Yearly Archives: 2015

Au Pair Holiday Brunch

Westport Au Pairs gathered at my house Sunday December 13, 2015 for an international holiday brunch.  Lox and bagels, French Toast casserole, potato pancakes, Thai fried vegetable rice, German potato salad, French crepes with cheese and jam, cinnamon rolls, all sorts of cookies, chocolate cakes and puddings from Germany, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and South Africa were all sampled and shared.  Thank you, ladies, for making it such a delectable and delightful day!  Happy holidays, everyone!

 

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This Week’s Webinars for Au Pairs

The next five Au Pair Webinars will be on:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, AT 9:30 P.M EDT.: HOMESICKNESS: MAKING IT THROUGH
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 AT 8 P.M. EST: TEENAGERS: THE LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 AT 9:00 P.M. EST: NO TIME FOR BOREDOM: ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH PRESCHOOLERS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 9:00 P.M. EST: VISITORS FROM HOME? MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU, YOUR HOST FAMILY & YOUR GUESTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT 9:30 P.M. EST: TANTRUMS: HELPING YOUR OUT OF CONTROL CHILD
Au Pairs will get a certificate if they attend the entire webinar.
If you attend 6 Au Pair Webinars between Oct. 1 and December 31, your name will be entered into a raffle to win a $250 Amazon Gift card. Here are the details:
Au pairs must register for and attend 6 Au Pair in America webinars held during the specified time frame of October 1, 2015 through December 15, 2015. Au pairs must be in attendance during the entire length of each webinar. Au pairs that leave the webinar before it is complete, will not receive credit for attending that particular webinar. Once an Au Pair completes her 6th webinar, her name will be entered into a raffle drawing, with the winner being awarded a $250 gift card from Amazon.com.
You can register at http://www.aupairinamerica.com/webinars

Looking for Some Holiday Gift Ideas?

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Pumpkin Carving 2015

Au Pairs from Westport, Weston and Wilton met at Compo Beach October 20th for a multi-IMG_1635 IMG_1636 IMG_1637 IMG_1638 IMG_1639 cluster pumpkin carving event.  It was the first time the Au Pairs had ever carved a pumpkin and they did a beautiful job!

Host Family Workshop and Au Pair Get Together

Westport Au Pair In America Host Families and Au Pairs gathered together at Compo Beach Sunday September 20th to meet each other, make some new friends and learn from one another.  It was a great way to end the summer and begin the new school year!IMG_1623 IMG_1625 IMG_1627 IMG_1628 IMG_1629 IMG_1630 IMG_1631 IMG_1632 IMG_1633

Westport Mini Maker Faire 2015

Young and old alike had fun making origami puppets at this year’s Mini Maker Faire, a town event that celebrates imagination, creativity, science, math and crafts.  Westport Au Pairs volunteered to help fair goers make dog, cat or fox puppets, distributed Mother’s Day cards for children to color and had fun testing the older children’s knowledge of countries and  capitals.  IMG_1600 IMG_1603 IMG_1606 IMG_1610 IMG_1601 IMG_1604 IMG_1607 IMG_1602 IMG_1605 IMG_1608

Touch a Truck 2015

Westport Au Pairs braved the cold and snowy weather Saturday March 28th to help the Westport-Weston Co Op Nursery School in their annual fundraiser Touch a Truck. Children had an opportunity to explore all sorts of trucks, ride a train, and blow cab whistles and horns, while Au Pairs face painted, applied tattoos and gave the children crayons and place mats to color.  It was brutally cold but everyone endured and hopefully the kids had fun!IMG_1592 IMG_1594 IMG_1597 IMG_1598

Multi Cluster Tax Meeting

Au Pairs from Westport, Weston and Wilton gathered at the Weston Field Club Wednesday March 11th to get help filing their taxes and to meet, greet and socialize with each other.  IMG_1587 IMG_1588 IMG_1589 IMG_1590 IMG_1591

Valentine’s Day Idioms

Here is a Valentine’s Day mini language lesson of American  heart idioms.  Which ones exist/don’t exist in your native language?.

List of “heart” idioms with definitions:

to have a heart of gold – to care about other people
to have a big heart – to be giving, caring
to be cold-hearted -lacking in sympathy
to wear your heart on your sleeve- to let everyone know how you feel about someone
to cross your heart and hope to die -to promise
to cry your heart out – to cry a lot and feel really bad about something
to eat your heart out – to be jealous of someone
from the bottom of your heart – to really mean something
to have a change of heart -to change your mind
to have a heart – to be compassionate, to care about other people
to have your heart in your mouth- to be scared or nervous
to have your heart set on something – to really want something
to set your heart at rest – stop worrying about something
to be soft hearted – to be sympathetic
to take something to heart- to have your feelings hurt by something someone else says or does

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!  Have fun making cards for friends and family!