tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post5566601549049894451..comments2023-08-29T09:03:19.065-05:00Comments on Just Another Jenny: The Lobby ChurchJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-32467803980393516562014-10-30T10:24:45.631-05:002014-10-30T10:24:45.631-05:00I wouldn't say any of this rises to the level ...I wouldn't say any of this rises to the level of a pet peeve (well maybe the food in church), but it is just behavior I notice. The thing about the cry room, which I probably wouldn't use even if it were empty because it feels like a fish bowl to me, isn't when Mom or Dad is alone with a baby and a bunch of other kids. It's when Mom and Dad and their two children, aged 12 and 9, set up shop in the cry room. What is that about? Or when both parents are present and they have one toddler and a bunch of older kids and they are all in the cry room. This is a small area with room for about six chair-using people and many times it is entirely full with non-babies. I don't get it.<br /><br />Yeah, my children are the unfortunate souls with the mean mommy who look forlornly at the other kids' goldfish and cheerios. Marian isn't old to understand so I normally just let her eat what is offered, but really, can't we go an hour without eating? Apparently not.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-71772725481985541632014-10-29T21:40:15.090-05:002014-10-29T21:40:15.090-05:00The only time we all sit in the cry room is when i...The only time we all sit in the cry room is when it is a big holiday Mass and there is no point in pitching our tents in the crowded pew when we will spend 3/4 of Mass elsewhere.<br /><br />J is going through a well-behaved phase at Mass lately (I have to flip the pages of his religious board books pretty continually, but he doesn't cry often), so I am not sure what we will do for the upcoming Christmas-related crowds.The Sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559244806125834569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-18745559627322089212014-10-29T20:36:26.952-05:002014-10-29T20:36:26.952-05:00This is so interesting! We engage in a lot of your...This is so interesting! We engage in a lot of your pet peeves. We sit in the cry room as a family because my husband doesn't attend church with us normally (he's non-catholic). I am aware that we take up considerable space in the cry room but we squish into half a plea when anyone comes in. Sometimes I do send my oldest 4 out into big church alone but I hate it and I feel like I should be with them, close enough to give them the sign of peace and show them when to bow and remind them to participate. <br /><br />My kids are sometimes the bathroom pilgrims and then we have another talk about how it's entirely possible to make it an hour without going to the bathroom. Grr.<br /><br />Also, we are the family that never brings snacks. I don't like my kids to eat during church and I hate it when they beg from others like they've never seen a cheerio before. I always have trouble with being polite and being mean and saying, "no,really, they're fine. Quit offering them food!"entropynoreply@blogger.com