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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.

Meeting at the Vapiano restaurant in Boston downtown

May 23, 2013 – 12:55 pm

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.

Theresa, Anita, Katja, Isabell and Kristina. All from Germany received their certificate last night

Monike from Brazil also received her certificate for fullfilling the requirements of the aupair education program

Judith G from Germany received today her price for winning the third place in the snowman contest.

Enjoying to share information and experiences is part of our cluster meetings

For all pictures please go to : Aupair Italian night at the Vapiano restaurant

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

Coffee meeting for aupairs today

April 12, 2013 – 3:22 pm

Today we met at Athan’s bakery in Brookline to talk about extension and aupair taxes. We had a great time to get to know a new aupair Aurelie from France who just arrived in Brookline yesterday. What a wonderful chance for her to find friends right away who live close to her.

Amy from South Africa, Aurelie from France and Dennisse from Mexico

We also could celebrate the third place of our snowman contest here today. Amy did a great job with her snowman with the Au Pair in America baseball cap. She got a ” I love Boston T-shirt” for her effort.

Amy with the picture of an excellent snowman build after the last snowstorm

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Another aupair got her certificate of completion of her education part of the aupair program:

Caroline from Sweden got all her 6 credits which is the requirement to have during the one year as an aupair in the US.

Left to right:Tamy from Germany, Dennisse from Mexico, Amy from South Africa, Aurelie from France and Caroline from Sweden.

Happy International Women’s Day

March 8, 2013 – 9:01 am

Holiday Party with the Boston Cluster

December 8, 2012 – 11:24 am

This year we celebrated with our Boston cluster together the upcoming Holidays at our December cluster meeting at the counselors home.

We enjoyed a potluck dinner where each aupair brought a prepared home made dish of their home country to share with us. This was a very special international buffet and we all had a blast to try so many delicious dishes and desserts.

To experience a typical American tradition we did a gift exchange : Yankee swap

For our agenda of the meeting we had “Help Children Cope with Stress: Tips for the Holiday Season” and “Ideas for Christmas and Chanukah Activities with Kids”.

Anita from Germany who is already in her second year as an aupair in Boston

Franzi, Linda and Lara from Germany

Jessica, Jacki and Amy from South Africa

Laura, Katja, Judith, Kristina, Kim, Birgit and Anika from Germany

Soy, Nat, Por and a friend of Medford all from Thailand except me on the left

Soy, Nat, Por and a friend aupair of Medford. All from Thailand except me on the left

Nina from Austria, Anita from Germany and Erika from Brazil. Erika just finished her extension time and will fly back to Brazil next week.

Beatriz from Brazil who just arrived in the US to start her year as an aupair

Violetta from Germany, Maria from Mexico, Dany from Ecuador and Ari from Spain. Violetta and Maria just arrived a few days ago in the USA

Violetta from Germany, Maria from Spain, Dany from Ecuador and Ari from Spain. Violetta and Maria just arrived a few days ago in the USA

Me with Franzi and Isa from Germany who became best buddies

Victoria , Lovisa and Caroline from Sweden who also became best buddies

Michelle from Germany and Korina from Croatia

Vanessa and Dennisse from Mexico. Dennisse just started her second year in Boston

Vanessa from Brazil and Dennisse from Mexico. Dennisse just started her second year in Boston

Beatriz and Erika from Brazil. Both aupairs are in the same hostfamily. Erika who will fly home next week helped Beatriz to adjust to her new host family.

Such a colorful dessert table

Gift exchange: Yankee swap

Our Christmas tree

Singing carols together: Jingle bells....

Small gift from the counselor for the aupairs : Advent calendar

Dennisse from Mexico, Beatriz and Erika from Brazil with Vanessa from Mexico

Dennisse from Mexico, Beatriz, Erika and Vanessa from Brazil

All pictures to view are at Holiday Party 2012 .

Harvard football vs. Columbia

November 4, 2012 – 3:39 pm

Our aupairs had the opportunity to watch a college football game this Saturday: Harvard vs. Columbia. They had a blast and the weather couldn’t be more perfect this weekend.

Magda from Colombia with Mariana and Ivonne from Mexico

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We offer our aupairs optional regional events every month for the greater Boston area to have the opportunity to experience traditional events for our New England area. Despite this we also meet in our cluster ones a month to share experiences and share news and discuss childcare topics.

October Cluster meeting: Zumba class

October 22, 2012 – 4:35 pm

For our October cluster meeting we enjoyed a free Zumba class at the Healthwork gym in Chestnut Hill. Liza Elmstrom a former aupair from Sweden some years ago who is now a fitness trainer at the Healthwork gym introduced our cluster group to a fun class with great music.

From left: Marine from France, Corina from Croatia and Lisa from Germany

The whole cluster had fun to dance the Latin rhythm together. Front: Linda from Germany

After one hour of dancing Zumba

A wonderful way to get connected and have fun together. We welcomed our new aupair Corina from Croatia who just arrived to our Boston cluster in October.

Left in pink: Fitness trainer Liza Elmstroem of http://www.healthworksfitness.com

For more pictures go to: Zumba at Healthwork

Halloween Safety Tips

September 28, 2012 – 3:58 pm

Halloween can be a lot of fun but it is also a time when safety should come first. Here are some tips we recommend so that everyone can enjoy this time and be safe. With the holiday season fast approaching is a good idea to talk to each other ahead of time about American traditions.

Adult supervision is essential. Always accompany the children if they are going door to door to trick or treat
Try tick-or-treat-friendly homes. Ensure the children only visit houses with lights on.

And, you might also suggest the houses they visit have some sort of Halloween decoration on the porch.

Stay outside. Make sure the children don’t go inside someone’s house. They can trick or treat on the porch.
Remain visible. Dress the children in bright costumes or have them wear reflective strips or carry a glow stick or flashlight.
Quality-check treats. Check the candy before they eat it. Throw out any candy that is not in its original wrapper or looks like it has been tampered with.
Say “no” to strangers. Remind the children to never accept a ride or go anywhere with a stranger.
Have a great time! Finally, make sure your kids have tons of fun and enjoy the night.

September Clustermeeting

September 16, 2012 – 6:27 pm

We had an amazing meeting today at my house with many new aupairs who arrived over the summer and needed to get to know each other.

We had to say good bye to Linda from Germany who will return home in October and who shared her great time here as aupair for one year with us.

In addition we worked on an art project for the International Peace Day which will be on Sept 21. Everybody was pretty busy with the project, chatting, eating and enjoying our sunny New England weather outdoors.