Please take the time to
read.
We think its very important for the host family and possible aupair to
be as well-informed as possible.
EXPECTATIONS:
What we expect from you is:
-��� Be up when we leave for work.
-��� You must be available to work whenever we are at work.� If you
need time
���� off, it must be agreed upon before hand.
-��� You are invited to eat dinner with us.� Annick usually does the
cooking, so you
����� would not be required to fix the evening meal.
-��� After we get home and have discussed the boys� day, you are free.
-��� Weekends you are free, however, if you are around the house you would
be
���� expected to clean up after yourself.
What you can expect from us:
-��� You will receive two weeks paid vacation during the summer, during the
���� time we take our vacation.
-��� Any holidays we get off from work you would be off (and be paid for).
-��� Other time off is negotiable.
-��� Evening and weekend baby-sitting will occur, but should be rare and
you
���� would be told ahead of time.� We will either pay you, or you
can take the
���� time off (with pay) some other time.
-��� You will at the most work 33 hrs/week. For this you will receive a
monthly
���� pocket money of NLG 500, the legal amount set here in The
Netherlands.
���� It is the going rate for Holland too.
-��� You must not smoke.� If you have friends over who smoke, we ask
that they
���� not smoke in our house or in our car.
-��� Phone.� You will pay for your own long distance calls.� What
works out
���� best is after we receive the telephone bill and determine which
are your
���� calls, we deduct the amount of the calls you have made from your
pay.
-��� Food.� Let us know if you have special things to eat.� As
long as they are
���� reasonable, we will try to accommodate them.� Also let us
know if there are
���� things you do not like or cannot eat.
-��� Car. You must have an international driver's license and a good
driving
���� record.� If you are planning to take the car on a long trip
during the weekend
���� (over two hours one way), you must check with us first.
-��� Guests.� No guests during the day that would interfere with your
care of
���� the boys.� Evening and weekend guests are usually okay if
you check with us
���� first.
-��� Your bedroom should be kept clean and neat.� Annick will do all
the laundry.
���� We do expect you to change your own sheets.
TYPICAL WEEK
This schedule is during the school year, beginning September through middle
of June.� During the summer the boys have more free time.� This schedule changes
as their activities change.
Bas and Rick are presently going to
playschool 4 mornings/week. They absolutely love it there. They learn and play, and it is
a great experience for them to prepare for school. They will turn 4 on September 1, 1999.
As of then they will go to kindergarten, which is only a 2.5-mins walk from our house (end
of the street only). Their school days will be (as far as I now know):
Monday: 830-1130am and 1330-1530pm
Tuesday:� 830-1130am and 1330-1530pm
Wednesday:� 830-1130am (afternoon off)
Thursday: 830-1130am and 1330-1530pm
Friday: 830-1130am (afternoon off).
Monday
-��� Family up by about 7:00 a.m.
-��� Prepare breakfast for boys (and yourself)
-��� The boys will be going to school at 8:20 a.m.� Walk them to
school.
-��� They get out of school at 1130am. Pick them up, make lunch and take
them
���� back around 130pm.
-��� They get out of school at 330pm.�
-��� After picking the boys up - have them do their homework (you may need
to
���� help them), spend time with boys, playing (go swimming, take them
to the
���� park)
-��� The boys are allowed to have a snack sometime in the afternoon. �
They
���� might want it when they get home from school, they may want it a
little
���� later.� Please do not let them eat too close to dinner time.
-��� Cleaning (best time to do this is while the boys are at school):
����� -��� Vacuum family room
����� -��� Empty all trash containers in the house
Tuesday
-��� Same as Monday (no cleaning, maybe some ironing)
Wednesday
-��� The boys' school day is shorter, from 830 a.m. to 1130am
-��� Cleaning:
���� - Vacuum appartment
Thursday
-��� Same as Monday
-��� Cleaning:
���� - Toilet
Friday
-��� Same as Monday
-��� Cleaning:
���� - Vacuum family room
���� - Clean kitchen
Daily
-��� Keep kitchen cleaned up after meal preparation.� Be sure to
run the
���� dishwasher when it is full and empty it when the dishes are
clean.
-��� We do not expect you to clean up for the boys.� We do expect you
to have
���� them pick up the messes they have made.� We want to teach
them
���� responsibility and respect for their home and their things.
-��� Clean the toilet seat (wipe off with a cloth).