Someone stole my keys

I rarely lose my keys.  

In fact, it has been a great while since I even misplaced my keys or had to spend more than 30 seconds looking for them. 

I generally have two places where I put my keys and so I hardly ever have to worry about not knowing where they are.  

So when I couldn't find my keys after 5 minutes of looking, I was a little bothered. Then, when I couldn't find my keys after 30 minutes of looking I was totally puzzled.  Then, when I couldn't find my keys after an hour and a half of tearing the apartment apart (including going into the boys bedroom when they are fast asleep and even looking through all their toy boxes and looking underneath them) I was terrified.

My thought was that I left them in the door, closed the door behind me and then someone came by and took them out of the door and was waiting for us to go bed and then coming over to rob us blind and then drive off in our car.

What was of particular concern was that Molly sleeps in the front room and so they would also see our little girl and take her too!

So convinced was I that this is what happened that we ended up barricading the door with a mini-dresser, a car seat, a set of car wash blocks, a recliner, and then of course some DVDs stacked on top so when the intruder tries to push open the door, he'll knock them down and make a big ruckus waking us up.

Satisfied with our security system, we were ready to go to bed.

But there was one place that I did not check.

Inside the little door of their play table.  

Those little rascals RARELY steal my keys, but they sure did this time and they hid them real well.  

The next morning when I asked them about it, they BOTH took credit for their thievery and trickery.  

So the next time my keys go missing, I will make sure to be less concerned about the crooks on the outside than the little pick-pocketers that sleep in the room next to me every night!