As soon as Booth opened the door of his house he was met by Max. "Daddy, Scruffy is missing!"

"He is? When did you last see him?"

"I asked mommy if I could have a juice box, she said yes. I put Scruffy on the couch cuz I can't hold him when I have a juice box… I came back and Scruffy was gone!"

"We'll find him, come on." Booth picked Max up and headed to the living room. After looking under and behind all the furniture and in the toy bin it was apparent that Scruffy wasn't in the living room. Grabbing a photo of Max and Scruffy off the book case, Booth headed for the kitchen. "Bones, have you seen the stuffed dog in this photo recently?'

"Not since about 1:30, when Max asked for a juice box."

"Thanks." Brennan nodded and smiled as Booth checked under all the chairs, opened every cabinet and drawer, and looked in the refrigerator and oven. Booth's next stop was Gracie's room, "Gracie, have you seen the dog in this photo recently?" Booth gave Gracie the picture. "No daddy/"

"Okay, I'm going to look around in here to make sure he's not hiding somewhere, okay?'

"K." After a quick search of Gracie's closet and toy box and a peek under the bed Booth came up empty. After preforming the same search in Max's room and getting the same result, Booth move on to Christine's room. "Christine, have you seen the dog in this photo recently?" Booth gave Christine the picture. "No dad."

"Okay, I'm going to look around in here to make sure he's not hiding somewhere, okay?'

"I guess." After a quick search of Christine's closet and toy box and a peek under the bed Booth came up empty.

"Daddy, we're never gonna find scruffy!"

"We will buddy, we have a lot places to look still." Booth kissed the top of Max's head. "Let's go look in the laundry room."

"K." Booth went down the hall and opened the door, his first stop was the washer, when he opened the door Max's slightly bedraggled stuffed dog stared back at him. "SCRUFFY! Daddy, you found scruffy! Thanks."

"You're welcome, Buddy." Booth handed Scruffy to Max and smiled as he ran off to find Brennan.

Booth closed the door and went to Christine's room. "Christine, why did you put Scruffy in the washer?"

"I didn't-"

"Don't lie, you're the only one besides your mom and me that can squeeze the child lock on the laundry room door hard enough to open it."

"I thought it'd be funny."

"It wasn't, your brother was almost in tears."

"Sorry."

'You need to apologize to your brother too, but not right now, he's really happy and I don't want you to ruin that."

"Okay,"