{"id":2636,"date":"2013-02-17T19:07:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T00:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2013\/02\/17\/february-cluster-meeting\/"},"modified":"2013-02-17T19:07:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T00:07:50","slug":"february-cluster-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2013\/02\/17\/february-cluster-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"February Cluster Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1590\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0384.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0384\" width=\"179\" height=\"269\" \/>Last weekend&#8217;s snow storm pushed our celebration of Chinese New Year a week later, but we enjoyed learning all about it and how to make Chinese Dumplings from Yujue, an au pair from China!\u00a0 She taught us about the Chinese Zodiac, how the new year is celebrated in China.\u00a0 Then she taught us how to make Chinese dumplings, which were delicious.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1595\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0399.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0399\" width=\"107\" height=\"161\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1593\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0395.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0395\" width=\"161\" height=\"107\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1592\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0410.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0410\" width=\"161\" height=\"106\" \/>Cindy Garruba and Nancy Picart combined their clusters at Cindy&#8217;s house for the meeting.\u00a0 Cindy led the group in filling out their tax forms, reviewing some school information for classes au pairs can take, safe driving tips from the DMV, childcare activities for fun on days when you have to stay inside, and then we learned some heart idioms in celebration of Valentine&#8217;s Day. Nancy Picart made a Valentine dessert for everyone, we handed out candy kisses to all the au pairs. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1599\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0402.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0402\" width=\"179\" height=\"269\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1600 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0407.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0407\" width=\"269\" height=\"179\" \/>It was the last cluster meeting for Juliana from Brazil! <\/strong>She will be traveling around the USA for her bonus travel month, then returning to Brazil.\u00a0 Cindy presented her with a certificate, a good bye gift and all the au pairs cheered her accomplishments.\u00a0 Juliana has been an au pair for 2 years!\u00a0 We look forward to hearing more about her trip and her success in years to come!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1591\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0383.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0383\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1601\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/02\/DSCN0411.JPG\" alt=\"DSCN0411\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend&#8217;s snow storm pushed our celebration of Chinese New Year a week later, but we enjoyed learning all about it and how to make Chinese Dumplings from Yujue, an au pair from China!\u00a0 She taught us about the Chinese Zodiac, how the new year is celebrated in China.\u00a0 Then she taught us how to  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2013\/02\/17\/february-cluster-meeting\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,131,132,161,300,301,307,465,466,468,469,523],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair-taxes","tag-chinese-au-pair","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-cultural-childcare-suffolk-county","tag-live-in-childcare-long-island","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-long-island-childcare","tag-suffolk-county-au-pair","tag-suffolk-county-au-pairs","tag-suffolk-county-babysitters","tag-suffolk-county-childcare","tag-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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