Luckily we "think" my wife may have disturbed them pretty soon after they entered the house when she got home since it appears that "nothing" (other than somthing with very little value and only used in self defence) was taken, it was just the fright of it all, the mess and the bloody inconvenience and hassle repairing the damage and dealing with insurance companies all last night and most of this morning that was a real pain in the butt.....
Apparently a couple of "suspicous" characters had been knocking on doors along our road to see if people where in first (one couple caught one of them on his back fence about to climb over when they took a while to answer their door), looks like they decided to take a chance on our place and got lucky (nearly).
As I said to the Police, dressed in black, maybe with masks, knocking on doors and carrying a bag looks dodgy on any other night of the year (except for Halloween).
5 year old was a bit shaken up by it all, both me and the mrs felt physically sick, and guess who got "nominated" to sleep on the couch "in case" they came back......... me! (slept really well last night, NOT)