Lord, Alice, why didn't you ever tell us about your mad acting skills? that was hilarious.
You need to start feeding that child, though.

[Dana]

Crying with laughter right now. CRYING.

[amy]

That is just too good.

[khr]

OMG, SO FUNNY!

[Nora]

Is it wrong that this makes me want children? And cookies? Now??

[Molly]

My 5 year old asked suspiciously,"what is she doing?"
That was REALLY funny.

[Megan]

THANK YOU. Thank you for living.

[Nancy King]

Genius.

[Effective Nancy]

LOVE.

[Theresa]

OMG I may have just woken my two sleeping children here, what with all the laughing.

That was so funny, I don't even know what else to say.

Thanks for sharing.

[coffeejitters (Judy Haley)]

have you prepared your acceptance speec for your oscars? (plural because I'm assuming you'll win for producing and directing as well)

[mama without instructions]

so funny!

[Jasmine]

Hahaha! Cute! Also... I love your hair.

[KTab]

A beautiful performance!! I laughed, I cried, I reevaluated my own cookie eating experiences. I will never look at oatmeal chocolate chip without suspicion again. Truly moving.

[amanda]

OK, I had a tremendously crappy night, and that really just made me laugh. Thank you!

[alexis]

oh, i have not laughed so hard in such a long time. brava!

[Mindy]

So funny! I loved the way Scott just gave up and left the room.

[valarie]

That was FREAKIN' hilarious!!! Thank you both sooooooo much!!!

[Sonja]

I really feel like licking a cookie now.

[karishma]

hahahahhahahaa i'm dying here. that was truly amazing.

[Accidental Olympian]

The licking! So much licking!

Hilarious.

[Daphne]

brilliant being the stand in for your son. very funny

[cee]

CRYING.

[rachel]

You can do Six like nobody's business! Mine does that with any suspicious noodle or fruit, but has yet to reach the cookie stage. Looking forward to more Dramatic Reenactments in the future!

[Kel]

Oh my... god you make me laugh *wheeze*

[Angela @ Lost In Splendor]

Oh my gosh. That was hilarious! I think the reenactment was the best way to share that moment. I call for more reenacting!

[Barbara]

Hope you two are Swingers, cuz after that, I'm coming over!

[Rhubarb Sky]

Dang. . . seriously funny, really. Thank you for that!

[Amber Lynae]

What a funny little boy, suspisous of a mother's loving cookie offering.

[Lori]

Oh i can't breathe I'm laughing so hard! This was awesome. Thank you thank you.

[Rachel]

Sheer hilarity! I actually laughed out loud. Not like, "oh yeah, lol" type laughed out loud, but LAUGHED OUT LOUD in actual real life. Love it. Bookmarking it for when I need to laugh again.

Seriously.

:)

[Jen]

I sense a pivotal moment, a new frontier in blogging. And I'm there, discovering it right as it happens. I sense great things in dramatic reenactments.

The darting eye-look, another awesome moment.

[jamie]

Awesome.

More! More!

[Maggie]

You guys are too freaking funny! Love it! but now I want cookies.

[PB Rippey/sleepless mama]

Honest, believable, packed with subtle and ho so crafty innuendo, it's true: Art=real life!(now back to ridding my skin of the mac and cheese he smeared on me this evening.

[Mauigirl]

That was great!! So true about kids - I remember when I was young I never liked stuff that was homemade as well as the store bought versions.

[Helen]

OMG that is hilarious to me because it ISN'T MY KID doing it, I have one that DOES do that though, with cake and any cookie that isn't a choc chip one bought from the specific supermarket that is acceptable. When my kid does it I feel I want to scream " It is NOT A DOG TURD EAT THE DAMN CAKE / COOKIE!" But because this was not my kid, HILARIOUS!

[Sarah]

That was superb. Will you be touring?

[mosker]

I laughed out loud. What a great start to the day. Thank you.

[momtrolfreak]

Alice, you KILLLLLLL me. Crying right now, I'm laughing so hard.

[Anna Marie]

I'm laughing so hard I might have just peed myself a little.

[Lynn]

I think I could watch this video a hundred times over and it would still make coffee come out my nose.

I just watched it with my six-year-old boy and he didn't see what was so funny. OBVIOUSLY that's how you eat a cookie.

[Amy]

Oh my! Thank you for the much-needed laugh. I have tears streaming down my face. That was priceless, but I'm sure Henry won't find it very amusing!

[Erin]

What a freaking hilarious way to start my morning. Thank you.

[Amber]

Hahahah so awesome.