In general the kids and Mrs. Marshall would alternate between the Sciuto-McGee and the DiNozzo residences for after school care. However Gloria convinced her parents that they should stay at their house until further notice as they wanted to be the best neighbours possible for those moving in, especially if they had kids.
It was only a few days after the initial move had occurred that the van showed up again. There was disagreement if it was the exact same van, but the two kids did agree that it was the same size and kind of van. This disagreement led to the discussion of the need for proper surveillance.
With all family members working at NCIS it was not long before the kids had a stake out set up in Gloria's room. They rearranged Gloria's furniture so the desk was now under the window and an extra chair moved in from Tim's office.
David brought an unused coil notebook from home and notes were now being kept. After four days of blank lines after the date David was starting to think that no one was actually going to be living in the house. Instead of being disheartened by this, the kids, with their family history and wild imaginations started to think up reasons why you would buy a house in a quiet neighbourhood and then only move in a few items but not live there.
On day five however there was again action. The date and license plate of the van was recorded in their notebook to prove if it was the same one showing up each time or not. David was leaning quite far out the window to see if he could tell what was being moved from the van into the garage. This was not possible as the three men did not appear around the edge of the van except to punch in the code and relock the garage once they were done.
Gloria was positive it was the same three guys. They were all very distinctive looking. To be official they wrote down a description of each of the movers. It was after supper on that evening but before David was picked up by Ziva that Gloria had the brainwave that all stakeouts need a camera.
The kids made a pact that they would both try to appertain a camera as neither of them owned one of their own.
It took a couple of days for David to find his father's backup point and shoot camera, but that didn't matter as there was no action at the house across the street that needed photos taken anyway. Gloria rummaged through her parent's office to find a small bendable tripod to set the camera up on. The tripod was so short they needed to place a stack of books on the desk so that the lense was over the edge of the window sill. Once they had the whole system set up they took a few test photos. David said they should write the number of the picture and what they were taking a photo of, to be official of course. It also gave them something to do.
A week passed and nothing happened. No deliveries, no people, nothing. Gloria and David played cards, I spy and discussed what could be the reason for the unusual move in schedule.
The Friday before Memorial Day they finally got action. Sitting by the window playing the tic tac toe the kids saw movement across the street throwing the paper to the side quickly. Gloria took pictures of the van, the license plate and then a photo of each of the three men. The camera didn't have the best zoom, but she did her best with the equipment she had at hand. David was writing down the details, the license plate, the time they arrived and what they observed the men doing. Unlike the last few times, they were carrying in a few items into the main front door. They saw a bed, a table and 2 chairs go into the front door and be set in what they assumed was the livingroom.
All details were written down, everything was photographed. This time the men didn't leave right away. Instead they looked to be moving about within the house. It was easy to see them go from room to room as there were no window coverings and the house lined up directly with the bedroom window.
Now the 2 children had spent the 10 years of their lives listening to stories of burglary, murder, assault and so many other crimes that the three men with strange move in habits set off their crime alert inner sirens. Why did they only move in one bed? Why do they only have one small table and 2 chairs set up in the living room and not the kitchen? Why had they moved things into the garage and seemingly been careful not to show anyone what they were doing?
All these questions just got the kids even more interested in what was going on across the street. Over dinner the chatted animatedly and were coming up with theories and stories to go along with what they were seeing.
Mrs. Marshall used to their overactive imaginations thought their ramblings were fictitious games and let them continue with their musings.