Hi Yam:
My name is Atusa Haynes and have enjoyed very much reading about your profile about being an Au Pair and watching your video. My current au pair right now is from Thailand and she has been with us almost 2 years her name is Sirinan and we call her Yui her nickname. Our first Au Pair Piyathida (Pee) was also with us for 2 years and she recently just came back here to visit us and spend summer vacation with us as well. Our family is very laid back and family oriented. We are very fun loving and enjoy doing a lot of outside activities in the summer time. We live in a waterfront home in Essex, MD which is located about 15 minutes to Baltimore and 1 hour to DC and 3 hours to New York City. Our Pee and Yui both loved to go to DC and New York and enjoyed doing that on their days off. We very much enjoy Thai culture and we also love Thai food. I plan on taking the boys to visit Thailand when they are a little older and can tolerate being on an airplane for that long flight :-). My question for you is how comfortable are you with taking care of children 2 years and 5 years old? John will be in Kindergarten next year so he will need help with his homework and getting ready for school and learning about taking care of his things and keeping his room and play area neat and clean. I want someone that can teach him that and also for him to learn responsibility as he gets older. Lawrence is 21 months and he is very energetic. He is funny and loveable and strong. He needs someone to keep him interested but also someone that can teach him and understand "No" and someone that can teach him patience and someone that he will love and respect as well. I would like both of my children to have a great relationship with our Au Pairs, I want them to have a lot of fun with them. All of my au pairs still have a wonderful relationship with our kids and we keep in constant communication. I am looking for someone that can take care of the house while me and Mark (my husband) are at work and treat the home like it is their own and feels comfortable and wants to be a part of a forever family. I do also like someone that is used to being organized and also feels comfortable with being neat and following a daily routine for the children. Those are some things that are very important to me. I want to make sure that you are comfortable with that? I am looking forward to your questions as well. Also, if you would like to contact Pee or Yui let me know and I will give you their email address and Pee also can be reached by phone so you can feel comfortable.
Looking forward to talking to you soon,
Atusa :-)