{"id":500,"date":"2015-10-18T19:01:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=500"},"modified":"2015-10-18T19:02:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T19:02:11","slug":"annual-host-family-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2015\/10\/18\/annual-host-family-picnic\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Host Family Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Picnic%202015\/IMG_6882_zpsy3hfosr5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On a beautiful Saturday in September, host families from my cluster and three other clusters met for our annual host family picnic at Honeypot Hill Orchard in Stow, MA.\u00a0\u00a0 Counselors provided apple cider, water, and apple cider donuts.\u00a0 Children had a chance to decorate cookies and participate in craft activities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Picnic%202015\/12029148_1688632964691637_1374928208_n_zps3cidbfpp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Picnic%202015\/IMG_6880_zpsne3fm8bz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This meeting satisfies the State Department requirement to offer an annual host family workshop.\u00a0 Families had a chance to connect with each other and look at handouts related to being a host family, provided by counselors.\u00a0 This event also provided a cultural experience for our au pairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Picnic%202015\/IMG_6915_zpsexbbmtjm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Host%20Family%20Picnic%202015\/IMG_6889_zpsnhwmw4z5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"198\" \/>For more photos, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/user\/bettinavelona\/library\/Host%20Family%20Picnic%202015?sort=3&amp;page=1\">host family picnic 2015<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a beautiful Saturday in September, host families from my cluster and three other clusters met for our annual host family picnic at Honeypot Hill Orchard in Stow, MA.\u00a0\u00a0 Counselors provided apple cider, water, and apple cider donuts.\u00a0 Children had a chance to decorate cookies and participate in craft activities. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2015\/10\/18\/annual-host-family-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],"tags":[15,16,21,26,32,227,111,113,114,140],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-apple-orchard","tag-apple-picking","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pairs","tag-honeypot-hill-orchard","tag-host-family","tag-host-family-picnic","tag-host-family-workshop","tag-massachusetts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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