If one of my kids was sick while sleeping somewhere, you bet your buppy that I would bring them home.
I don't believe the cigarette buying was ever confirmed as anything but a rumour. Not to point fingers at you specifically, but I thought it made a good example of why links to MSM are requested. Especially because this case seems to be drawing a lot of new people (and I include myself in this) who aren't necessarily aware of how quickly be speculation and rumours can be absorbed as "fact" in fast moving threads.
On a similar note, I see there was a lot of talk about not knowing there were kids on the property. I seem to recall a local poster in an earlier thread mentioning that the kids were seen out and about (she hadn't thought so initially, but a friend later corrected her- I'll see if I can find teh link to back this up), so it might be sheer luck who saw them and who didn't. Especially if the family (including kids) is still unpacking and the older ones are probably helping around the house because of their mother's pregnancy. I mean, I've lived in places where I never saw my neighbours, in closer quarters than this appears to be, and was surprised more than once by kids.
