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Au Pair Appreciation

Au Pair Appreciation: A positive spirit, no matter what

by cv harquail May 7, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Ms. April is our fifth aupair, and third angel. I liked the experiences that were listed on her application and called her. We had a good conversation, but she didn’t think she could travel as quickly as we needed. When she had a chance [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Special sensitivity

by cv harquail May 7, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom My daughters were born in China, and spent 12 and 32 months in an orphanage and in foster care. Ms. Dikun is a certified teacher in China, and we were incredibly blessed to have her join our family for a year. She was our [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Setting a high standard

by cv harquail May 6, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Johanna was our first aupair, and set a really high standard for what we would hope for from the aupairs that would follow. She showed incredible judgment in choosing which aupairs to spend time with, and often chose to stick close to our family. [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Help some host families strengthen their au pair relationships

by cv harquail May 5, 2009

As International APAW continues, you might be looking for another quick, easy and helpful way to show not only that you appreciate your au pair, but also that you appreciate the challenges and the responsibility of being a great host family. So here’s another suggestion for appreciating au pairs and host families that is easy [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: A collage of love

by cv harquail May 4, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom After being with us for only 2 months, our AP made us a beautiful collage for Christmas of photos that she had taken of the children and our dogs. It was so thoughtful and we were absolutely thrilled! It now hangs on our bulletin [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: St. Lucia

by cv harquail May 3, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Our last AP was from Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother sent her 3 Swedish white ‘nightgown’ style dresses, electric "crowns" and bulbs so that she could celebrate St. Lucia Day for our benefit in December 2008. She baked sweet rolls flavored with saffron, taught our [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Support and kindness from the Au Pair across the street

by cv harquail May 3, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Unfortunately, with three transitions under our belt in a little over a year, our family has not had the best experience with the Au Pair program. Many people have asked us why we don’t just throw in the towel and put our kids in [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Showing our sons the way

by cv harquail May 2, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Family Our Swedish, male, au pair is a wonderful addition to our family. We wanted a young man from the start. Our very active 9-year-old twins need to have a high-energy au pair who can manage and channel their energy into positive activities. Daniel is [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: How many ways can you say…

by cv harquail May 2, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom How many ways have you learned to say "I don’t know"? This is one of my favorite responses to children who are looking for their misplaced belongings or asking a question to which they know there is no real answer. One of the benefits [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: The smiles say it all ….

by cv harquail May 2, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Family We love our Au Pair!

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