A Little Bit of Craziness

Wednesday afternoon there was a drug bust at the house 3 doors down from us. The boys and I headed to the bus stop to pick up Savannah and I exchanged pleasantries with the neighbor (the target) who was sitting on his front porch smoking. By the time I got back, this neighbor was sitting on his front lawn wearing handcuffs while two policeman guarded him and other police were in and out of his house. And guess who ended up right in the middle when the bust took place? Our little Xander! Xander likes to ride his bike to and from the bus stop so he always beats us home. Apparently Xander was right in front of this neighbor's house when the masked undercover cops come running from the woods and unmarked cars to get this guy and others who were at his place. Xander had a front row seat to the cops pull their guns on this guy and order him down on the ground. I was about halfway down our street when I could see up ahead that my next door neighbor was holding onto Xander but I couldn't see what else was going on. Thank goodness she was out in front of her house when this all took place because she was able to let the police know that Xander did not belong to the house being raided and she called Xander to her. I asked Xander later if he had been scared when he saw the gun and the policemen...they were pretty scary all masked up. He said no and then with great animation told me how the policemen had yelled at the man, "Get down on the ground!" Knowing Xander, he probably thought this was the greatest thing. He wants to be a policeman when he grows up so now he has seen some major police work in action! And such timing for it - right when all the kids in the neighborhood are walkiing home from the bus stop.