HELP, I Can’t Find My Camera!

I say I can’t find it, but I WILL NOT say it is lost. I know precisely the last pictures I took with it (Thursday afternoon), and I know I layed it right down on the dining room table…The problem with that is, Napoleon now can reach the top of the table. It has become a new favorite game–standing on her tiptoes and grabbing wildly on top of the table to see what comes down. I was hoping this wasn’t the fate of our camera. I was hoping I had just haphazardly cleared off the table into some little nook. However, I knew the prognosis was bad later that night when I asked Pace if she had seen the camera and I got this response: “Well, Mommy, Mary Aplin had it…ummm…I think she put it in your purse. [She starts frantically going through my purse for me to no avail] Don’t worry Mommy, I’ll find it. Dapples had it…”