Tag Archives: AuPair in America

Sky zone trampolining for our February cluster meeting

February 24, 2014 – 7:44 am

We had a wonderful fun time to jump one hour in this indoor place together.

Our monthly cluster meetings are a great support for aupairs to socialize and to make friends. We could welcome three new aupairs in our cluster: Gaelle from France, Lisa from Austria and Liv from Germany.

Gaelle from France who resides in Milton

Jessy W from Germany, Lisa from Austria, Ramona and Anna from Germany

Rebecca, Liv, Anna, Ramona and Jessy from Germany with Lea from France

Gianin from Germany received her education satisfaction certificate after being done with all her required 12 credits during her year as an Educare aupair

Jessy also reached her required 6 credits in the aupair standart program and is now able to apply for her extension time here with her current hostfamily in Brookline

Kate from Slovakia also received her education satisfaction certificate and started her second year as an aupair already with her hostfamily in Chestnut Hill

Hannah with her friend from the Cambridge cluster, both from Malaysia having fun to jump together.

For more pictures please go to Sky Zone February Cluster meeting 2014.

Great Halloween pumpkins in Boston

November 1, 2013 – 8:15 am

Dear aupair,

Please send me your carved pumpkin pictures. I would like to start a Boston cluster competition today for the most original pumpkin carving. Winner will be announced at the cluster meeting on Sunday.Deadline to send it in will be Saturday, Nov 2.

1’st prize: I Love Boston T-Shirt

Halloween B Pumpkin - Copy

Happy Halloween Stay safe in our famous town where the Red Sox won the World Championship 2013

October 31, 2013 – 7:58 am

Gianin and Jessica H from Germany getting ready for Halloween

Going trick-or-treating?

Below are tips to help make the festivities fun and safe for trick-or-treaters

	Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be short, soft, and flexible.
	Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult.
	Fasten reflective tape to costumes and bags to help drivers see you.
	Examine all treats for choking hazards and tampering before eating them. Limit the amount of treats you eat.

	Hold a flashlight while trick-or-treating to help you see and others see you. Always WALK and don’t run from house to house.
	Always test make-up in a small area first. Remove it before bedtime to prevent possible skin and eye irritation.
	Look both ways before crossing the street. Use established crosswalks wherever possible.
	Lower your risk for serious eye injury by not wearing decorative contact lenses.
	Only walk on sidewalks whenever possible, or on the far edge of the road facing traffic to stay safe.
	Wear well-fitting masks, costumes, and shoes to avoid blocked vision, trips, and falls.
	Eat only factory-wrapped treats. Avoid eating homemade treats made by strangers.
	Enter homes only if you’re with a trusted adult.
	Never walk near lit candles or luminaries. Be sure to wear flame-resistant costumes.

Au Pair In America Regional Host Family Event at the Foxboro stadium

May 23, 2013 – 1:41 pm

Northwest MLS NE Revolution 48"x60" Tapestry Throw

On Sunday, June 2, Au Pair in America will host a Tailgate Party/Soccer Game Event at Gillette Stadium*, One Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA. Host families and au pairs throughout the entire New England region will be participating in the event.

2:00 p.m. Tailgate Party (Free)
Refreshments will be served, and there will be games, prizes, raffles, and fun surprises!

4:00 p.m. Soccer Game – New England Revolutions vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
(Tickets to the game are $17 and should be purchased by 5/28/13)

Host Families and/or Au Pairs who would like to attend can reserve tickets by sending a check for $17 for each ticket to:

Leeann Keady
8 Haven Road
Medfield MA 02052

Please reserve by 5/28/13 and be sure to include your name and email address to your check or money order.

*Gillette Stadium is the home stadium for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution soccer team. Located in Foxboro, Massachusetts, the facility opened in 2002, replacing Foxboro Stadium. The seating capacity is 68,756, including 6,000 club seats and 87 luxury suites. The stadium is owned and operated by American businessman Robert Kraft, who also owns the Patriots and Revolution.

