An older sister for Fantastic Four!

Reference number: Wellington2000 City: Wellington Sven works in his own company called Designworks which has offices in Wellington, Auckland and Sydney.It is basically a design company and he is away at least once a week in one of the other offices.Ike and Joe are at school five days a week from 9am till 3pm, we have four ten week terms per year with two week holidays in between., and 6 weeks over summer (December / January).Abe goes to a preschool 3 days a week and has the same holidays as the older boys.Ike and Joe have swimming lessons and athletics once a week and Joe also goes to gym class.During the winter months they both play rugby on a Saturday and have practice once a week.Abe likes to spend his time in the sandpit and looking at boats as he loves the sea.Ezra is not crawling yet but will be any day soon.He currently has two sleeps a day and also sleeps from 7pm till 6.30am, and he is a very happy baby.I volunteer on two committees (preschool and womens refuge) and go to the gym three mornings a week.I also spend a lot of time in our garden as we have two acres and a big vege garden and my other passion is cooking and we eat a lot of veges from our garden and try to eat organic food when we can.We live about half an hours drive from Wellington city in a rural area and our house is about 100 years old.We also have a holiday house in the south Island which we go to about 4 times a year over the summer months.Being an au-pair with our family means really becoming a member of our family and the duties are many and varied.As we have four boys there is lots of cooking to be done as they are always hungry and lots of washing as they get very dirty and lots of cleaning as they make a big mess too!There is also some sole charge of the baby and or the others every day.There is also reading and homework and lots of driving to sports and play dates too.Even though there is lots to do and we are a busy family we are also very relaxed and are always happy to accommodate everyones needs.Charlie is leaving in 8 weeks and returning to Sweden and we are very sad she is going but understand this is part of the au-pair process.She has formed a deep and loving relationship with all of us over the year and will always be considered part of our family - we have even had her parents and brothers to stay with us at Christmas.I hope that we can form the same bond with our new au-pair and look forward to meeting her soon. Besok vår hemsida: www.aupairdownunder.co.uk för att läsa om fler familjer, Nya Zeeland och om hur andra Au Pairer har haft det under sitt år här! Du arbetar max 40 timmar per vecka..Du får två dagar ledigt i rad (ofta helgen) och i många fall möjlighet till mer, våra familjer är mycket flexibla.. Du får 150 dollar per vecka (håll i åtanke att Nya Zeeland är billigare än många andra länder)...