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Au Pair Appreciation: A collage of love

by cv harquail May 4, 2009
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Family We love our Au Pair!

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Au Pair Appreciation: M., we love you!

by cv harquail May 1, 2009
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International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Is this a picture of a mom with her kids? No, this is our au pair M. from Brazil with my kids! Most people in our friendly town where she strolled with kids everywhere have mistaken her for the mommy, and complimented her on […]

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Au Pair Appreciation: All this, and a friend too

by cv harquail May 1, 2009
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International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom I am the very proud mother of three children, ages 10, 9 and 2. My older two were adopted three years ago from Torosovo, Russia. They came from a background of extreme poverty, abuse and neglect, and as older adopted children, the transition to […]

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Reminder: Au Pair Appreciation Week… send in your appreciation!

by cv harquail April 29, 2009
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Moms and Dads — Only 3 days 1 day to go until the start of Au Pair Appreciation Week! I’m really excited about it, except for one thing: So far, I haven’t received *any* I have received ONLY 3 stories, sentences or photos to post during the week. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

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Announcing…. International Au Pair Appreciation Week!

by cv harquail April 18, 2009
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International Au Pair Appreciation Week May 1 – 9, 2009! Au Pair Appreciation Week is our chance as host moms and dads to celebrate what we enjoy the most about having au pairs in our family lives. Although moms and dads who ask for advice here on AuPairMom are occasionally accused of being grumpy, demanding, […]

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