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A Visit to Santa

12/12/2015

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Welcome back to Taylor Talks!

​My siblings' biggest fears this December have been put to rest... Santa knows that we moved to Florida.
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We were supposed to go see Santa at the mall this morning, but of course I slept until about 11am and threw off all of the day's plans. We still made it out eventually, but it was much later than my mom had anticipated. Still, we managed to figure out where Santa was doing pictures and brought the kids to see him.

Everyone's greatest fear was that Santa wouldn't know where we were anymore. After all, my family lived in the same house since before I was born. This will be the first Christmas that we're in our new house, and the kids were seriously worried. But they got to tell Santa that we had moved down here and he reassured them that they wouldn't be forgotten. Plus, our Elf on the Shelf, Nutmeg, had to know where we were as well. I know that a lot of families' elves show up on December 1st, but our elf arrives after we get our Christmas tree. And as a matter of fact, we got our tree today as well.

After waking up so late, and then not eating breakfast or lunch, I wasn't completely in the Christmas mood today. I don't think that I was the most pleasant person to be around, but seeing the girls so excited for the visit with Santa and then bringing the tree in later made me feel a little better.

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My sister and I put the lights on the tree after she and my mom set it up in the tree stand. The twins played with the garland, dressing themselves up and jumping rope with it. My brother, of course, enjoyed the tree by playing video games in his room.

The kids will be able to decorate the tree tomorrow, putting up all of the ornaments that we've collected over the years. There are ornaments from every child that has been in our home during the Christmas season packed in smaller boxes inside a huge box that we brought down during the move. After we took down the tree last year, I sat on the floor for hours bubble-wrapping each and every individual ornament so they wouldn't break in the move. We haven't opened the boxes yet, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything is alright and made it down here safely.

The holiday season still feels a little weird down here since it's so warm out, but I'm hoping that once the tree is finished being decorated, it will feel a little more like Christmas. I do love looking at the lights on our house and the other houses in our neighborhood, so this may be the finishing touch that we need. And if I remember to actually eat breakfast in the morning, I may be a pretty happy camper after all of that!

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Taylor

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    My family started doing foster care when I was three years old. We took in nineteen children over the course of eighteen years, with our last placement leaving in December 2014. I'm the only biological child in my family, though my parents adopted five of my siblings.

    I love to share my perspective on the foster care system and share how my unique upbringing shaped my life.

    I'm also a Cast Member at Walt Disney World and lover of all things Disney! My career allows me the opportunity to find a little bit of Magic in life every day.


    I enjoy sharing my journey as a writer as well. Find my children's books on Amazon and keep following my blog for updates on future books that I'll be releasing!

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