Hi! My name is Mireia and I'm 33 years old.

We are new to this au pair experience! We are taking a look to see if it is something that can fit our family. As you can see on my profile, we have 3 young kids aged 6, 4 and 2. Actually, when summer comes they will be 7, 4 and 3!

I work at a seasonal hotel (only opens 6 months a year) so I work long hours in summer and spend more time with the kids in winter. Even though my husband is a college teacher and he has more free time during summer, he also has some office work. So we thought about getting an au pair to help the kids, with the added bonus of them learning English too.

That is why it makes sense to us to have an au pair in July and August, which are the months that the kids are off from school. But we could be open to extending it from June -middle June- up until the end of September. It is something we could discuss further.

My mother is British so English is my third language (at home we are bilingual: Catalan and Spanish). My husband speaks good English too. The kids don't speak English but I believe they understand it more than they let me know! We aim to improve their understanding and speaking with your help! Therefore a native English speaker is a must for us!

An important thing to know is that CATALAN is our first language at home but we usually mix Catalan and Spanish a lot. And, of course, we always switch to Spanish or English with someone who does not speak Catalan.

For now, we are just considering the option of getting an au pair. Our final decision will be based on the importance of finding someone that we love for our kids. We'd need to get to know the final candidate before deciding for sure.

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! ! ! About POCKET MONEY: we put on our profile the standard pay for Spain according to aupair.com, but it can be debatable.