This is very suspicious and quite un-nerving and I live in California. I get upset when people go through my garbage. it's so rude and such an invasion of privacy.

Seriously, this man's behavior is NOT normal and better to be safe than sorry. I mean it.

Get your kids out of the yard, take a photo of him with your cell phone or camera next time he decides to pop by, and go down to the police station and file a report.

Don't wait for the next/next time. It sounds like he is casing your home / stalking your family. If he's not, then so what. If he is, thank goodness you took care of it before something really awful happened.

((((Rose))))