{"id":216,"date":"2010-06-13T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T19:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/?p=216"},"modified":"2010-06-13T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T19:57:48","slug":"host-familyau-pair-picnic-june-2010-fun-before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/2010\/06\/13\/host-familyau-pair-picnic-june-2010-fun-before-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Host Family\/Au Pair Picnic June 2010 &#8211; Fun before the storm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 30 Host Families and Au Pairs attended the picnic at Great Seneca Park&#8217;s Doe Shelter. It was a hot and sunny day but the shelter provided some shade and we had lots of cool drinks. New Au Pairs made friends, old friends met again and host families and their children shared lunch, delicious desserts and the fun with each other.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2050-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Facepainting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-217\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2047-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Imelda welcomes picnic-goers at registration\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-218\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2055-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying the picnic\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-219\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2056-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lunchtime!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-220\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2064-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A custom balloon sculpture by Bartira\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-221\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2066-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Wearing a heart balloon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-222\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2060-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ieva and Kerry welcome newly-arrived Mary\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-223\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2065-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Adorable triplets enjoy some shade with mom\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-224\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2010\/06\/IMG_2053-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors to Latvian table chat with Kerry\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Au Pairs from Latvia had put together a great table with great posters about their wonderful country and a computerized slide show. Ieva and Kerry both cooked for hours on the morning of the event to prepare Latvian food that everyone could try: soup, cake, etc. DELICIOUS! Thank you! We now have 2 Latvian au pairs with Alisa to arrive in July and Zane in August.<\/p>\n<p>Children played on the playground, enjoyed face painting done by Imelda&#8217;s daughter and friend, participated in a raffle of Au Pair items, and lined up for balloon sculptures made for each child of an item of request (crown, heart, sword, bunny etc.) by our own Brazilian Au Pair, Bartira Frank. Thank you!!!<\/p>\n<p>Then we all heard the thunder, but a park ranger came by and told us that we had about 15 minutes to pack up the fun as a big storm was on the way. We all hustled and packed up JUST in time!  A big storm did follow, but we had had almost 2 hours of our wonderful picnic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 30 Host Families and Au Pairs attended the picnic at Great Seneca Park&#8217;s Doe Shelter. 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