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

January Meeting - Ice skating

What better to do on a cold and rainy Sunday than to go Ice skating.

not everyone made it on the ice - sitting next to the heater was more comfy


It was great there were barely any people besides us there. Host mom chatting with one of the au pairs. Host mom with one of the host kids with me and the au pairs in the background.

The ring will be up for some more time - if you haven't been go check it out it was lots of fun. They have a skate rental and even a company doing catering if you feel like having some hot cocoa.

December meeting

With everyone busy for the holiday we enjoyed a great dinner at Al Fresco Italian Restaurant in Newport News. The company was great and the food was too.


We also had a birthday to celebrate - what better to do it with than Chocolate Fondant cake.

Happy Holidays - and a Happy New Years.

November meeting

What better to do with the Holiday season approaching than paining some christmas decorations. We went to Little Secrets Ceramics in Virginia Beach to do just that.

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.

August meeting

Wow Summer is almost over and so is Jenny's (left) year. She will leave us next week and we will miss her. Today was her last meeting with us.

July Meeting

We had a great Host Family picnic at Newport News park.

Lots of good food and even entertainment for the kids in form of a turtle they found. For all the pictures for this event please click on the 2008 - July link on the right

June Meeting

We met at the Chesapeak LCC's river house with the other 3 groups to have a fun weekend at the water.
We jet skied, went tubing, swam had a cook out and fire by the beach.
For all the picture of this trip please click on the 2008-June link on the right hand site.

May meeting

May meeting
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April meeting - self defense

Despite it being a bit chilli we did have fun at todays meeting.

Master Jim Barnes came out to teach us some self defense moves

the kids were having fun too

For all the pictures of todays meeting please click on the link in the right hand column under meeting photos (April 2008)

Bowling - March Meeting

We bowled and celebrated Cicilias birthday. Sara and Franzi brought her some cute little cupcakes we all enjoyed. We also had a good time playing one of Americas favorite past times

If you want to see all the pictures from the meeting click on the March link in the right hand column

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.

ICE SKATING

January's meeting was ICE skating. Everyone decided to take a chance on the weather and brave the outdoor ring at the Newport News City Center. We had so much fun. Those of us that have been on the ice before helped those that never skated. Click on the link on the right hand site for all of todays photos.

December meeting - annual holiday potluck

We had such a good time and Santa was able to make it too. There was lots of good food and I hope everyone got their fill. Here are some pictures as always click on the link on the right labeled December 2007 for all the pictures of our party. A special thank you to Jim Barnes and Carmen Burrows for making time to attend our party. Jim is our self defense instructor and Carmen is one of the teachers at the au pair program at Thomas Nelson Community College. We also had the Chesapeake LCC Janet there and Elaine from South Africa and her host family who moved from Williamsburg to Chesapeake. Elaine's year is almost up and she is getting ready to leave.Everyone watching Santa hoping he brought them a gift.

Santa and the Au pairs

Janusz begging Santa to reconsider and taking him of the Naughty list

Happy Holidays everyone

Second Au pair meeting November

Second Au pair meeting November
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We met at Barnes and Noble for the Second au pair meeting for This month. This was Tatianas last meeting we will miss her.

Ghost tour

We meet in Williamsburg to participate in the Colonial Williamsburg Ghost tour. We learned about ghost sightings while walking through town. It was a bit chilly but fun otherwise. Anyone spotted any ghosts? I took lots of pictures to see if one was captured on film so click on the November link on the site and see what you find.

Hello and Goodbye

"Rain drops falling on your head ..." Fitting song for todays meeting it was pouring outside - perfect time to stop in for some hot coco and cake -

Viviana from Columbia joined our group last week and this was her first meeting.
Today was Corinna's last meeting, she is leaving for Germany in a couple of weeks and we will miss her terribly.We are looking forward to greet 3 new au pairs joining us next month.

Everyone enjoy Halloween and be sure to go "trick or treat" with the kids.

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

check out the map

I was playing around with google's different features and found this program that lets you do maps. I marked all the countries that our group had Au pairs from so far. Use the tools on the left to zoom in or out. The map is on the right tool bar or you can view it on the home page.