This month is Halloween month, so I decided to invite my au pairs for pumpkin carving. Au pairs were very creative in making designs for their pumpkins and had a good time together.
We also enjoyed yummy Halloween food:
For more photos, go to Halloween 2016
In October, we got together at my house for some pumpkin carving and Halloween treats. It is a nice cultural experience as Halloween is not celebrated in all countries. Some au pairs had fun fun dressing up. We had a chance to welcome Soraya to our cluster and say good-bye to Bee and Asia who are going home in November.
For more photos go to October 2014
Ah, what a nice day we had on Sunday to be outside for pumpkin carving! As you can see above, my au pairs were very creative in carving patterns into their pumpkins. While they carved, they happily chatted about their lives and seemed to enjoy each other’s company.
Most au pairs know about Halloween but do not celebrate it in their countries. They are usually very excited to experience this American holiday and at Au Pair in America we promote this kind of cultural exchange. On Sunday they got the Halloween treatment which included a noise-sensitive howling ghost, bats, spiders, snakes, cockroaches as well as food offerings that might creep the faint at heart out: a witches brew that contained a bloody hand, bloody (hot dog) fingers, crawling cracker/pretzel stick critters, chicken eyeballs, bat wings, as well as Halloween cut out cookies and a creepy critter cake.
We said good-bye to Adisah and Emma who are leaving us in November. They received their education certificate, a small good-bye gift and an acknowledgement for their achievements. They shared their experience with and gave advice to the other au pairs. We welcomed Juliette, Alice, and Natalie whose first meeting this was.
For more photos of our meeting please visit Pumpkin Carving.
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 a very creative group of au 
pairs, as you can see from the pumpkin line-up:
At the meeting, the new au pairs had a chance to be welcomed by the others and make connections. We also said good-bye to Siu from Malaysia who ends her extension year next month. She was able to share her experience with some of the newer au pairs.
Au pairs had great conversations around the table about their au pair experience and about the existence or non-existence of Halloween in their country.
For more photos from this meeting, please go to Pumpkin Carving.
