{"id":219,"date":"2011-02-11T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=219"},"modified":"2011-02-11T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T15:03:53","slug":"valentine-fun-at-february-au-pair-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/02\/11\/valentine-fun-at-february-au-pair-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine fun at February au pair meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Valentine%20Meeting%202011\/048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Valentine%20Meeting%202011\/054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day may not be celebrated in countries that my au pairs come from.\u00a0 However, they are part of an American family now and sharing American customs provides an important cultural learning experience for them. \u00a0 At our Valentine meeting it was all about hearts: eating heart-shaped cake, cookies, pancakes and candy and making heart necklaces. \u00a0 We had so much fun together and au pairs shared their experiences with and feelings about Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>We also said good-bye to Pearly from Thailand who has been an outstanding au pair with her current host family in Belmont for the last two years.\u00a0 She leaves having gained another family and many valued friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Valentine%20Meeting%202011\/049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more picture of our February meeting please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Valentine%20Meeting%202011\/\">Valentine Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day may not be celebrated in countries that my au pairs come from.\u00a0 However, they are part of an American family now and sharing American customs provides an important cultural learning experience for them. \u00a0 At our Valentine meeting it was all about hearts: eating heart-shaped cake, cookies, pancakes and candy and making heart  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/02\/11\/valentine-fun-at-february-au-pair-meeting\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[21,26,32,42,226,71,111,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pairs","tag-boston","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-cultural-learning-experience","tag-host-family","tag-valentine","tag-valentines","tag-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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