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Twitter: @juliecole
Julie Cole is one of the founding mompreneurs of Mabel's Labels Inc (mabel.ca), and the mother of six small children. You can find her on Twitter @juliecole, as well as her company @mabelhood.
I quite accidentally had my 20-week ultrasound this week. Because I am overseas at the moment, I was just going to give the whole thing a miss. Minor complication came up so the Doc ended up sending me for an ultrasound here. All is well and I enjoyed what will like ... Read more...
I was interviewed this week by a reporter doing an article on whether the economic recession would effect my decision about having another child.
Quite clearly, the short answer is no. I don't let little things like common sense, birth control, and economic ... Read more...
I just survived the day I spend two years dreading. Yes, two full years of dread for one day. There are others that I don't particularly look forward, but they don't even come close to this one. Second place goes to that day at the end of February ... Read more...
I like to say I'm making the world a more beautiful place, one baby at a time.
Reading through the lines, what I'm really saying is yep, baby ... Read more...
About six months ago I told my friends at Disney Canada that they'd never catch me dragging my kids into an amusement park the size of Ottawa, Ontario. ... Read more...
Now that we have our ADORABLE Holiday Gift Tags out at Mabel's Labels, I was thinking it would be a great time to do a give-away!
If you want a shot at winning these little beauties, just e-mail caitlin@mabel.ca with the sub ... Read more...
I had a speaking engagement this weekend at the Healthy Kids Expo in Toronto. The headline speaker was that Dr. Oz fellow who has a regular gig on Oprah. Needless to say, I was not the headline but Dr. Oz aside, there didn't seem to be much of a draw at all - the show ... Read more...
I spent the morning at the pumpkin patch with four of my five kiddos. There were many families there spending the sunny autumn day together. Most families looked pretty nuclear - a mom and dad with a kid or two. Often when I rock up to places alone with a handful of ki ... Read more...
I love going around the table and hearing what the kids are thankful for. The big kids are a bit boring because they know what they should be thankful for so give all the standard answers such as family and good health. The little kiddos come out with ... Read more...
We just dragged our Mabel display and other assorted bits and pieces back from a conference to our Quebec City hotel in the rain. Sitting now in the hotel room, I can reflect on a couple of self-realizations I made during my week of on-again/off-again travel.
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