Jessie Luckey
Jessie Luckey spends her days managing three tiny humans. Jessie has called Flagstaff home for over 14 years and even met her husband swing dancing in Heritage Square. Jessie's degree is in education, with an emphasis in early childhood and currently puts that to use teaching the ELL community part time. She loves Jesus and being outside.
10 Things that Don’t Suck about the COVID-19 Pandemic
Things are chaotic and up in the air and a lot of it is an anxiety driven nightmare, but I can't pretend that I'm not enjoying some things about being endlessly stuck in my...
Three People Who Impacted My 2019
I write this to you, on the last day of 2019, reflecting the big changes that have been made this year and how we will start the new. My family had a giant year...
Santa is like Mickey Mouse
Santa has been definitely been reimagined since I was a kid; On Christmas morning I would wake up to a room FULL of presents, wrapped in two different papers. One print from my mom...
Delaying Kindergarten
I'm no stranger to high stakes early entry kindergarten. That's where I started my teaching career, years and years ago. I had a class full of young children that were academically ready for kindergarten,...
Six Shows Starring Strong Women
Six shows that I think that you should be watching that happen to star amazing leading women because you probably don't have enough of those in your life.
Outlander
Outlander is an ongoing series based on...
Wedding Dress Upcycling
Like many an American bride, after my wedding day I took my dress to the dry cleaners where it was cleaned, preserved and put in a large box. The box then promptly went into...
Thriving Festival Season with Littles
Once the weather is warm enough, Flagstaff loves to celebrate! We start with Hullaballoo and wrap up with Cornucopia. It may seem overwhelming to bring small children to a festival scene, but locals know...
How We Fight to Win the Toy Battle
What do I mean by toy battle? I'm sure you've been to those houses where not only do the kids have seemingly endless toys, but they are EVERYWHERE.
Now, this is not a judgment post....
Reflections On Buying Another Child a Birthday Present
I honestly thought my daughter getting invited to a birthday party sounded like a fun few hours of stress free joy. What a fool I am.
If it were up to me I would just...
The Case for Public Schools
When we were children, there wasn't too much debate about where you went to school. Your options were the local public school you were zoned for or maybe a private school. Those were the...
Cell Phones: Tool or Hobby?
By now, you are probably well aware that the recommendations for screen time. If you need the reminder, children under 18 months should be limited to video chat and children under 5 should be...
Your Children Are Watching You: Teaching Children to be Charitable
I want to remind you for a moment that your children absorb every thing you do and everything you say, whether or not it seems like it. I remember this every time I see...
Not a SAHM: A Maternity Leave Story
This summer, I gave birth to my second child beginning a summer that lined up with maternity leave! Now by "maternity leave" I don't actually mean someone paid me to stay home and heal...