On Sunday we headed out to Long Island to go pumpkin picking at Stakey’s Pumpkin Farm. Going to Stakey’s with Tommy’s goddaughter has become a family tradition and every single year, it seems that the weather stinks. Either way we always have a blast, and what kid doesn’t like getting muddy, right?

I love Stakey’s because you get to actually go out into the field and pick your pumpkins off the vine, they have a ton of different varieties and their fields are huge. You could walk around for hours picking out pumpkins and if you’re like me, you find way too many perfect pumpkins and have a hard time choosing which ones to bring home. My favorite part is that you can pay for your pumpkin by the pound or do the all you can carry option, which is just what it sounds like. For $25 you can take home anything you can carry. We got 84 pounds of pumpkin!

No trip to the pumpkin farm is complete without some Apple Cider donuts. These were made while we waited and the little hands couldn’t wait for them to cool.

Now to carve the pumpkins!

Do you have any fall traditions? Do you go pumpkin picking?

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Stakey’s has a flat rate for all you can carry, so we loaded up all eight pumpkin and had Tommy carry them. He almost lost a few along the way, but luckily they all made it to the register in one piece. The kiddies also got to jump in the bouncy castle before the rain returned. I was hoping on getting into the corn maze, but we had to get going and out of the rain. All in all, we had a great time, and got a great deal on our pumpkins!

I love these little traditions that we are starting with Munchkin and I cannot wait to decorate our pumpkins and the rest of the house.

What are your fall traditions?

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