We matched with our next au pair a few weeks ago!!! We are all so relieved to have this process behind us - it's extremely time consuming to search and interview au pair candidates and we knew that this time we would need to be the pickiest, since this coming year will likely be the most challenging for our au pair (as the babies learn to eat, crawl, walk).
Our new au pair is Julia and we are so excited for her arrival! She's German, about to turn 27, and has been working at a daycare center for the last few years. We feel like we hit the jackpot! She lives in Berlin, which means she shouldn't have any trouble adjusting to city-life. The only wrinkle in the plans is that because Julia turns 27 on Thanksgiving, she needs to be in the country before then (visa rules - au pairs are from 18-26). So, Julia will be joining us on November 16th and it will be a bit of a tight squeeze in our house, since Pauline is working through December 7th and won't fly home until December 18th. This means Julia will be stuck sleeping our basement for a few weeks and things will be a bit cramped, BUT, it also means that Pauline will be doing most of the training for us, and we will have oodles of childcare hours at our disposal -- Adam & I plan on doing lots of socializing and sleeping in during those weeks of overlap!
Welcome to the family, Julia!
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| Julia at Checkpoint Charlie |
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