Are you taking LO before or after dinner? We eat at 6 and DD2 needs to be in bed by 7:30pm. I feel like if we take them before dinner, it'll be too early? We're usually done with dinner by 6:30. So, I guess we can eat then go out?
What do you usually do?
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Our TOTing is 5-8 and we usually eat at 5:30, so we'll probably go after!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I think anytime after 5 is fine. It's a weekend, too so people may have their lights on earlier since no one is commuting home from work.
We will go out around 6:30.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@mediagirl: good point! Butttt am I just looking for trouble, expecting her to eat dinner *after* getting all that candy? LOL
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@regberadaisy: Can you just eat dinner a little earlier that day?
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@regberadaisy: so do dinner a little early (it's a Saturday) and go out after.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
we eat at 5, then head out when it gets dark! maybe around 6?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Adira: @mediagirl: yeah, I think I'm going to do that!
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
We will have early dinner and go around 6. Don't expect she will last more than an hour.
squash / 13208 posts
@ShootingStar: I wish ours did! We always get those older kids at 8:30 ringing the door bell 
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@ShootingStar: I think our whole county does...on Friday, the 30th, from 6-8.
We'll probably go out then get dinner after.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
I just want to say that it took me longer than I care to admit to figure out that ToT = trick or treating for halloween. 
We are planning to go from 5pm and onward till he gets super tired. Haha. We plan to bath him early and just put him straight to bed if he's tried.
clementine / 778 posts
We will eat earlier on Halloween, and then head out aroun 5;30-6. I plan on keeping DS up a bit later since we have to set our clocks back an hour. No need for him waking up early.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
We're planning on giving him a snack, take him ToT, then dinner afterwards.
grapefruit / 4584 posts
@Raindrop: I clicked on this thread just because I had no idea what "ToTing" was, haha.
@regberadaisy: You could try a special dinner - growing up we always had chilli on Halloween, for example....I think I'm going to let my girls eat chicken nuggets & sweet potato fries or something similar after trick or treating, just because I know they'll wolf that down, even with candy in the picture!
clementine / 811 posts
@Raindrop: me too! I was like totting? Is this a new toddler activity?
grapefruit / 4321 posts
@LilSprinkles: ooooo I didn't realize it was the same weekend as Daylight Savings. Thanks for the reminder!
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
@ShootingStar: your town rocks! We don't get start getting people until 7 and that makes for a long, long night.
coconut / 8472 posts
@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: It's kinda cool, kinda not. This year we have an all day class and it'll be hard to get back in time. I think in future years we'll appreciate it more.
eggplant / 11287 posts
I'm so surprised you guys have trick or treaters so early.....We have ToTers in our neighborhood until 930 or 10! It's crazy!
We will be going from 630 to 8 or so.
honeydew / 7504 posts
I think ours is 6-8. Always the Thursday before the 31st. We still always get stragglers after 8, but that's D's bedtime, so we turn off the lights at 8 (or when we run of out candy).
grapefruit / 4400 posts
@littlebug: Wait, you guys trick or treat before Halloween?
We eat dinner late-ish (for toddlers/preschoolers)-- around 6:30. Going to try and get them to eat at 6, then trick-or-treat after that.
honeydew / 7504 posts
@HabesBabe: Yup. Most communities in Central PA do it. Supposedly to curb vandalism. Cuz kids won't vandalize if it's not Halloween...? Stupid.
pomegranate / 3595 posts
@littlebug: we did this in central Ohio too growing up! I went away to college and people thought I was crazy when I brought it up!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@littlebug: LOL! I've heard of this too.
@Rainbow Sprinkles: omgosh your girls will trick or treat for an hour and half??? We're going down the block, maybe half a dozen houses. I've never heard of anywhere trick or treating that late. Once my child is in bed the lights go off. The only ones coming past 7:30 are teenagers not dressed up, holding pillowcases. No thanks.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
I'm thinking early dinner and we will probably head out around 6ish. We will let LO stay up for a while handing out candy after that, though.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
We'll eat an early dinner/heavy snacks and probably start trick or treating around 6.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
We are going around 5, hot dogs and chips are served staring at 6 at the community center (it's a small town of 250 people so ToT only takes 30 minutes ha) The costume contest starts at 6:30.
apricot / 451 posts
In Queens, the kids all trick or treat around 3:00 in the afternoon! I guess once they get home from school they immediately costume up and head out. It usually only lasts for 1.5-2 hours total. Not sure when it is going to happen this year since Halloween is on a Saturday, but I would imagine it will be around the same time.
clementine / 806 posts
oh my gosh, I am so jealous of those of you with set times! I usually have older kids ringing my doorbell after 10pm, even though all the house lights are off by then!
persimmon / 1313 posts
People get bussed in here (thousands) for Halloween so it starts to die down around 11. I expect full midnight since it's Saturday.
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