Moms Talk: How Do You Spice up a Brown-Bag Lunch?

We're going to have to face it: It's been a long time since we've carried a brown-bag lunch to school, right? But if your kids take a lunch to school a few times a week or even a handful of times every month, those cold, lifeless lunches may be getting a little drab.

Let's try to spice'em up a little bit.

We're calling on all the parents out there who've got a couple tricks up their sleeves when it comes to adding some pizzazz to the ham and cheese sandwich, some panache to the PB&J, some ... All right, you get it.

So tell us, what do you do to add some oomph to your kids' lunch boxes?

(And if you want to add a tip like hiding a little pick-me-up note in there, that's fine too. What kid doesn't love a note letting him know his parents are thinking of him? We're open to all suggestions!)