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Summer Photo Contest

I asked au pairs in our cluster to share some photos from their summer travels. Please vote for your favorite by clicking HERE.  The winning au pair will receive a free ticket to the Maryland Renaissance Festival for our upcoming cluster meeting.

Vote as many times as you would like and share the link to this page with your friends via email, Facebook, Twitter and where ever else you can think of.  Voting will end on Thursday, September 23 at 12 noon.

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Please vote for your favorite by clicking HERE

Photo/Video Contest Winner is…

#5 – Sandra from Spain

The Winning Photo

The Winning Photo

Over 6,000 votes were cast in this Photo/Video Contest!  I want to thank everyone who submitted photos and all of those who voted.

Sandra has won a free ticket for our ski trip coming up on March 7.

I am putting together a video from all the photos and videos taken at the cultural fair. Look for that to be posted later in the week.

Cultural Fair Photo/Video Contest

Below you will see some of the photos and videos taken by au pairs who participated in our Cultural Fair on 1/23/10.  Please view all the photos and video and vote for the one that you think best represents our motto, “We Bring the World Together.” You vote by clicking THIS LINK and selecting your choice.  Voting ends on February 8 at 9 am EST.

You may vote as many times as you would like and share it with friends via email, Facebook, etc. to get lots of votes.  Good luck!

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Holiday Cluster Meeting Photo Contest

We had a wonderful time at the Gaylord Hotel at National Harbor.  Below are some photos taken by au pairs in our cluster at the hotel and ICE!  Please take a look at the photos and vote for your favorite.  Voting is super easy, just click on your favorite photo, select it’s number from the list and submit.

Vote early, vote often and send your friends this link to get more votes.  Winner will be announced on December 21.

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International Festival Was Wonderful!

We had a wonderful time at the 2009 City of Bowie International Festival.  We were in our usual location right on the water and despite the forecast calling for rain, it turned out to be a perfect day for an outdoor festival.   This is our 4th year signing on to provide free children’s activities.  The initial estimates were that we had 800-900 children participating this year!

I think the festival gets better and better every year.  We were fortunate to be near enough to the stage to see and hear some of the performances.   They were amazing.

This year we had au pairs participating representing, Costa Rica, China, Germany, South Africa and Thailand.

Here are some photos…

Kattia from Costa Rica & Lizzie from Germany taking a break to pose for a photo

Kattia from Costa Rica & Lizzie from Germany taking a break to pose for a photo

Little from Thailand showing the children how to write their name in Thai.

Little from Thailand showing the children how to write their name in Thai.

Ayanda from South Africa playing a map and geography game with a child.

Ayanda from South Africa playing a map and geography game with a child.

Kattia from Costa Rica helping the children color some mariposas (butterflies)

Kattia from Costa Rica helping the children color some mariposas (butterflies)

Kattia & Lizzie having fun with with the children.

Kattia & Lizzie having fun with with the children.

Lily from China and Laya from Thailand

Lily from China and Laya from Thailand

Lebo from South Africa helping the children color butterflies & Lizzie from Germany playing a map and flag game.

Lebo from South Africa helping the children color butterflies & Lizzie from Germany playing a map and flag game.

Here are all of my International Festival Super Stars who gave their time on a Saturday afternoon to share their culture with children and help us fulfill our motto, “We Bring the World Together.”

Ayanda from South Africa

Ayanda from South Africa

Little from Thailand

Little from Thailand

Kattia from Costa Rica

Kattia from Costa Rica

Lily from China

Lily from China

Lizzie from Germany

Lizzie from Germany

Laya & Kate from Thailand

Laya & Kate from Thailand

Lebo from South Africa

Lebo from South Africa

Michaela from Germany

Michaela from Germany

Verona from South Africa

Verona from South Africa

Here is one more photo of Little in her beautiful traditional Thai dress.

Little in her Thai dress

Little in her Thai dress