brain freeze and equal rights

so last night i took the kids out for a ride in the jogging stroller to see the christmas lights that those ambitious neighbors have placed upon their house and lawn. since cherisse is up in Seattle visiting her sister i thought that after giving the kids a long warm bath, that a stroll through the neighborhood would for sure guarantee them going to sleep and i could get some things done around the house. so from the bath i got their pj's on and then into the stroller. granted it was not snowing outside last night and it was not even that cold but not the best conditions to go out into the evening air

makenzie - "hey dad i think my brain is frozen"
austin - "why do you think that it is frozen, makenzie."
makenzie - "i put my hands on my head and it is cold, it is frozen"
austin - "i think that your hair might be cold but not your brain"
makenzie - "no dad my brain is frozen"

later on the walk we were intercepted by two yappy, ankle biting, paris hilton, "drop kick" dogs. i in no way condone the kicking of dogs but these little yip yaps were kept running at us. i ran at them with the stroller to protect the kids and my ankles. they got scared off and then came back barking like i was going to shave them. they kept hovering around so finally i stopped the stroller and did one of those 3rd world missionary type things and picked up the invisible rock and threw it at them. did not phase yip and yap and those little fir balls kept coming. i then ran at them head on and they veered off like MiG's in Top Gun. the Pomeranian's bugged out. when i got back to the carrier my commanding officer gave me an earful.

makenzie - "dad why did you scare those two dogs away"
austin - "i did not want them to hurt you or ethan so i scared them off"
makenzie - "i don't want you to kick them because one is a girl and one is a boy"
austin - "i did not kick'em"
makenzie - "you can chase the boy one but if you chase the girl one she will get sad"