February meeting at the fire house

We met up with the fire fighters at Station 6 today and learned all about fire safety and prevention. Today was Lucie's last meeting as her year is over next week and she will be heading back to France after traveling in her 13 months. We saw the ladder in action and everyone even got to ride in the big ladder truck. We got to see how the extinguishers work and hear the sirens go off. As always to see all of today's pictures click on Feb 2011 on the right or click here.



IT'S BEEN GREAT STAY IN TOUCH


Today also marked my last Au pair meeting as an LCC after 8 years to date I have resigned. I have loved being an LCC and enjoyed meeting many wonderful Au pairs and Families over the year. Thanks to today's technology like Facebook I get to stay in touch with many of them.

October meeting - Police CEP

We met up with Officer Parker at the Central Precinct in Newport News to learn about safety, law and the police in the US

The Au pairs also got to take a look at the gear the Police wears to protect them selves

Thank you very much to the Newport News Police department and Office Parker for his time.

If you want to go on the ride along that was mentioned during the meeting, I have the form.

April Au pair meeting - Self Defense class

Master Jim Barnes met us at One Life fitness to show us some important self defense move. Everything from kicking, punching to even how to disable an armed attacker.As always you can click on the April 2010 link the right hand side for all the pictures from this meeting and the video

February Meeting at Fire Station 6

February meeting was the Fire and Poison Prevention CEP meeting at Fire Station 6. Here are the guys from the A-shift with our groups

We got to tour the station and see the equipment. 2 minutes is all you get to put on all these clothes.


We go to see what it feels like to ride in the truck. Here is Lina from Columbia our newest arrival.

We learned how to use a Fire extinguisher.
And we saw how far up the 75Ft ladder really goes. We got lucky one of the guys not only climbed it but also took my camera along to snap some pics. Pretty high up

Thank you again to the Newport News Fire department especially to the A-shift from Station 6. As always all of the pictures from the meeting can be found here or on the side bar under February 2010

November meeting - Self Defense

Master Jim Barnes taught us some important self defense moves during our meeting. We had fun learning how to get out of difficult situations.As always click the link on the right November 2009 for all pictures of this meeting.

Summer meetings

Well it looks like Christmas is right around the corner.

Our meetings this summer were very low key as everyone had lots of things to do. We did our usual September meeting with the Newport News Police of course. Officer Parker was telling us about the importance of being safe and then let us take lots of pictures. We also had a former Au pair join us. Claudia from Austria was in town on vacation and decided to stop by for old times sake and get arrested. As always for all the pictures click on the link of September 2009 in the right hand panel

Our October meeting will be filled with Pumpkins and cake so come one by and have some

June - Water safety meeting

We had a great time on the york river. The Jones Family let us go tubing which was awesome and everyone had lots of fun. The weather could have been better but at least this way the water felt warm.
We did go over the water and playground safety as well.and adhered to it by wearing life wests. :)

As always you can go see all of todays photos by clicking on the June 2009 link on the right

February Meeting - Fire house 6

Its that time of the year again - CEP meeting time. We met up with the A shift of Newport News Fire house #6. The firefighters were kind enough to go over important fire and poison prevention tips as well as what to do in case of a fire. After all that we got to tour the station including the sleeping rooms and experience what it looks/sounds like to be woken up. After touring the station we got to check out the trucks and take some pictures.
Looks like we had more Firefighters than au pairs this year :)

They even got the ladder truck out and someone climbed all the way up to show just how far its up.

And here are the girls with the useful little handouts that the firefighters gave us.


Thanks again station 6 and we will see you again next year. For all pictures of todays meeting click on the February 2009 link on the right hand

October meeting

Self defense was the moto of this months meeting. We met with Jim Barnes who taught us some moves that will help protect us from harm.

September Meeting

We met with Officer Parker of the Newport News Police Department. He went over important safety information with us and then was nice enough to let us check out his car and pose for pictures.

Fire safety - February meeting

We met up with the Williamsburg group for our Fire and Poison Safety meeting and were welcomed by the crew of Station 6 in Newport News.

We learned about the gear and equipment the fire fighters use as well as what to use if there is a kitchen fire in your home (be sure to keep the flower handy!!)

Unfortunately our Question and Answer was cut short as the crew had to leave to attend an emergency call.

We'll see them again next year. Everyone be safe and remember what you learned.

For all the picture of todays event click the February 2008 link on the right hand side.

Self defense

Today was our "make up" safety meeting for all of those that missed a CEP meeting. Jim a martial arts instructor was super nice and agreed to show us some great self defense moves. Click on the October 2007 link on the right hand side for all of todays pictures.

October has been our Birthday month - celebration for the past years and we did again so today. Jennifer from Uniquely Yours Pastry Shoppe made us this amazing cake which disappeared in a heartbeat it was sooooooooooo good some Au pairs were even seen licking their fingers!

Today was Susanne's last meeting and we will miss her terribly we wish her luck with her studies in Germany

September meeting - Police and CEP

Officer Parker was nice enough to go over important safety information with us and then let us try out all his gear. Check out the link on the side for all the pictures of today taken by me. If you have some I do not have send them to me and I'll add them too it.

July Meeting

Well no fun boat or Jetskis this year but we did have great weather - a bit windy but otherwise really nice. We had two new arrivals and two visitors join us for the Water and Playground Safety meeting.