Stephanie Jankowski's Blog, page 18
July 29, 2016
This is What a Decade of Us Looks Like
10 years, 521 weeks, 3,650 days. A decade. I’m not sure what a decade of marriage looks like anywhere else, but around here, it looks a lot like three kids and two dogs a strict family budget ohmygod relax dinnertime trivia an obsessively landscaped lawn dog hair all over the floors full calendars and fuller […]
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July 26, 2016
I blinked & you turned 7
Soaking in the tub, timing contractions, my enormous belly an island jutting out of the water. I loved every dayof my pregnancy, and even though it’s selfish, I admit it was sad seeing it come to anend because that meant I hadto share you. Later, sitting backwards on a chair in the living room, Dadshoving […]
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July 24, 2016
Oh, potty training, how I have NOT missed you
Hey, you know what’s really great, and by great, I mean “makes me want to scoop out my eyes with a rusty spork?” Potty training a small human. All the experts tell us to look for SIGNS OF READINESS like dry diapers in the morning or mini-tantrums when one soils herself, but here’s some inside […]
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July 20, 2016
Just Keep Swimming
My 6-year-old is arguing because he is right and I am wrong. My 4-year-old is whining because today is not her birthday. My 2-year-old is screaming because she no longer fits insidemy uterus. I’ve used the scary mom voice more times in the last 30 minutes than I have in the last 30 days. You […]
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July 16, 2016
2016 Listen to Your Mother Pittsburgh Videos Are Here!
Once we choose our cast, which is amonumental and emotionally exhausting task, we begin an equally laborious labor of love in organizing the individual essays in an order that highlightstheir individual importance, but also allows for a smooth transition from one story to the next. When you’re talking about heavy stuff like bipolar disorder or […]
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July 13, 2016
Smiling is my favorite
Sometimes, people suck. They’re hateful and hurtful and emphatically unapologetic. They’re purposeful and pointed in their words and actions, aiming to cut others with them. Sometimes, people don’t suck. They go on hugging sprees, give a voice to the voiceless, and stand up for those who are being beaten down. They’re purposeful and pointed in […]
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July 7, 2016
Give the Gift of Experience: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust & Citizen’s Bank Children’s Theater Series + GIVEAWAY!
My brother-in-law and his super thoughtful wife got my daughter the BEST birthdaypresentwhen she turned a whole hand oldin May. The kidabsolutely loved it and it wasn’t even a toy. I KNOW, RIGHT?! My newly minted 5-year-old and her big brother were escorted todowntown Pittsburgh where they enjoyed time with their aunt and uncleat the […]
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July 3, 2016
Give Kids the Gift of Experience: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust & Citizen’s Bank Children’s Theater Series + GIVEAWAY!
My brother-in-law and his super thoughtful wife got my daughter the BEST birthdaypresentwhen she turned a whole hand oldin May. The kidabsolutely loved it and it wasn’t even a toy. I KNOW, RIGHT?! My newly minted 5-year-old and her big brother were escorted todowntown Pittsburgh where they enjoyed time with their aunt and uncleat the […]
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June 15, 2016
Bra Shopping Post-Babies, Or OHMYGOD What Happened To Me?!
I won’t lie, it has been a while. A long, long, looooong while. The last time I bought a new bra was in 2009, and I had beenlooking for the nursing kind. When my son was born that July, the girls were spectacular! Full, yet somehow still perky, and actually keeping another human being alive. […]
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June 14, 2016
Dream! Explore! Do!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! –the summer battle cry of kids everywhere Parents, on the other hand, have been known to yell a little something different; namely, IF THESE KIDS TELL ME THEY’RE BORED ONE MORE TIME, I’M SELLING THEM ON EBAY! Okay, so maybe that’s a stretch, but suffice it to say, the freedom of summertime doesn’t always […]
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