The place to find out about Au Pair in America in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Prince George's Co. and Southern Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
Au Pair in America is the nation's first legal au pair program. Since 1986, we have provided the best child care opportunities to host families across the U.S. and au pairs from around the world.
I was excited to take part in a very special celebration yesterday at the U.S. State Department. It was a reception honoring the 25th anniversary of the legal au pair program in the U.S. and Au Pair in America, the first au pair agency. In 1986, The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) received designation Read More
Five Things That Surprised Me Most in the US Everybody is so friendly. I think Americans are really friendly, when you go to a restaurant waiters and waitresses are super nice, calling you “sweetie” and coming during dinner making sure everything is ok; You can’t walk in a shop without having multiple help from the Read More
On Sunday, along with two neighboring clusters, we tried out Monster Mini Golf in Jessup, MD. Here are a few pictures courtesy of Tina & Teresa. http://gi90.photobucket.com/groups/k241/HRK5K1A3T2/monster4-1.jpg Read More
On Saturday, May 21, we held our Annual Au Pair Awards Brunch cluster meeting. Each au pair in attendance received an award from her host family. Teresa from Germany, currently an au pair for a host family in Silver Spring received the Cluster Au Pair of the Year Award. I am working on uploading pictures of Read More
Host parents, this is a good time to make sure that the car your au pair drives is in good operating condition and up to date on routine maintenance. See these previous posts on car related issues: What to Keep in the Glove Box Car Safety Kit Car Accident Emergency Read More
Wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to all the host moms in our cluster. Read More
Cinco de mayo commemorates the May 5, 1862 Battle of Puebla (Batalla de Puebla) in which Mexican troops defeated Napoleon’s French forces. A common misconception is that this holiday is the Mexican equivalent to the U.S. 4th of July/Independence Day holiday. That is not the case. Cinco de mayo is not a major holiday in Read More
One of our au pairs (Ingrid from Germany) was lucky enough to go to the White House Easter Egg Roll with her host family. I asked her to share some photos and her impressions about the experience. Here is what Ingrid had to say about it: First of all, I was so glad that my host Read More
In the April kids activity kits, I included peat pots, potting soil and sunflower seeds. At the last coffee meeting, I received many reports of how well the sunflowers were growing and how excited the kids were to watch them grow. Tina was kind enough to send me some pictures she has taken to document Read More
From the Baskin Robbins website: On Wednesday, April 27th, 2011, Baskin-Robbins stores across the country will hold 31 Cent Scoop Night from 5-10 pm to honor America’s firefighters. Baskin-Robbins will reduce prices of small ice cream scoops to 31 cents* and create an opportunity for customers to donate to local Read More
