{"id":1394,"date":"2025-12-16T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:28:30","slug":"a-big-bluebird-day-cedar-goes-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/?p=1394","title":{"rendered":"A Big (Bluebird) Day & Cedar Goes Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BIG DAY!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not sure exactly when he started saying it. We know it wasn\u2019t Cedar\u2019s first words, but we suspect it was one of the first phrases out of his tiny mouth. Since then, it\u2019s become one of our favourite ways to describe upcoming adventures. It\u2019s not unusual in the Lum household to remind each other\u2014often multiple times\u2014before embarking on something new or exciting by randomly yelling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIG DAY!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelling? Big Day!
Going on an Airplane? Big Day!
Snowboard School? Definitely\u2026 BIG DAY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve used it many times this trip already, especially before things like Cedar\u2019s first snowboard school lesson\u2014partly to make sure the stoke factor is high, and partly because neither his Mom nor I were entirely sure how he\u2019d react to being dropped off with strangers in a new country, likely speaking English as a second (or third) language, to learn a sport he\u2019s only tried once back in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, Monday in Saas Fee<\/strong> was shaping up to be a BIG DAY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We awoke to a perfect bluebird day, and after a quick breakfast, hustled down to the ski room to grab our gear and head to the base of the mountain to meet Cedar\u2019s teacher from the Eskimo Ski\/Snowboard School<\/strong>. We had originally enrolled him in group lessons, but a few days earlier the school let us know there weren\u2019t enough kids for a snowboard group. Turns out Cedar was the youngest little shredder<\/strong> on the mountain, so instead of group lessons, he\u2019d be getting private instruction. Fine by us. He ended up with not one, but two<\/strong> instructors: Louie<\/strong>, a Swiss guy with four different passports, and Alexe<\/strong>, a newer teacher from France who was shadowing Louie\u2014and who, it turns out, carries chocolates in her pockets. (definitely knew the way to Cedar’s heart)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a quick chat\u2014and with zero hesitation\u2014he was off, waving goodbye and following his teachers up the mountain, board in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That left Sheila and I free to spend the morning snowboarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this wasn\u2019t my first snowboarding experience in Saas Fee, this time\u2014with better equipment and incredible weather\u2014it was exactly what I hoped it would be. I can\u2019t really explain the feeling of heading up the gondola, then transferring to the highest underground metro in the world<\/strong>, and emerging at the top of a pristine snowcapped glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Sabine put it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe most beautiful mountain in the world.\u201d
She\u2019s is not wrong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not an adventurous snowboarder, but I am comfortable and can hold my own on most runs. There\u2019s nothing like it\u2014sun in your face, cold alpine air, the freedom and space to carve huge long turns in fresh powder. I\u2019ve played a lot of sports in my life, but not many give me the same feeling. The almost contradictory adrenaline rush mixed with zen flow state all at the same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a huge part of why we want Cedar to learn now\u2014we want to be a family that snowboards together. And from the looks of Day 1, we\u2019re on the right track. When we returned to pick him up, Cedar, Louie, and Alexe were all grinning ear to ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHonestly,\u201d Louie said, \u201che reminds me of me when I was a kid\u2014so stoked, wants to go again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We spent the afternoon goofing around on the bunny hill so he could show off his moves. He was so proud\u2014and we were too. After that, we introduced Cedar to the other great tradition of winter sports: Apr\u00e8s-snowboard.<\/strong> We found a great little spot at the bottom of the mountain, grabbed a supersized fruit drink for Cedar and a couple of well-earned beers for Mom and Dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIG DAY.<\/strong>
Total Victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And good thing too\u2014because our plan is to snowboard at least 8 out of the next 10 days<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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