I Lost My Kid!!!

Most nights we put Phin in the crib to fall asleep. If we put the boys to bed together they just laugh and giggle and play. So we put Phin in the crib, Asher in his bed and wait until one of them fall asleep so we can move Phin to his bed. What we don't do for some peace and quiet in the evening. ;)

Last night Phin was put in the crib and Asher into bed. After about 30 minutes of Asher playing in bed it was time for some action. I got Asher settled down and went to check on Phin. He had been a little too quiet and when you have boys, most of the time quiet is bad news. But he wasn't in the crib. We've played these games before. I told him he needed to come out of his hiding spot and get in bed! But there was no response so I said it again. By this time I was a little agitated because we have the "first time" rule at our house. So I began to huff around looking for him.

the closet - no
behind the rocker - no
behind the door - no

in mom's bed - no
under mom's bed - no
in mom's tub - no
in mom's shower - no
in mom's closet - no
anywhere in mom's room/bathroom - no

Ok. Now I'm starting to panic a little because these are the usual hiding places and I had already been in Asher's room.

in the boys' closet - no
behind the boys' door - no
under the little foam couches - no

I proceed to the living room with panic in my heart. Jonathan had gone for a run. Did Phin seize his opportunity to escape bedtime jail?! He can't get the front door open so that couldn't be possible. Do I call the police? No! That would be crazy. But it's crazy for a 2-year-old to just disappear. Our house is small - where is he!! I even thought about the possibility of someone sneaking into his room through the window but I know the windows are locked and there's a dresser is in front of the window in the spare room so surely I would have heard the kidnapper if there was one.

I stopped myself to calm down. He didn't hear me when I called him. So I went back to the spare room with the crib. There was a shoe box sticking out from under the corner of the crib. And that's where I found him:
I had to wait until Jonathan was finished running before I put Phin in his bed. I wanted Jonathan to see it for himself. And there he was - all balled up sound asleep: