Tag Archives: Boston

Congratulations to the Red Sox for winning the World Series in our hometown Boston

Proud to live in this amazing city of Boston

Proud to live in this amazing city of Boston

Boston Strong for the Red Sox tonight at Fenway Park

Boston Strong for the Red Sox tonight at Fenway Park

With au pairs from all over the world, I thought this would be the perfect time to talk about something that is very exciting to the American culture and not very popular in other areas of the world:  BASEBALL, which is also called the “National Pastime” of the United States because it is so popular. There are thirty teams spread across the country, and many people have their own favorite “home team.” http://aupairinamerica.com/resources/life_in_the_us/baseball.asp

So, will the Red Sox make it again?  We shall see, but I sure hope so!    Go Red Sox tonight !!!!!

Petra from Croatia with our ducklings in the Boston Garden who are in the spirit of the World series

Petra from Croatia with our ducklings in the Boston Garden who are in the spirit of the World series

Cultural Fair at the Children’s Museum

IMG_0864May 1st was a day of cultural education and fun, sponsored by Au Pair in America at the Boston Children’s Museum. Over the course of the afternoon, hundreds of enthusiastic children and parents toured the exhibition, received earth and skin friendly tattoos, had their faces painted with country flags, and chatted with au pairs representing countries from around the world.

The Au Pair in America Cultural Fair was truly a multi-modal event.
Traditional dance in authentic costume highlighted the presentation by Thailand while the German au pairs entertained visitors with traditional German spring egg craft and painting.  South African au pairs proudly painted their country’s flag on little and big smiling faces alike, while a  colorful and tempting piñata dangled overt the Mexico booth.  Au pairs from many other countries served as international teachers of the culture and beauty of their homelands as well.  Photos of this great event are available on our cluster photos link below.

Cultural Fair Pictures  and Heike’s pics 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day – St. Patrick is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland.  St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in the US since 1737.  Traditional icons of the day are the shamrock, leprechaun, the color green and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In Chicago, they city celebrates with a parade and the Chicago River is dyed green!shamrock

Boston celebrates with a parade on Sunday, March 20 . Go to Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade.