Spooky season is almost here. Au Pairs find out quickly that Halloween is a really, really big deal in the USA. It’s a fun day and a great way to generate ideas for activities to do with children. You can also avoid your kids...
If you didn’t already know, Halloween is Huge in the USA. HUGE. But with all that fun going on, it can be difficult to keep in control of children hyped up on free candy. We’ve put together a couple of tips to...
In the USA, there’s a new decoration outside houses for Halloween: bright teal-blue pumpkins. The Teal Pumpkin Project was started three years ago by the mother of a two year old with extreme food allergies in Tennessee and has...
Today is an exciting day – we have four au pairs travelling to New York to start their orientation. Sending lots of luck to Rachel, Roxanne, Amy and Aaron! The girls are heading to New Jersey after orientation while Aaron...
The majority of au pairs are female, but why let the girls rule the au pair world? Boys can be au pairs too – they just have to apply! If you like working with kids and would love to live the American dream for a year, it...
It’s that time of year again – the 4th of July is back! Not sure what all of the fuss is about? Check out our ‘What’s the deal with the 4th of July’ post from 2015 for a brief history of Independence Day...
It’s hard not to think about what it really means to be British this week, especially waking up to ‘leave’ result from the EU referendum. Nationality is one of the things that make up a culture. It’s...
Driving is a vital part of an au pair’s job, there are school runs to do, clubs and play dates to zip to and you will also have a social life to keep going, so getting used to the rules of the road in the USA is going to be...
When You Wake Up In The City That Never Sleeps One of the brilliant things about our au pair in America programme is the three day orientation all participants get to join in with in New York City! You will arrive on a Monday and...
Make a piñata OK, maybe not strictly speaking a traditional Easter activity, but you can have a lot of fun making an egg shaped piñata, it’s a great hands-on thing for kids to do, it does take a bit of planning...