A knock at the door?

What happens when your 5-year-old decides to misbehave and have a meltdown in the van? Well, you let them out to calm down and walk home. You most certainly do not drive off and leave them; however, you do let them know that they are NOT allowed back in the van until they stop screaming! When they have come to their senses and they are ready to talk like a normal human being.....then what? You of course pull over, talk to them like the big girls they are and you invite them back in to the van to ride the rest of the way home. Now, what happens when your overly curious/cautious/intrusive/probably-never-had-kids/NOSEY neighbors get involved.....well, then you have these people at your door:

Yep, that's right! About 20 minutes after we got home (and had already put our VERY tired 5-year-old in bed) there was a knock at the door. Lo and behold, there was a nice policeman at our door inquiring about our daughter and wanting to "check on our little one". Brandon relayed the entire story, not missing any details. Then the officer wanted to check on her, so up the stairs they went...woke little miss up, asked her if she was ok, and then quickly told her that "next time she needed to mind her mommy and daddy."

Now, was it a huge deal....no. Did we get hauled off to jail....no. But, seriously people, can you mind your own business? I guess it's a different day and age; however, would you have liked me to drop her off at your house next time and let you think of a more appropriate/better/more successful way of getting her to calm down? I NEVER would do anything to harm my child(ren) and if I think that letting her get out and calm down for a few minutes is the best option....then MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!!!

~Sincerely, A LOVING MOM~