mommy guilt

It comes along with being a mom.  All the moms I know have it, even the best of the best.  I had it when I was a working mom and I naively thought becoming a full-time stay-at-home-mom would help in this area.  I was wrong.  The guilt is still there but now it's different things...I should be making their snacks from scratch, I should enjoy spending every single minute with them, I should have everything in the house in perfect order at all times.  That would be no, not every single minute, and a very big NO. 

I was feeling especially guilty about the snacks thing the other night.  I mean, I'm a stay at home mom for goodness sake...my kids should have freaking home made snacks in their lunch!  But laziness won out, making things from scratch is not my forte (it's amazing how I manage as a sahm with baking, cooking and cleaning being low on my skill list...).  I took a look in the cupboard and decided to play around with what I had on hand.  If pinterest has taught me anything it's you don't need to follow directions on box mixes.  With that in mind I ended up making banana chocolate chip muffins with extra fibre, and lemon raspberry chia seed muffins.  Sounds fancy, doesn't it?  They were so simple I had both of them mixed up and in the oven in less than 10 minutes!

Here's what I had on hand and what I made:

Banana Chocolate Chip muffins (with some added fibre)

1 package chocolate chip muffin mix

2 ripe bananas

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/3 cup psyllium seed husk flakes (these are great to add to smoothies, muffins, etc)

 

 

Lemon chia seed muffins

1 package lemon cake mix

3 eggs

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/3 cup chia seeds

frozen raspberries (optional...I did this for some of the muffins)

For both I mixed them up and followed baking directions on the box.

Both were a big hit with the kids.  I liked that they took only a few minutes to make.  My mommy guilt was temporarily relieved as I packed them into the kid's lunches the next day. 

I've somewhat embraced the mommy guilt. I'll always feel guilty when I have an angry outburst.  I'll always feel like I should be spending more time with the kids, doing more.  But that's just part of being a mom, right?  I also know I'm the best mom I can be, frustrated outbursts, storebought snacks and all.