Lock-In Survivors

This past Saturday night, the Girl Scout Council held an event at the mall in Sioux City. This event was an overnight lock-in!! Girl Scouts from all over Sioux City showed up at the mall right after it closed to the public (9:30pm) and spent the night locked in until their parents came to pick them up at 6:00am the next morning!

Since I am one of the registered troop volunteers, I also got to spend the night with all these girls! There is one catch... there would be no sleeping!! I was a little nervous about how the evening would go, since I had to work early Saturday morning, then Brianna had the dance clinic and the dance show that evening, then we would head out to the mall. I thought for sure we would not be able to stay awake for the entire event! We did manage to squeeze in a two hour nap in the afternoon between activities, though, and I think this really helped!

Upon arriving at the mall, girls were to gather as a troop and check in. After checking in and getting the schedule for the night, we had to find a spot in the mall where all our girls could "congregate" between activities. This was not easy, since there were over 500 girls in attendance! The evening went really fast! The Council had events scheduled all throughout the evening to keep the girls busy... they didn't even have time to think about being tired!! We had dance performances from the Morningside College dance squad, a baton twirling event from a South Dakota pageant queen (she is also a registered Girl Scout!), pizza, movie, karaoke, Wii, drawing for prizes, etc. Before we knew it, it was 5:00am and time for breakfast and clean up before the parents arrived! Everyone had so much fun! I'm sure I won't hesitate to sign up again next year!! Check out the photo below-- notice the time on the clock! 3:30AM!!!