Au Pair/Fresno, California

Dear Prospective Au Pair, We are writing this letter to tell you about our family and our hopes and expectations for your stay with us. I am currently employed as a Program Manager.As such, I oversee the management and direction of several programs in basic research areas.My current job requires me to travel a fair amount, but usually for no more than a day or two at a time.Mathew is currently employed as a Research Physicist.He also manages program in addition to conducting his own research. Nicholas (15) is our oldest son.He pretty much takes care of himself and will be a big help to you in taking care of the younger children.Nicholas is currently in 10th grade at a private high school.He is very active in Boy Scouts and is working hard to become a responsible young adult.Nicholas works very hard, is very smart, and has a generally very happy disposition. Joseph (12) is "Mr.Personality".He has quite an imagination, likes to read, play soccer and baseball and has a very sweet disposition.He is somewhat of a perfectionist and can easily have his feelings hurt if he thinks that someone (even himself) does not approve of his work. Michael (6) is a very happy little boy.He loves to go outside and play in our large back yard.Michael enjoys swinging and going down the slide on our play set.He also enjoys going for walks, and is always eager to "help" with gardening. During the summer, the children will sleep in and the schedule will be more relaxed.We typically will sign the children up for swimming lessons some time during the summer and we would expect you to provide them with transportation to and from their lessons and to stay there with them during the lessons.Nicholas and Joseph participate on the swimming team and they will need to go to swimming practice around 5:00 pm each afternoon during the summer.The pool is less than a mile from our house, so it is not a far drive.We also may take one or more vacations during the summer, and we would like for you to join us on at least one of these trips.We are only about 3 miles from the local community college.We will be happy to send you a schedule of classes for the next semester, once the au pair selection process is complete.There are a number of au pairs in the area and we have found that previous au pairs find lots of activities to keep them busy in their spare time.Your bedroom is in the basement.You have your own bathroom and there is a large room with a television, VCR, sleeper sofa and coffee table that you would have pretty much to yourself.You have access to the kitchen and basically anything that you might want to use in the house.As I said earlier, it is very important to us that YOU feel as if f you are member of our family.We look forward to talking to you soon.Tillträde: Hösten -08 Fri resa och sjukförsäkring ingår (värde 5800:-) om du har en komplett ansökan före den 31 juli 2008.Gäller vid avresa till USA under 2008.Eget boende, betald semester.Studiemedel 500-1000 dollar.Hemreseskydd vid allvarlig familjesituation.4 dagars kurs i NY innan ankomst till familjen.Regelbundna Au Pairmöten i USA.Vi gör regelbundna intervjuer på orter runt om i Sverige.