Today, traditions are falling by the wayside. The rituals that generations before me delighted in – like family get togethers, religious commitments and more – have been shrugged off because we simply don’t have the time to keep them going.
Truth is, we don’t make the time.
2016 is the year for me to begin new traditions with my family and friends. To start, what better way to get people together than with sports, food and fun? That’s why the Toronto Blue Jays Season Opener on Sunday, April 3rd is the perfect way for me to start a new Almeida Family tradition.
Here’s what I’ll need:
Food. Of course I’ll need food, it’s a party after all! And since Schneiders is the Official Hot Dog of the Toronto Blue Jays, you know I’ll be serving up Schneiders hot dogs and sausages. Additionally, I’ll be sure to have other ballpark favourites on hand, such as popcorn, nachos and cheese, ice cream bars and of course, beer! (With a designated driver, always.)
There’s also plenty of recipe inspiration over at Appehtite.ca – they’ve got an entire section dedicated to Game Day Food! I am seriously drooling over the Warm Pretzels with Bacon Dip, Buffalo Chicken Beer Dip and Sweet Chili Chicken Wonton Nachos, to name a few.
Party Games. We’ll need something to do during the commercials, right? I love the idea of baseball trivia, an obstacle course from The Great Indoors Playbook, or a good old fashioned MLB 15 dual on the ol’ Playstation 4.
Music. I found this great link for official ballpark and player music for each MLB team. Toronto’s playlist includes Trophies (Feat. Drak) for Jose Bautista, In The Air Tonight for Josh Donaldson, Dancing In The Moonlight for Kevin Pillar, and more!
Of course, the most important factor in creating any tradition is the willingness to make it stick. I hereby declare this Sunday the first annual Blue Jays Season Opener Party! Go Jays Go!
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Sounds like a good tradition to start, have fun on Sunday!
I bet the food will be great at your party! Post pics please :D
Its great to have a tradition that gets family and friends together,beautiful memories to be made
Sounds like a fun party! Food is always the most important part of any party in my opinion! :)
Baseball season is here again. Great! That means great weather is just around the corner.
Woo hoo the boys of summer are back!!
Sweeeeet! The Jays always remind me of my parents – they were big fans and would often attend their games. It’s a lot of fuN! :)
We hold out family traditions near and dear to our hearts I do hope the next generations do the same with some form. It really make us closer I think.
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I do like the food and I think these sorts of things are fun to do as a family.
That would be such a great night out! Love the foodfare that comes with sports games
I would love to see a Jays game live! Have fun Lena!
This was an amazing game, throw that bat Bautista.
Love the recipes on appehtite! Go Jays go!
everything is better with food :)
What a great idea for a new tradition. I agree it’s important to keep family traditions alive.
sounds like a yummy and fun tradition
Sounds like this is going to be a great tradition with lots of fun and yummy eats too.
Watching the Blue Jays and have snacks during the game, you cant go wrong
I’m not much for sports of any kind but I like the Blue Jays and I try to watch when they get far