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Day 8 - Centre Parcs still!

Woke up to a flurry of snow this morning and instead of throwing on boots and coats, we had a slow morning browsing Right Move while Henry played and watched the snow from inside.  

We did eventually get out to stamp in the snow. We headed to the indoor play area again where Henry made a bee-line for the mini cars. Good job I was already armed with €1 in my pocket, as he exclaimed "I drive it now". 

It was a lot quieter on site today - lots of families left after a long weekend so the play area was less chaotic. 

After some lunch we went swimming again. Henry did about 50 laps on the little water slide and refused to leave. When we did finally get him to another part of Aqua Mundo we got him doing a few metres of swimming on his own, but with a life vest on. He's now getting the hang of doggy paddle and kicking legs, so maybe we can progress to no life vest soon! 

Thoughts from today:
> The bedtime battles are not getting any better and its making us both question if we've done the right thing and what travel we should do after Christmas. We've still not booked that bit yet!
> We've done our first week, which is usually the amount of time we'd be on holiday for. It's a totally different mindset to think this is just the start. 
> Need to find time very soon to do the washing! The washing bag is very full and we're heading to a slightly swanky hotel next so we need our best clothes nice and clean! 

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