{"id":253,"date":"2011-10-12T12:43:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=253"},"modified":"2011-10-12T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:43:05","slug":"host-family-and-au-pair-apple-orchard-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/10\/12\/host-family-and-au-pair-apple-orchard-picnic\/","title":{"rendered":"Host Family and Au Pair Apple Orchard Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Au%20Pair%20Picnic%202011\/038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, three Boston area au pair clusters met at Carver Hill Orchard in Stow, MA for our annual host family\/au pair picnic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Host families and au pairs enjoyed apple cider and cider donuts provided by the counselors and the kids participated in fall themed cookie decorating.\u00a0 Families and au pairs also went apple picking and enjoyed a hayride through the orchard.<\/p>\n<p>As per State Department regulation, as an au pair agency, we need to offer our host families an informational host family workshop each year during which host families can also meet each other and get to know the cluster better.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Cultural Fair in April was one of them, and we always like to offer this apple picking venue as well since it offers the cultural experience that is so much part of our au pair program.\u00a0\u00a0 Host families had a choice of informational handouts relating to the host family &#8211; au pair relationship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Au%20Pair%20Picnic%202011\/040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more pictures go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Au%20Pair%20Picnic%202011\/\"> Apple Orchard<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/s1044.photobucket.com\/albums\/b442\/hkriszun\/Apple%20Picking%20October%202011\/\">Apple Orchard1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday, three Boston area au pair clusters met at Carver Hill Orchard in Stow, MA for our annual host family\/au pair picnic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Host families and au pairs enjoyed apple cider and cider donuts provided by the counselors and the kids participated in fall themed cookie decorating.\u00a0 Families and au pairs also went apple picking  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/10\/12\/host-family-and-au-pair-apple-orchard-picnic\/\">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":[15,16,21,26,32,43,54,225,226,79,111,114,140,188,189],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-apple-orchard","tag-apple-picking","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pairs","tag-boston-area","tag-carver-hill-orchard","tag-child-care","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-fall","tag-host-family","tag-host-family-workshop","tag-massachusetts","tag-state-department","tag-state-department-requirement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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