{"id":242,"date":"2011-06-16T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T19:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/06\/16\/the-outing-that-wasnt\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T19:57:32","slug":"the-outing-that-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/06\/16\/the-outing-that-wasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"The outing that wasn&#039;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/June2011\/047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This month I teamed up with two other local counselors and we planned a trip to Concord, MA.\u00a0 The au pairs were going to start canoeing at the South Bridge and make their way to the North Bridge.\u00a0 There, we were going to welcome them with a prepared picnic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate that day and on the next day, which was the rain date.<\/p>\n<p>We made the best of it and I met my group of au pairs for an inside picnic at my house.\u00a0\u00a0 We sat around my table and had good conversations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These meetings are a chance for au pairs to talk about their experience as an au pair and bring up topics to discuss with the group.\u00a0 It is often very helpful for them to hear others talk about an issue that they might experience.<\/p>\n<p>We also got a chance to say good-bye to Nadege who will be going home to France after 2 years.\u00a0\u00a0 We welcomed two new au pairs, Mai and Meilikano to our group.\u00a0\u00a0 I always have the departing au pair say a few words about her experience and suggest sharing anything she finds helpful with the newer au pairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/June2011\/042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/>For more photos please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/June2011\/\">June Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I teamed up with two other local counselors and we planned a trip to Concord, MA.\u00a0 The au pairs were going to start canoeing at the South Bridge and make their way to the North Bridge.\u00a0 There, we were going to welcome them with a prepared picnic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/06\/16\/the-outing-that-wasnt\/\">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":[18,21,26,29,32,225,126,133,140,143],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-arlington","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pair-meeting","tag-au-pairs","tag-child-care","tag-kids","tag-ma","tag-massachusetts","tag-meeting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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