Main Street Mommy

Want a quick way to impress your kids?  Bake up a batch of these.

Ordinarily, I’m not a huge fan of processed foods.  However, sometimes I’ll give in just for a quick, fun effect.  Of course you could make these using your own bread recipe, and they would be amazing – go for it.  I, on the other hand, broke down and bought a can of breadsticks.  Fifteen minutes later I had bread for dinner & dessert.  It doesn’t get …

If you have school aged children, you’ve probably had to bring something in at some point for a Thanksgiving Feast.  These events can be as simple as sharing cornbread while dressed as Pilgrims and Native Americans or as complex as an entire Thanksgiving meal.

My sons had an entire Thanksgiving Feast on Monday.  I had to make stuffing and pumpkin pie.

My daughter has her feast today.  I hadn’t seen the sign up sheet, so I told my husband to …

So, my daughter started school a week later than the boys.  She was super excited, because this year she is going to school 3 full days.  That means she gets to bring a lunch box!!!  Unlike her brothers, who were surprised to see their Angry Birds themed lunch, Mia told me exactly what she wanted for her first day.

It was no surprise that Phineas & Ferb were at the top of the list.  The whole family loves watching the …

School started last week for my boys.  I have to say, I’m not a fan of school.  Don’t get me wrong, my kids go to a wonderful school with enthusiastic teachers and great friends, but life gets sooo busy once school starts: homework, sports, piano lessons, alarm clocks, projects, PTA meetings, carpool, field trips, etc.  It makes my head spin.

Then there’s lunch.  Packing lunches has got to be my LEAST favorite thing about school.  They’re so mundane.  My kids …

As a child, frozen chicken pot pies were one of my favorite dinners.  I usually only got them if my parents were going out, and they had to feed me dinner before the babysitter arrived.

Have you ever had the realization that the things you LOVED as a child weren’t as good as you remembered them?

*sigh*

The chicken pot pies of my childhood were, well…kind of gross.  The crust tasted artificial, they were super salty, and filled mainly with …