As always and forever au pairs enjoyed celebrating Mardi Gras with their host families and friends. Many things delighted them – festive crowds, music, dancing, pageantry, King Cakes slathered in thick, gooey but oh so delicious icing … and the fun of making and parading in their very own carnival costumes!!
Nadine from Germany put her inner costume designer in overdrive and came up not with just one but four different carnival outfits!!
As usual in December, au pairs got together for a big holiday party. After sharing stories about different celebrations in their respective countries, au pairs decided to follow one of the American customs and played Dirty Santa Game, a Christmas gift exchange that calls for participants to “steal gifts” from each other.
Another fun game involved drawing a Christmas scene on a paper plate placed on au pair’s head.
Fortified with hot chocolate and an array of cookies and snacks, au pairs set out to continue the fun evening at Celebration in the Oaks in City Park.
Au pairs had fun playing a game of golf on Louisiana course at City Putt in City Park. Their best efforts were rewarded with great scores and two holes-in-one!
Host families, children and au pairs gathered for our annual picnic and Host Family International Day in City Park this past Sunday.
Great company, delicious food and beautiful weather made the event especially successful.
While the parents enjoyed conversation, the children exercised their creativity at the crafts table, tried to eat a bagel off a string (look, ma, no hands!) and gamely faced the challenge of tied-leg races.
Multicultural awareness was brought to the forefront by everybody trying to connect world capitals to their respective countries!
The whole group enjoyed tasty food typical of different countries prepared by our wonderful au pairs.
A great time was had by all!
Stockholm – Sweden
Canberra – Australia
Bratislava – Slovakia
Windhoek – Namibia
Bern – Switzerland
Warsaw – Poland
Helsinki – Finland
Quito – Ecuador
Sucre – Bolivia
Budapest – Hungary
Beijing – China
Brasilia – Brazil
Paris – France
Santiago – Chile
Berlin – Germany
Zagreb – Croatia
