Au Pair in America Local Community Counselor, serving host families and au pairs in Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, MA and surrounding towns
Au Pair in America is the nation's first legal au pair program. Since 1986, we have provided the best child care opportunities to host families across the U.S. and au pairs from around the world.
A little history about Saint Valentine’s Day Every February we celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving flowers, candy and cards to those we love. We do this in honor of Saint Valentine. You may be wondering, “Who is St. Valentine”? Time to brush up on your Valentine’s history! Legend has it that Valentine was a priest Read More
This month, our au pair cluster met 3 others for snowtubing at Nashoba Valley. Some au pairs had never experienced snow and were excited to participate. With lots of man-made snow and colder temperatures, the conditions for snowtubing were excellent: the slopes were icy and fast and au pairs flew down the hill! Lots of Read More
Switching to an Au Pair Check out this blog entry in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2012/02/02/switching-to-an-au-pair/?mod=WSJBlog# By John J. Edwards III Everett Collection Will she be as good as Mary Poppins? My wife and I have made a momentous child-care decision: We’re switching from a full-time babysitter to an au pair. In the au pair Read More
This month we had a snowtubing event planned, but due to un-wintery conditions this week, we postponed it to February. On short notice, we had a small gathering two days later at my house. Since the meeting was smaller, we had the chance to talk about a lot of things. Au pairs had the chance Read More
Au Pair in America brings the world together. We bring au pairs from over 60 countries to US families who receive quality child care. Au pairs also share their culture with their host families and people who come in contact with them. We also offer a program called Global Awareness, and it gives au pairs Read More
On Sunday, we celebrated the holidays with other Boston area au pair clusters at the Scout House in Concord. Over 150 au pairs participated in the au pair holiday gala. Counselors supplied holiday music, decorations, main dishes like ham, turkey, lasagna, as well as a holiday punch. Each au pair was asked to bring food Read More
This month, our au pair cluster joined three others and ventured out to Boylston, MA for country linedancing at Bay Path Barn. Au Pairs lined up in a big hall and followed owner Mary Rinker’s dance step instructions. Mary first walked everybody through a dance without the music and then we got to practice with Read More
This week, my au pairs came to my house for a pumpkin carving party. We enjoyed pumpkin puff pastry, pumpkin tortilla roll-ups, devilish eggs, bloody (hot dog) fingers, fall-shaped cookies, apple crisp, Halloween candy and a cider punch. Au pairs had a great time socializing and inspiring each other while carving their pumpkins. This was Read More
Last Sunday, three Boston area au pair clusters met at Carver Hill Orchard in Stow, MA for our annual host family/au pair picnic. Host families and au pairs enjoyed apple cider and cider donuts provided by the counselors and the kids participated in fall themed cookie decorating. Families and au pairs also went apple picking Read More
Each September, Au Pair in America organizes a group tour at Harvard University for its Boston area au pairs. Yesterday, over 60 au pairs participated on a lovely sunny day. We split up into two groups, led by Harvard students. Aside from Harvard’s history, we always learn interesting facts from the tour leaders. Yesterday we Read More
