Posts Tagged ‘children’

Extended Family

April 21 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , ,

When we put an addition on the house, my wife had the brilliance and forethought to create a Family Room that could easily be repurposed into an apartment. As we got older, she reasoned, so would our parents. That would require us to have a place i our home for them to live, either temporarily or permanently. That would prove to... Read more

An Ocean Away

April 13 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , , ,

You want your children to learn as much as they can. You want to give them as many opportunities as possible. So you send them away on school overnight trips. With this in mind, my son prepared for two wonderful travel opportunities in the span of two weeks. Of course, the day before he leaves, something tragic happens in his family,... Read more

Essential Questions

March 29 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , , , ,

My friend Chris, who is writing curriculum for his music students, is crafting Essential Questions for his lessons. Essential Questions are those which, if you have developed and taught your lesson well, all will be able to answer at the end. He believes educators must also ask themselves Essential Questions as they do their jobs. I believe, especially of late,... Read more

Date Night Used To Be Easier

February 5 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Photo from Love-Sessions.com One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to spend more time with my wife and value that relationship more. She and I took our first step by having the first Date Night we’ve had in a while. Getting out of the house for date night is no easy task these days. Going on a date before kids is as... Read more

Family Resolutions for 2009

January 8 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , , , ,

Taking a blog hiatus means I’m a little behind in my blogging to-do list. I thought it would be a good idea to set some goals for myself in each of the core areas of this blog. You know, offer a little focus to my quest for self-improvement. Resolution 1- Lose Weight and Improve General Health A few years ago, I weighed... Read more

Band Parents

November 13 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , , ,

My wife and I are Band Parents. Not only am I a Band Parent, but as a music teacher, I’ve met a lot of band parents. They are… different. They are not cheerleader parents killing another flute player’s mom for a solo. They are not Little League parents who yell at the director after some kid blows the trumpet feature they think... Read more

Kids and Honesty

October 23 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , ,

Why do kids lie? In my experience, kids lie for a variety of reasons. The most popular reasons are to avoid getting in trouble with adult authority figures or to make themselves sound better than they truly are. What I find especially intriguing is the flimsy lies that children think we’ll accept. You can catch a child in the same... Read more

Windows Vista Parental Controls

October 14 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: , , , ,

I’ve been hating on Vista. A lot. I had little luck with Vista, which caused my computer to crash, lag, and generally aggravate me. Since I’ve gotten my Macbook, I’ve set up the old Vista laptop at home for the kids to use as a second computer. Since they are both in upper schools, they need to type their work and... Read more

Our Children’s World

September 11 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: , , , , ,

I get this in one of my email accounts every year. I understand what it’s saying, and I’m not happy with the way the world is now, but it is not the same world you and I grew up in as children. In any case, either a frustrated coworker, an overwrought mom, or a lamenting dad shares their frustration with... Read more