Lock-In, Part I

The Sleepers... Ok, so we had this lock-in as a prize for the kids for selling raffle tickets (in addition to the leg shaving, which is in the next entry down!) so we decided to make it all about them. We didn't give them a lights-out time, and we gave them all the food they could handle. We had 22 kids, and it seemed like they had a great time. We played games, ate, played soccer, played video games, did the DDR (Dance Dance Revolution), just your typical lock-in stuff, after the Hickman/Rockbridge football game. I headed for bed upstairs in a pew at about 4 am... about in the middle of the pack. But, since there was no bedtime, most kids just slept where they fell, and by morning the church basement looked like a homeless shelter. Check out the pictures below... Josh stayed up all night with them, except for the brief nap he took on his hand. Brandon (Paul Bunyan) was the last one to fall asleep, and he slept in the chair. Charlie crawled under a table because he wanted to sleep on the floor (it was cool) but not in the middle of a room. He was so asleep that when I dropped the full jug of SunnyD on the table above his head from about 6 inches, he didn't even stir. Then just about every Sunday School room had a random assortment of kids sleeping on (or under) the table. It was quite entertaining, but I doubt we'll be doing an "No Bedtime" lock-in again... at least not for a long while! Read the next few entries for more stories about what the kids did when they were awake!