{"id":203,"date":"2010-10-20T21:50:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T01:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/?p=87"},"modified":"2010-10-20T21:50:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T01:50:55","slug":"halloween-cluster-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/2010\/10\/20\/halloween-cluster-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Cluster Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/10\/PA1703641-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"VVA Cluster with our Jack O'Lanterns\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/10\/PA1703641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/10\/PA1703641-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/10\/PA1703641.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We have lots of hidden talent in the cluster:  Carving Jack O&#8217;Lanterns!  On Sunday, October 17, we gathered to learn more about this uniquely American holiday:  Halloween.  Every au pair brought their own pumpkin and we had a chance to carve them into Jack O&#8217;Lanterns.  It was a messy business, but luckily nobody got hurt and we all had fun!  We also reviewed the American Red Cross &#8220;Lucky 13 Halloween Safety Tips&#8221; so that the VVA au pairs are ready to share a safe holiday with their host families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have lots of hidden talent in the cluster: Carving Jack O&#8217;Lanterns! On Sunday, October 17, we gathered to learn more about this uniquely American holiday: Halloween. Every au pair brought their own pumpkin and we had a chance to carve them into Jack O&#8217;Lanterns. It was a messy business, but luckily nobody got hurt  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/2010\/10\/20\/halloween-cluster-meeting\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-fun-things-we-do","category-host-family-tips","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Halloween Cluster Meeting - Gina&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vva\/2010\/10\/20\/halloween-cluster-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Halloween Cluster Meeting - Gina&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have lots of hidden talent in the cluster: Carving Jack O&#8217;Lanterns! 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