We had fun at the Bowie Baysox baseball game on Sunday.  For many of the au pairs, it was their first baseball game they have attended.   A group of my au pairs charmed a kind usher into allowing them to move down from general admission to some really great seats.

If anyone got pictures of the post-game fireworks, please share them with me, so I can post them here. Thanks!

We had a lot of fun at the Washington Zoo cluster meeting yesterday. Nearly a dozen au pairs, a host mom and lots of kids joined us for a day at the zoo.  It was hot, but at least it didn’t rain (like it is today.) Here are a few photos…

A bunch of au pairs from our cluster brought their host kids for a park play day yesterday.  We went to Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Here are some of the things we did…

Rode the train & antique carousel

Visited the farm

Went on a hayride

Found a toad

Climbed a tree

Played at the playground

It was a lot of fun! There is so much to do there, that we didn’t even make it to the nature center or the play mini golf.  I am guessing that a lot of kids fell asleep on the ride home.  I saw a few of the little ones who were falling asleep before they left.

We had a lot of fun and no rain for our rescheduled mini-golf cluster meeting on Sunday, 6/13/2010.  I made a photo montage that you can watch below.  You can find all of the pictures in our cluster photobucket album.

On Saturday, May 22, we held our Annual Au Pair Awards Brunch cluster meeting.  Each au pair in attendance received an award from her host family.  Stephanie from Germany received the Cluster Au Pair of the Year Award.  For pictures of everyone receiving their individual awards, visit our Cluster Photobucket Album.

Our Cluster Au Pair of the Year -Stephanie

Here are some pictures of our team participating in the APIA Amazing Race on April 18, 2010.  It was a long, tough competition.  Many teams quit the race without finishing.  Our cluster did an excellent job, had great team spirit and finished the race with what we believe are all the correct answers.

Thank you Elodie for the pictures!

On Sunday, March 21, we had a water safety class at Kids First Swim School in Bowie.

We learned some basic rescue tips and information on keeping kids safe around all kinds of water.
Remember:

A child can drown in any amount of water (pool, ocean, bathtub or even a bucket)

You must actively supervise children at all times around water.

Teach children water safety.

When you take a child to a pool with a lifeguard you are still responsible for supervising that child.

I hope everyone has fun in the water with kids this summer!

Here is a video of our recent Belly Dance Class Cluster Meeting with Lara Adrienne at the Dance Exchange in Takoma Park.

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The Winning Photo

Over 6,000 votes were cast in this Photo/Video Contest!  I want to thank everyone who submitted photos and all of those who voted.

Sandra has won a free ticket for our ski trip coming up on March 7.

I am putting together a video from all the photos and videos taken at the cultural fair. Look for that to be posted later in the week.

Below you will see some of the photos and videos taken by au pairs who participated in our Cultural Fair on 1/23/10.  Please view all the photos and video and vote for the one that you think best represents our motto, “We Bring the World Together.” You vote by clicking THIS LINK and selecting your choice.  Voting ends on February 8 at 9 am EST.

You may vote as many times as you would like and share it with friends via email, Facebook, etc. to get lots of votes.  Good luck!

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