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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Advice wanted: My AuPair prefers the infant, won’t interact with the 6 yr old

by cv harquail April 30, 2009
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I need some advice. Our Aupair pretty much ignores my 6 year old daughter. She takes care of my 7 month old son but hardly interacts with my daughter. Her interaction is limited to telling her what to do [like brush her teeth] and what she should not be doing [no talking since the baby […]

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Extra Umbrellas and Hidden House Keys: The beauty of redundancy

by cv harquail April 30, 2009
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In my household, there are 7 sets of house keys. My husband knows about 4 sets, my au pair knows about 6 sets, and only I know about the 7th set. Similarly, we have: at least one umbrella in each of 3 cars, two or three umbrellas in the hall closet, one umbrella in my […]

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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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Would you ever use a “nanny cam”?

by cv harquail April 26, 2009
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A reader suggested that we talk about nanny cams. (She suggested the topic using the Skribit widget on the sidebar… hint hint). Personally, I think nanny cams are kindof creepy, in general. And, if I were ever tempted to use one myself, it would be a sign to me that my relationship with my au […]

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