An Iowa mom is charged with child endangerment after police say she left her four young kids home alone to go on a 10-day vacation to Germany.
She made her first court appearance after being arrested.
Prosecutors said she left the children in the care of two 12-year-olds after all her sitter options fell through.
The police discovered the four children inside their apartment after receiving a tip from the father of one of them.
Home alone were a 6-year-old, a 7-year-old, and 12-year-old twins.
The mother had left the country a day earlier and wasn't planning on returning until October 1.