Good morning! My H is back to work today and I dont want to leave my bed. C is playing quietly in his room so I will stay put for now.
I have no idea when ToTing starts here. C is only 17m so we wont be going this year. I am not a fan of halloween so I am happy to wait until next year... Or the year after. Im not a grinch about it. I know itll be exciting when C is old enough. It just falls under "meh" for me.
Happy Halloween! We are done with Halloween over here. TOTing starts at 6:30. Which is bath time and then bed. We did all the extra stuff so I think she is good. Next year we will probably go out. It's Monday. My AS is on Thursday! This is going to be a long week!
Post by erinshelley21 on Oct 31, 2016 8:20:10 GMT -5
We will ToT tonight. It is from 6-8, but we won't be going door to door. We'll go visit DH's grandpa, the grandparents in town which will knock out the aunts, uncles and cousins, go ToT at some other family members and friends then call it a night. That is Halloween when you live in the country!
We didn't ToT last year because we were camping and he got a bag of candy from SIL. This year I think MIL and other SIL got him some Shopkins, which I will gladly take over candy!
Post by ladytiffany24 on Oct 31, 2016 9:02:12 GMT -5
Hi ladies!
So yesterday on a whim I drove up to Cleveland to attend a huge watch party for game 5 of the World Series. We lost but I'm glad I did it. It was my first time being away from DD for a night and H's first time being alone with her for that long. And having to do bedtime and morning on his own too! So even though the game was a bust (I really wanted to be up there for a win and celebration), I'm glad I did it because it was good for all of us!
ToTing is 6-8pm here. We'll go right at 6 but probably won't do it for very long. DD is only 2 and bathtime is typically 7pm. Routine rules our house so I'm not trying to mess with that!
Do places set hours for ToT or is it just custom? Everywhere I've lived most kids go anywhere from 5:30 to 8:30ish and if the porch light is off, you don't go there.
I'm taking DS ToTing at DH's work this morning since they set it up for the kids every year. Some of the people dress up and everyone gets excited to ooh and aah over the tiny kids in costumes. We even went last year despite DS being only 6 months (he wasn't the only baby). We aren't planning to go out this evening but we'll dress DS up so he can help hand out candy until bedtime.
So yesterday on a whim I drove up to Cleveland to attend a huge watch party for game 5 of the World Series. We lost but I'm glad I did it. It was my first time being away from DD for a night and H's first time being alone with her for that long. And having to do bedtime and morning on his own too! So even though the game was a bust (I really wanted to be up there for a win and celebration), I'm glad I did it because it was good for all of us!
ToTing is 6-8pm here. We'll go right at 6 but probably won't do it for very long. DD is only 2 and bathtime is typically 7pm. Routine rules our house so I'm not trying to mess with that!
I am rooting for Cleveland since they beat our Jays. They better win so our loss is worth it, haha.
I am simultaneously rooting for them to finally change their overtly racist name, mascot (oh Lord, that mascot...), etc. Yeesh.
I don't think TOT is a big concern for us for a while. We live in the country, so there's some kids about two miles away that might stop by on their way to town. There's 2-3 little towns all the kids have to go to for candy if they live outside of one. You can hit all of them in one night I think, and the big city does a trunk or treat event at the Museum.
We dressed up the last few years, but I don't have the energy for dressing up. And we didn't go to any parties this year, DH was working. Eh, Halloween isn't my favorite holiday anyways.
Do places set hours for ToT or is it just custom? Everywhere I've lived most kids go anywhere from 5:30 to 8:30ish and if the porch light is off, you don't go there.
I'm taking DS ToTing at DH's work this morning since they set it up for the kids every year. Some of the people dress up and everyone gets excited to ooh and aah over the tiny kids in costumes. We even went last year despite DS being only 6 months (he wasn't the only baby). We aren't planning to go out this evening but we'll dress DS up so he can help hand out candy until bedtime.
we don't have set times. our neighborhood is the same as yours - after dinner and until lights are off. we turn ours off around 8pm.
Post by moutonrouge on Oct 31, 2016 10:55:22 GMT -5
The metro decided to go with "Trick" this year, so my day was off to a rough start. I think I'm back on track now.
The city doesn't do set hours for TOT, but I'd say most kids start around 7 and go until 9. You might get a few early birds at 6 or 6:30, but the rush is later. I still worry we don't have enough candy but DH thinks this neighborhood will have fewer kids than where we used to live. We'll see.
I was shocked that we only had about 7 ToTers last year. I live in a small town in a small, older subdivision (1970s ish), surrounded by large, brand new subdivisions. I thought we would have tons.
I wonder if the kids nearby go to the new subdivisions. They're all much more expensive than houses on my street so probably have full size chocolate bars or something. More chocolate for me!
I also had a vivid pregnancy dream. My LO was sitting on his baby potty and peeing, and he kept peeing and it filled up the bowl and overflowed it. :/ WTF
Oh and if I may rant, what the fuck is wrong with people? Here is an exchange I had this morning:
Random Lady: Oh wow are you pregnant? Me: Yep. RL: When are you due? Me: In February. RL: OMG!!! You are too big to be due then. You aren't going to make it to February. Me: Well, I certainly hope I do. My first was a preemie and I am actually at risk to have another preterm delivery. RL: Yeah you are probably going to have this kid over Christmas Break then! Hahaha
I think we are going to take DD to a couple of the neighbors tonight. This is partially because I think the older neighbors will like seeing her in costume. We live on a great block, so part of it will just be to say hi to everyone.
We have a set ToT time here. I'll set out a bowl of candy if we both decide to go out with DD for a little while.
cosmicav, some people have NO clue what it means to have a micro or a preemie. Ugh ~facepalm~ I'm hating the whole vasa previa thing because I was aiming for 41 weeks.. just to go to the opposite end of the spectrum!
Morning! Happy Halloween I kinda wish I had vivid dreams that didn't mess with my memories. I had a full night of nightmares where this one was kicking my cervix so hard that I was terrified. I had to ask my dh if it was real or a nightmare ><
We're actually skipping the neighborhoods around here. Not because they aren't nice enough, but because we live in the foothills and I'm being extra cautious with such thing. Soo.. I found out our Ikea is doing a Halloween event. We're going to pick up DH and head up there right after he gets off of work.
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