UPDATE 1:45PM 10/30/11 Nothing more was said on Friday or Saturday about the Halloween/trick-or-treat discussion my wife and I have on Thursday. However...
On Sunday afternoon, my wife texts me: W: I meant to ask you do you want to keep him later so you can do trick or treating tonight.
M: (Responded about 2 hours later) Sadly I don't think anyone trick-or-treats until the 31st. So it would be nice, but you can pick E up at the usual time. Appreciate the suggestion though.
W: They did last night around here and they will tonight.
M: No harm trying to do that in this neighborhood then. Pick E up sometime before/at 7?
W: Ok
M: (At 7:02pm, after our son and my wife left) Thanks again for the late evening with E. He had quite a lot of fun.
So despite an early outing, our son was able to visit a total of 4 homes (as a police officer, mind you) and came back with an almost full bucket. Not bad at all! I wish I had our son here for REAL Halloween (with mom, if she'd like to come), but alas...