Au Pairs and some host children had fun ice skating indoors at the Sports Center of Connecticut Sunday January 10, 2016
Category Archives: Fun Things We Do
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!
Pumpkin Carving 2015
Au Pairs from Westport, Weston and Wilton met at Compo Beach October 20th for a multi-
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!
Multi Cluster Miniature Golf 2015
Au Pairs throughout Fairfield County celebrated the end of the summer with a fun evening of miniature golf at Norwalk Cove Marina:
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. 
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!
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. 
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!
Tour of the Westport Historical Society’s Wheeler House
Au Pairs from Westport, Weston and Wilton gathered Friday February 6th at the Westport Historical Society to see their new exhibit “Saugatuck at Work”, We even got to meet the ghost of the sea captain in the famous mural. Afterwards we toured the Wheeler House, which was built in 1795 and decorated in the Victorian era. The Westport Historical Soceity is Westport’s only museum. They offer many interactive programs for children and adults. 
