I failed at making the lasagne last night. When I was checking the ingredients I discovered that I had run out of chedder cheese for the top. Can you believe it! The cheese in the fridge was an empty packet with only a sliver in it. WHO does stuff like that! Even my fresh squeaky cheese is all gone. An empty bowl. I was raided!
My home made hard cheese will not start coming out to be eaten for 60 days and we cannot wait that long for lasagne. So I shall have to capitulate and go shopping in the Matriarchs refrigerator today. Maybe in the mean time you can zoom over to see Mandy’s Lasagne at The Complete Cookbook. It does look good.
I am trying to put together a compilation of images to visually explain the milking process for you. It is taking a wee while to get the right pictures because I cannot milk and use the camera at the same time so I have had to call in John and his teenage son. Maybe I should draw storyboards for my camera men. This is a shot The Tall Teenager took yesterday afternoon. 
Daisy did not like him being in there at all.
I made the sugar cookies yesterday for the base of the cheese cake! (then hid them) I can see why the pioneer women only made things like this for special occassions. Getting all my ducks in a row to make a cheesecake is time consuming. Each individual ingredient has to be made separately. I will combine them all this morning and bake the cheesecake. It will be its own special occassion.
Then we will focus on the lasagne. Everyone is getting hungry waiting for me!
Bobby Blanc joined Mama’s Day Care yesterday morning for a half day.
It is hard being the new guy. 
Everyone stares. 
Then they go off and play together with their own friends. 
And you have to hang out kicking stones, all alone, looking like you enjoy it. 
But then Minty finds your door. “Did miss c give you any food? Did you bring your lunch? Can I have it!? Is it in here? Is this where you sleep? Did you forget your lunch? Where is your bottle? Is it like mine? Can you open this barn door. Your Mum can. Shall we call her? Is she at work today?
Is your bottle like mine. Mine is white. Is yours white? Do you know white? Where is it? Can I have some too? Oh, don’t listen to them they are mean. They never play with me either. Kick them on the bottom. That is what I do. 
Go on!. Get out your big fat meanies! Shoo or I will tell Mama on you! See I got rid of them. I am clever. Come on then.
Come with me. You can share my lunch. If we stand at the little gate and stare at the kitchen door and bleat for a while miss c will bring it. Can you bleat like me? Well, just follow me then. She always gives in. You just have to be perses.. psersis.. presisty.. You just have to do it lots! Man you are pretty big for a little fella. Are you sure you are only two weeks old?”
(high pitched little lambie voice fades as they walk away together)
Good morning. You all have a great day. We have a chance of rain again today, the clouds are low and look dark from my window. So the hay making has to wait until it clears. A good day to make cheesecake!
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
59 responses to “Bobby Blanc goes to Day Care”
Love it! Funny how Mama was turned around looking annoyed at the tall teenager while you milked her. Bobby Blanc is gorgeous. I can’t believe you can get anything done! I think I would be tempted to want to love on him all day. And he looks really soft.
The words you gave Minty were quite funny, and I could picture it all happening so easily. Time for you to start writing those children’s books…in your spare time, that is. Ha!
Have a lovely day~ April
Sweet. I wonder if animals feel left out when not included.
Q: “The cheese in the fridge was an empty packet with only a sliver in it. WHO does stuff like that!”
A: Teenagers
Love seeing photos with you in them.
You really must be a long lost relative of Johnny Morris – that’s so Animal Magic today and it really was one of the best children’s programmes on the BBC in the 1960s 😉
The dialogue is going well. The new cameraman, however, definitely needs a storyboard:)
Oh! That was so cute!!!
Linda
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Your new cameraman should have gotten a picture of you, not the back of your head. Maybe you can pose with Bobby?
not on your nelly! I never do my hair!! or my face, and am almost always in short skirts or my barn yoga pants.. certainly not in any condition to be seen ,, i do brush my teeth though. .. c
Awww I am sure you would be lovely.
The Bobby Blanc and Minty conversation was a LOL! :)) And yes, didn’t you know that teenagers are the ones who leave empty milk cartons, etc. in the fridge….and when they are a little older and being naughty they fill the booze bottles back up with water….Who Knew??
Yet another lovely story. And how nice to see such a beautifully clean rear end of a cow!!!
Christine
yes there is rather a lot of rear end to that shot! c
Sorry someone raided your cheese stash! That’s just wrong! I also loved the narration for the new kid on the playground. Glad he found a friend 🙂
Cute story. Minty is so helpful. 🙂 I’m sure the breadcrumbs will make a wonderful topping for your lasagna.
Awwww the new kid finds a friend 😀
A classic!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
So I’m looking at the calf and the lamb and a Western montage/music score is sort of running through me head, like theyr’e about to duel. Just letting you know.
Thanks for the delightful peek at the youngsters. I think you transcribed the conversations perfectly.
And I am so impressed with the cheese making!
Too cute! Day care really is the same for everyone.. 🙂