{"id":1833,"date":"2016-03-12T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T10:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2014\/03\/12\/whats-best-about-being-an-au-pair\/"},"modified":"2016-01-24T19:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T19:55:29","slug":"whats-best-about-being-an-au-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2016\/03\/12\/whats-best-about-being-an-au-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s best about being an au pair?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/t1.0-9\/1959786_606493129427155_1157136356_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former au pairs were asked, \u201cWhat is your BEST memory from your Au Pair in America year?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some responses are:<\/p>\n<p>My best memory is when I realized that they have 5 dogs at home also!!<\/p>\n<p>My trip to the West Coast!!! I lived in Maryland, so visiting San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon was AWESOME!!! Another thing: all the craziness with my best friends met in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting people from Sweden and South Africa! (I&#8217;m from Canada)<\/p>\n<p>The best memory I have from my Au Pair in America year is when my Host mom and I went skydiving whilst the kids were cheering us up! Amazing moments!<\/p>\n<p>Definitely the amazing friendships made!!<\/p>\n<p>Meeting someone who is as crazy as you are\u00a0and loves to travel with you<\/p>\n<p>My baby&#8217;s first steps &#8211; caught on film for his parents.<\/p>\n<p>My best memory is when I took my host kid around Manhattan, (his first time riding the subway) and we spent the day in Central Park<\/p>\n<p>My best memory is when my two little boys started calling me big sis<\/p>\n<p>I met awesome people and especially my host family<\/p>\n<p>My friends no doubt&#8230; all of them were a very important of my year and we still in touch<\/p>\n<p>Meeting such a great loving family with brilliant children, I loved been there best friend and helping them with each daily task it would recommend being an Au pair to everyone it was an honor to be such an important help in a family:).<\/p>\n<p>All the places I visited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au pair reflections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,28,188,265,279,444],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-fredericksburg","tag-king-george","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-stafford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s best about being an au pair? 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