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Sweet Anticipation

10/15/2015

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Welcome back to Taylor Talks!

We're halfway through October now, which means that we only have a little more than two weeks until one of the sweetest holidays of the year: Halloween.
Now, I don't know about your family, but our family always gets excited for Halloween. The anticipation of dressing up and going trick-or-treating is always a thrill for whatever kids are with us each October. As I posted last week, we put up decorations outside of the house, which is something that we do every year. Since we always have little kids in our family, we never do anything scary. We have fun little pumpkins and pretty witch hats, colorful signs that welcome others to our home... It's always inviting and makes children feel welcome.

As with any other holiday, our family is often composed of different people each time Halloween rolls around. Even this year my family is down two members from last October. While you may be sitting there thinking how sad that must be for us, and yes it is sad to say good-bye to siblings, it's actually kind of fun to have different kids here from one Halloween to the next. We get to know so many different personalities and you wouldn't imagine how those personalities are reflected through the costumes that each child asks to wear for the night of trick-or-treating. Earlier tonight, my mom actually started reciting some of the costumes that kids in our family have worn throughout the years... Don't ask, I have no idea why she was suddenly spouting the names of so many characters ha ha, but I thought I would put her memory to good use and share some of those costumes tonight. Not only is it fun to relive which siblings have worn which costumes, but for those of you whose children haven't made up their minds yet, maybe you'll get a nice costume hint from our list!

So let's see... we've had:
  • Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion -The Wizard of Oz
    • ​We did this the first Halloween with foster children. I was Dorothy and my little sister and brother definitely completed the look with their costumes!
  • Buzz Lightyear -Toy Story
  • Cowgirl
  • Dalmatian -101 Dalmatians
  • Indiana Jones -Indiana Jones
  • Elsa -Frozen
    • ​Of course... Twin A had to be Elsa last year.
  • Sofia -Sofia the First
    • ​Twin B almost chose an Elsa costume as well last year, but changed her mind at the last minute.
  • Cheerleader
  • Rag doll
  • Fairy
  • A girl
    • Let me explain that one... My brother dressed up like a girl, so yes, this actually was a costume ha ha!
  • Kate Gosselin
    • Best costume ever! My mom helped me cut a wig and glue baby dolls to my sweater and bigger dolls to my pants, and I walked around school in ninth grade with eight dolls stuck to me. She was really in the media that year, so everyone got a kick out of my costume.
Wow, and those are just the costumes that I'm remembering so late at night. I couldn't even imagine how long the list would be if I named every single costume that every single Krigsman kid has worn over the years! But honestly, it's amazing to watch kids pick out a Halloween costume each year, because they really get so excited about it. What's even better though, is watching a child dress up for what may be the first time, because sometimes foster kids haven't experienced holidays before coming to a foster family. Their faces just light up when they realize how wonderful Halloween can be as they dress up and walk around to see all of the decorations and get candy.

Here's hoping that Halloween is just as fun down here as it was in my hometown, and that you all will have an excellent Halloween as well! If and when I ever figure out what I'm dressing up as this year, I'll be sure to post about it!

One last thing before I go... I have to end tonight with a special cheer for my New York Mets! We did it! I may be in Florida now, but I'll always be a Mets fan!

Thank you so much for your continued support! I look forward to sharing more stories about my experience with foster care, and hopefully hearing from readers who have questions or similar stories to share. I'm always willing to answer questions and hear about other experiences! Please don't forget to like and share my Facebook author page as well!

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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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