Problem with some kids in the neighborhood...?

Question

okay, so today i was going to get my oldest daughter from a weekend with her dad. when i went out the door, i had my two youngest ones (one under each arm). I noticed a hand written note stuck in my mail box. it was a child's handwritting and written in pencil and crayon, advertising yard services and house cleaning. well, i was running late and kinda in a hurry, trying to get the little ones into their car seats and all, and the kids who wrote the note came up to my mini-van and asked if they could do some work for me. i said, "not now honey, i'm pretty busy right now and my husband does our yard work..but maybe i will get you all to pick up some pine cones next time my husband mows the yard." they said "Okay, just call us and we will come over!" i said okay and they went away and i left the house and was gone for about 2 hours. well, when i got home, i was gettin the kids out of the van and they children who wrote the note came back and said "we raked half your yard and trimmed your bushes and we cut down those pokey things over on the side of the house...can you pay us 50 dollars?" i was standing there sweating and trying to get the kids inside, (while my 2 year old is squirming like a worm to get away from me....) and i said "well, thank you! but i didn't know you all were going to do anything today! my husband won't be home till 8, so i will look at what you guys did and i will come and give you something (no way in the world i was payin 50 bucks!)...but next time, wait till i ask you to do something for me and that would be better, okay??" they said okay and went away again. well, i decided to take a look at what they had done...oh...what they had done. my boxwood bushes are all cut to the ground, the trimmings left all over. those "pokey things" they were talking about were the rose bushes that my late mother planted for me the year she died...cut to the GROUND...i mean, nothing but a stick left poking up from the ground about 2 inches (they were full of roses). and they came into my house and "got a snack and used the bathroom" while they were here too!!!!!!! my back door was unlocked, as we live in a very nice neighborhood until now. i do not know these ppl, they just moved here about a month ago, and they don't seem to have a mother. the only adult there at the house is an uncle that seems to not really care anything about any of this. what can i do!!! should i call the police? they left stuff all over the yard and i am very upset about my mom's roses. what should i do about all this????

Answer 1

i would take pictures and call the police and let them see

Also ALWAYS lock your door you have kids and i do not care how nice it is where you live It only takes a minute for a person to come in and hide and attack you or your children or both when you get home.

How old are these kids?

I would be LIVID if this happened

You are way to nice about this cause i would have marched their little butts to their home and had Uncle or whomever to come back and show him what was done than left him know YOU wanted even more than 50.00 for the damages you have suffered and tell him you will be having this work done OR he can do it

As for the roses If even some are still in root you may be able to coax them back in time do not give up hope i have seen roses cut way back come back up years later.

Answer 2

Trespassing and vandalism, so yes call the police and take pictures of everything they did. You might be able to get them for unlawful entry as well.

Answer 3

CALL THE POLICE ITS TRASPRESSING  

Answer 4

Call Child protective services..sue the uncle.....

Answer 5

Have a chat with the adults in the home.  If that doesn't work, have another.  If that doesn't work, ask the cops to have a chat with the adults.  As to the roses, I recommend letting it go.  If the adults do not offer to plant new ones, pursuing it will just start a feud that no one wants.

Answer 6

Call the police. They vandalised your property and entered your home illegally.