Our family--Amy, Jack, Nick and Will	A quiet moment at home

Boulder, CO - Host Family at a Glance
40-something family, primarily American, living in United States. Family speaks English, and French. Looking for a female Au Pair. Our aupair will need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 02/07/2006	Last Activity 11/11/2008	Profile added to 17 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 33 Due
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City	Boulder
State/Province	CO
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Country	United States

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair
Prefers an Au Pair gender of	Female
Au Pair must be able to speak	English
Prefers an Au Pair in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair of the nationality	No preference
Years of education required	No preference
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair to live in/out	Live In
A car is available for Au Pair's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	$101 - $200
Light housework required of Au Pair	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English French
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Other
We require care for children under age 2	No
Number of children	2
Children's ages	2 years and 3 year
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	40-something
Single parent family	No
Au Pair couples accepted	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair required	December, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair required	March, 2009
Shortest period Au Pair is required	6 months
Longest period Au Pair is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair job description

We are seeking an au pair to become part of our family! We have had wonderful experiences with our au pairs and enjoy having another person in our house. Our kids love it too! We are a happy, active, youthful family seeking an au pair to help out with our two young boys. Nick is 4, and Will is 2. I (mom) will be working part time. When not working, I might go out for a run or bike ride, but I also want to spend time with my kids! Boulder is a wonderful place to be outdoors year round. We think a big part of being an au pair is to travel, meet new people, and have fun. You would work a 45-hour week. We want you to be part of our family, not an employee. Our schedules can be somewhat flexible to accommodate your needs and interests.

Family's Message to Au Pairs

*We are hoping to find an au pair without using an agency, thanks!* *We would like to find someone to begin in January 2009* Our family is myself, my husband Jack, and our two boys, Will and Nick. Nick is a wonderful little boy who is almost always smiling. He is a very gentle boy who is extremely independent; he was born an "old soul". To us he is the perfect toddler--he never throws tantrums, he shares toys, and says "please." He is very advanced for his age, reading at a 5- or 6-year old level, and entertains himself very well. He is very easy and fun to take care of! Will is our "live teddy bear." He laughs harder, and snuggles better than anyone! He wants a lot of hugs! Jack owns a company which makes t-shirts out of bamboo and organic cotton; mom owns her own consulting firm. We are both extremely active and athletic and none of us likes to stay at home for too long! We watch maybe one or two hours of TV per week, sometimes none at all, and the kids have never watched TV (this is our choice). We are very social and get together with friends as much as possible for meals, hiking or biking. We have both travelled around the world and enjoy meeting people from other cultures. We like international cuisines the best (though we eat meat too), and I tend to make healthy meals using organic ingredients. I have quite a sweet tooth too so we usually have ice cream and cookies on hand :). We enjoy a healthy lifestyle which means eating well, exercising, sleeping well (as much as the kids will let us), enjoying time outdoors and enjoying life in general. We always prefer to walk or bike rather than use the car, and we don't go to big chain restaurants or fast food places. We usually take the kids somewhere that they can run around rather than drag them around shopping. We live in Boulder, Colorado, which is about thirty minutes away from Denver and is nestled up against the mountains. It is a beautiful small city of 100,000 people. Many tourists come here to stroll our pedestrian mall where there are no cars allowed and lots of cafes, bookstores, and fun places to shop and stroll. There is a University, and lots of restaurants, shops and cultural events. There are bike paths everywhere and many people travel that way. People in Boulder are very involved in sports and outdoor activities like skiing, biking, hiking and rock climbing. Boulder is a great town for young people. Boulder averages 300 days of sunshine per year! Winters are mild and the air is quite dry. Summers can be very warm with very few clouds; the evenings are lovely and everyone dines outside at night. You can walk or bike everywhere.. it's great! There are restaurants, bars, movie theaters, cafes, stores, hiking trails, pools... and since we have a university there are lots of international people and interesting clubs and groups to join. We would expect you to be with our boys or helping around the house approximately 45 hours each week. During their naps you'll be at home, and otherwise you will probably take them somewhere like a playground, a pool or some other activity. We look forward to hearing from you!