Alex playing, 2008	Our family, 2006

Castle Rock, CO - Host Family at a Glance
30-something family, primarily American, living in United States. Family speaks English, Swedish, and Tagalog. Looking for a female or male Au Pair or Nanny. Our aupair will not need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 08/01/2008	Last Activity 10/14/2008	Profile added to 22 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 3 Due
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City	Castle Rock
State/Province	CO
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Country	United States

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair or Nanny
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny gender of	No Preference
Au Pair or nanny must be able to speak	English
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny of the nationality	No preference
Years of education required	12
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair or nanny	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair or nanny to live in/out	Either
A car is available for Au Pair or nanny's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	$101 - $200
Light housework required of Au Pair or nanny	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English Swedish Tagalog
Our religion/spiritual practice is	No Religion
We require care for children under age 2	Yes
Number of children	2
Children's ages	2 and 0
We have children with special needs	No
Elderly care is required	No
Disabled persons care is required	No
We have pets	No
Our family falls in the age group	30-something
Single parent family	No
Au Pair couples accepted	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	October, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	November, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair or nanny is required	12 months
Longest period Au Pair or nanny is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair/Nanny job description

- Taking care of a 2.5 year old little girl, taking her to school, reading, performing arts and being a role model with focus on development, kindness and happiness in every day life - Assisting pregnant mom with daily chores and tasks - Cooking, breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner for our children when we're not able to do so - Cleaning, help maintain a nice and clean household. This is basic cleaning, such as emptying the dish washer, putting dishes away, keeping toys in order, helping out to keep the house in order. - Voluntary Once a Week House Cleaning, if you choose to do so, there will be extra compensation for this once a week cleaning. this would involve cleaning bathrooms, bed rooms, kitchen and living room. And some laundry. - Help out in day to day activities as part of our family

Family's Message to Au Pairs and Nannies

Dear Au Pair, Being an aupair is a big step for both of us - we are looking for a kind, generous and happy person to be part of our family for the duration of your stay, and hopefully long after. While we will strive to make your stay as pleasant and fulfilling as possible, we are hoping that you can provide us with the extra help we need during your stay. This is after all a job, and we hope you have set those expectations for yourself. So let us tell you about us a bit. We, dad Filip and mom Teresa, have a little girl just over 2 years old. Her name is Alexandra, and we call her Alex for short. Alex is a wonderful little girl, she is very intelligent and also fairly low maintenance. She loves being around people that can teach her, that can laugh with her and generally share their love and happiness as she will do the same in return. Filip travels a lot for work, so there are many days in a month when he is not around. This is where the extra help is needed, especially since we are expecting a little sibling for Alex first week of March in 2009. We are a young, happy, accepting and liberal family. All conflicts are resolved through discussions, we do not allow nor accept yelling, screaming or any type of abuse between ourselves and those we love. We have a zero tolerance to any kind of physical disciplinary actions. Even a light slap on the butt or a grab of the hand are not accepted. This form of punishment is very common in the USA, but as we mentioned, not accepted nor tolerated in our household. We never raise our voices to our child, instead we respect our child the same way we respect each other, and would respect you. In return, we would ask for the same respect from you. We live in Castle Rock, CO, a smaller town about 30min drive south of Denver. Its a beautiful and peaceful place with tons of outdoors activities. We live in a 4bedroom house, and you would have your own room with a private bath and walk in closet. In general, we like our days to be filled with laughter and joy, and we'd like for you to want the same. Life should be fun and enjoyable, every day bringing a new experience. A normal day for Alex looks like: (not punctual by any means, just an example, so don't take the hours dead seriously) 8am breakfast 8.30am off to school - she goes to montessori school 3hours/day 5days/week 11.45am pick up from school, have lunch at home 12-2pm play and fun time 2-4pm naptime 4-6.30pm play and fun time 6.30 dinner evening activities and bedtime around 9pm We have two cars, and when one is not in use, you'd be allowed to use them in your spare time as well. The weekends are yours to enjoy and experience, and should we need your help on a weekend, you'd be granted days off in the week. Hope this helps bring some light unto our family, should you have more questions, than we look forward to talking further with you.