Our snowman contest deadline is tomorrow. Our current snowstorm bringsĀ up more snow every minute and this is your last chance to send me your pictures: Remember that the requirements are that we have you with the snowman on the picture and anything AuPair in America related too…be creative š
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Valentineās Day Activities & Crafts
Valentineās Day is a time of love, friendship, giving, and caring. Americans use Valentineās Day as an opportunity to tell friends and family how much they care.Ā Children usually exchange cards at school.
Are you looking for Valentineās day activity and craft ideas?
Look no furtherā¦Ā Au Pair in America has a Pinterest Pinboard devoted to Valentineās Day:
Coffee meeting in downtown Boston
We met today with a group of aupairs in our cluster to talk about education questions, extension question and to chat. We welcomed Julia from Germany who arrived two days ago in our cluster to start her extension year in Boston as an Educare aupair. SheĀ qualified to extend with getting also all 12 credits during her first year in the Philadelphia area. She will continue her education now at local famous colleges here in Boston š
Veteran’s Day in Boston
More than just another three-day weekend, Veterans Day is a chance to honor and give thanks to all the men and women who have served in our nation’s military. Celebrate Veterans Day with the family by participating in patriotic craft-making, attending a special concert, enjoying free admission to area zoos for veterans, and more.
Veterans Day Family Fun Weekend, USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown. Sat., Nov. 9 – Mon., Nov. 11,10 a.m. – 5 p.m. All ages. With suggested Museum donation: adults, $5; seniors, $3; children, $2. Celebrate and honor our nationās veterans at the USS Constitution Museum by asking yourself, āIs a sailorās life for you?ā Learn about the daily struggles that crew members on board “Old Ironsides” faced during the War of 1812 and how their stories continue to inspire people today. www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
Free admission for veterans, Franklin Park Zoo, One Franklin Park Rd., Dorchester. Sat., Nov. 9 – Mon., Nov. 11, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Free for veterans. Others, regular admission: adults, $17; ages 2-12, $11; seniors $14; under 2, free. Spend the day with gorillas, lions, and zebras. Kids can take a break from hanging out with the animals to jump and climb and slide on the zoo’s elaborate playground. www.zoonewengland.org
Want to take the family to a parade? Here is a map of Veterans Day parades around Greater Boston.
Great song from a German aupair: Just try
If you feelĀ homesick or lonely or just down please listen to this wonderful song that an aupair from Germany wrote :
Pool Party July cluster meeting
For our July cluster meeting we met at my home in Braintree for a Pool party since the weather was sunny and hot.
Our agenda this time was water safety for kids which is an important topic to know during the summer. Every 3 month we are required to have one safety meeting.
We also chatted with new aupair who just arrived this week in the US and said good bye to many who came for their last cluster meeting. Nobody could believe how fast this time ran by. Either just one year or even two if the aupair extended for a second year like Janika from Germany. They all promised to visit again since Boston became their home, they experienced so much, have seen so many places in the US,Ā made so many friends and also became part of their host families daily live.
Going back means also starting over in a new/old culture and that they will experience almost the same culture shock as when they arrived here in the US.
For all pictures please go to Pool Party July Cluster meeting 2013
Outdoor Music & FREE Movie Friday nights in downtown Boston
Rowes Wharf Sea Grille can be found on the water side of the hotel. The cafe hosts a summer movie series called Music & Movie Fridays, and formerly known as Movies by Moonlight. An outdoor screen is set up on the side of the large gazebo. Restaurant patrons and pedestrians can watch a movie and enjoy the ambience of the waterfront.
See schedule for the movies here: Movies by Moonlight 2013
Free Friday movies at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River in Boston this summer
Now a beloved, summertime tradition for New England families, Free Friday Flicks are classic & popular, family-oriented movies shown each Friday night throughout the summer at the DCR Hatch Shell on the Esplanade for FREE!
People of all ages flock to the banks of the Charles River with their own chairs, blankets and picnics to enjoy these Free movies under the stars.
All movies are shown rain or shine at sundown (approximately 8:30pm). But come early to grab your spot on the lawn…and visit the WBZ Tent for lots of free giveaways, food samples and fun interactive games!
2013 Schedule – What’s Playing This Week?
Friday July 12, Sunset (8:21 pm) – Despicable Me
Friday July 19, Sunset (8:16 pm) – Wreck It Ralph
Friday July 26, Sunset (8:10 pm) – Here Comes The Boom
Friday August 2, Sunset (8:02 pm) – Madagascar 3
Friday August 9, Sunset (7:53 pm) – Rise Of The Guardians
Friday August 16, Sunset (7:43 pm) – Jack The Giant Slayer
Friday August 23, Sunset (7:33 pm) – Oz The Great & Powerful
For more information or cancellation due to weather, call the Free Friday Flicks Hotline: 617-787-7200 or visit wbz.com
Meeting at the Vapiano restaurant in Boston downtown
Yesterday we met with many of our cluster at a local downtown restaurant Vapiano for an Italian night together. We had many whose aupair year will come to an end soon in the summer and everybody who has finished all the credits for the education requirement got a certificate to take home. Our Educare aupairs needed to get 12 credits at a college or university and the standart and extraordinaire program requires 6 credits during the first year as an aupair in the US.
For all pictures please go to : Aupair Italian night at the Vapiano restaurant
Boston Marathon
Check out the official web side for info on the Boston Marathon on April 15.
http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/event-information.aspx
Here you can find more general info on the Boston Marathon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon
“Tortoise and Hare”, created by artist Nancy Schƶn and installed on May 19, 1993 by the Friends of Copley Square as a tribute to the runners who have participated in the Boston Marathon.
Who has not seen these creatures in downtown yet?