Direction to the Foxboro stadium and some more info about the stadium.

Father’s Day is coming up on June 16

May 21, 2013 – 8:20 am

Craft ideas to help kids create something nice for Father’s Day:

http://pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/father-s-day/

Crafty Texas Girls: Crafty How To: Fathers Day Photo

April Cluster meeting in the Blue Hills

April 7, 2013 – 5:17 pm

We met today in the Blue Hills in Milton to hike together up to an outlook to enjoy the view over the Boston skyline. Up on the hill we had a picnic together and talked about the outdoors and about plants who are not familiar to many aupairs who come from places where they don’t exist: Poison Ivy. Since none of them has leaves yet, they are hard to find but it’s best to know about them before the leaves are out. I guess everybody is now aware of the “leaves of three, let them be” in order to avoid rashes on themself and the children.

We celebrated the award of the snowman contest which we had after our Nemo blizzard: Lynn from Germany won the first prize and got a T-shirt : I Love Boston

P1080879 - Copy We also celebrated Jia ‘s award she got from AIFS for her volunteering at a Boston food pantry. She won the 2’nd prize in this national volunteering award competition.

P1080892 - Copy Jia talked to the whole group about her experience with volunteering and encourage them to do this too since it is so rewarding for her.

P1080885 - Copy Two new aupairs arrived last week in our cluster: Veronica from Colombia and Anja from Germany. Both of them were able to attend our meeting already and had a great chance to get in contact with many other aupairs on our hike.

Andrea and Ivonne from Mexico ,Kristine and Kim from Germany, Ceci from another cluster and Veronica from Colombia who just arrived in the US last week.

Anja from Germany who just arrived and Anika who will go home to Germany soon after being an aupair in the USA for one year.

Jennifer from Germany who just arrived in our cluster with a friend from Newton

Marie from France and Isabella from Germany who both arrived just a month ago.

More pictures of our cluster event at Hike in the Blue Hills 2013.

Community Service award winner in our cluster: Jia Gao from China

March 25, 2013 – 2:30 pm

I can proudly announce that we have Jia Gao (Gloria) from China in our cluster who won the 2’nd prize at our nationwide community service competition. She volunteers in her free time in a food pantry to serve food to the people who live in her area and helps the food pantry with her computer skills as well.

Today we celebrated this together with some aupairs who could join our coffee meeting this morning. Lynn, Jana and Linda were present when Jia got her award.

Au Pair Snowman contest for our Boston cluster

February 11, 2013 – 5:28 pm

Here they are the nominated snowmen: I will announce the winner soon. Remember when you vote that it is about creativity include AIFS if possible…….

Lynn from Germany with her snow woman, what a sculpture 🙂

Judith G from Germany with her defeated snowman

Judith G and Birgit from Germany with their defeated snowman who has a lot of details from Au Pair in Americal. Birgit took the picture of course.

Sheri from Germany did this snowman in Boston downtown with a splendid background

And the winner is…………..

Valentine’s Day cluster meeting

February 10, 2013 – 10:03 pm

At our Valentine’s Day cluster meeting we welcomed a new aupair: Mari from Panama who just arrived 2 weeks ago in Sharon.

Mari from Panama

We also had three aupairs to whom she we had to say good bye: Dany from Ecuador who is going to move with her hostfamily to MD, Megan from South Africa who will go back home as well as Hellen from Germany after two years of being an aupair with Au Pair in America.

They shared they experience as aupairs with us assured us that they will miss their lives in the US very much.

Kim from Germany, Lu from Brazil, Lovisa from Sweden and Dany from Ecuador

These four aupairs got a certificate for their completion of their education part during their aupair year. Every aupair needs to get 6 credits as a standart aupair or extraordinaire aupair of 12 credits as educare aupair while they stay in the aupair program. This government regulation gives aupairs the opportunity to experience college live in the US.