Time at Fort Myers

基本上我们就在这块象拉直的海马形状的岛屿上活动。黑线是南北贯通的唯一一条马路。我们到达的晚上是圣诞平安夜，我开着租来的车子拉着他们两个，连绵的公路两旁要么是住家要么是旅馆，多半张灯结彩。旅途的劳顿一下被热带地区不一样的风景冲淡了，我们很想马上就冲去海滩。海被黑夜掩盖着，我们看不到， 但离我们只有几米之隔。

可能我习惯旅行，从家里到附近的小机场，三个小时的飞行，下了机租车公司来接，然后大概40分钟到租车公司，再到我们住的旅馆，我感觉一切都很顺利。一只手拿着iphone看地图，一只手握方向盘。地址比我想象的要简单。在纽约附近拥挤的环境下训练有素了，在佛罗里达这种地广人稀的地方，开车停车太容易。

At airport, they played IPAD. Ipad is really good for children studying, they learn shapes, colors, math, words,even I take that for storybooks. But it is hard to pull them out, so how to use it as benifit, instead of getting addiced to it, is very important for kids to protect their eyes and develop their brains.

Bebe gets more naturally than before, meanwhile Vivi will take any chance making mops whenever she realizes a camera facing her.

麻雀虽小五脏俱全，吃饭的家什虽然简陋我已经非常知足了。本来以为既然出来了，要尝遍附近的美食，厨房大多数时候是摆设，可第一天我们就非要自己开伙不可。圣诞夜到处都关门，等我们安顿好了一切，已经晚上九点多了。我根本没有心思出去找开着灯的餐馆，更别提带他们去教堂听圣歌了。

我们从便利店7-eleven买了牛奶鸡蛋，回来做韩国方便面。7-11在南方非常普遍，我们所在的这条岛路居然有大概五家。我爱死7-11了，我们晚上从海滩回来，还要走到对面的这个便利店买冰棒，果汁，和buffulo chicken wings。对我来讲，只要生活便利安全的地方，我就喜欢得不得了。

不巧的是我们在南方的将近一个星期六，只有第一天和最后一天的天气适合在海滩上玩耍，冷得时候夜里达到零下一摄氏度。其实这个时候已经凉风起来了，他们第一天在海滩上，兴奋不已，跑跑跳跳。

Fort Myers beach的沙子很细，像灰一样。海水是浅蓝色。这些都和new england地方不同。很早以前我到过south east of florida,

I rent this kind of beach chair for $11/day, thanks GOD I didn't do the one-week deal. The tempreture sharply dropped down the next day. Actually the wind started to get cold at that afternoon. The couple sitting next to me were smart enough to fetch the hotel blankets.

Popcorn time. I consider popcorn junk food before. But according to Bebe's school nutrition chart, it actually is health food, of course not too much EXTRA butter.

When they smile, the flowers of my heart blossom.:)

At Fort Myers beach, actually it seems for all the beaches in south part of the country like Florida, the sand is thin as ash, and the sea is light between blue and green. Those are different from what we have in New England beaches where the sand is sometimes like mixed little tiny stones and the sea is like wine dark blue.

But the sea birds look always the same. They always keep distance to people when we try to approach them. When we lost attention, they seems to be aound everywhere for all the time.

I gain a lot of weight for losing control to eat and no time for exercise. News paper says holiday fat is easy to gain and hard to lose. You spend a couple of days to get about 5lb, but you might spend even 1 month to lose them.

Therefore, good body shaps are always for people who have strong will and are persistent.

因为天气的缘故，我们总共在海滩上的时间并不长，以至于现在回忆起来，最先想到的是我们在路上开车游走的情景。

The children museum in this city. We came on Sunday when it open from 12 pm. So we had to wait outside for half hour. This museum is tiny,and not bright enough.But they have a lot of educational stuff in their hands-on activity department. Bebe and vivi did enjoy and have fun.

I love to take them here.

The museum is in downtown. We drove out of beach island through the north bridge.

Because of coldness and short of prepared shoes, I wore this UGG warm shoes which supposed to show up in some place where there is REAL winter. I didn't see anybody wearing so warm. Even somebody stared at my feet.But nobody knew me. I don't care.

The third day we went to King Richard. Not a good place. It is only for fun. Most attraction for bigger kids, but I still purchased the expensive ticket for Vivi. Here she drove the car and got stuck there and didn't know how to control at all. The assistant helped her and stopped her at the first round. But she was very happy, because a BOY helped her. She loves boys.

Bebe是个冒险家，他玩得这类刺激的活动我不敢玩，这种让人有失重感的游戏。我玩一次吓得不得了，他却一次有一次去排队。他喜欢滑雪，两岁多从很高的斜坡上下来，他没有问题。

Vivi不懂非要玩，上去就吓哭了。那是两个月前在我家附近的一个游乐场。从此以后她每次都要念叨，我不要玩上下上下，上下上下不好玩。

Bebe还嫌它不够高不够快。我真担心他长大了会喜欢什么样的危险的活动。他在这类活动中算刚刚符合身高要求的，坐在高个子们中间像个小不点。

Kings Richard游乐场在Naples，Fort Myers南部20迈左右，也是个美丽的海滨小镇。我们本来是要来这里，后来我发现Fort Myers有个很大的机场，而且hotel更容易订才临时改计划。

Vivi是个惹人喜爱的小姑娘，她淘气，可爱，充满灵气。我记得生下她的那一刻，护士把她包好，抱到我身边。她抹了cream的眼睛紧闭成一条长线，小手攥紧手指明显比哥哥的细长。

她现在越来越漂亮。有时候我会禁不住凝视她，在红灯的时候转过头看她，被她可爱的模样吸引。她的鼓起的饱满的额头，柔顺的毛发凌乱的散着。有时候她睡下不久我还在看电视，她就悄悄跑进房间，爬到我的床上，我赶紧掀开被子欢迎她。

在去The shell factory的路上，我们需要途径一所大桥，可我在这里迷了路，刚好附近有一个play ground,他们已经在车上待烦了。干脆我们就先下来玩一玩。

The shell factory, they both want to reach out their head from the bottom hole. The other two are too tall.

The day we went to Shell Factory, eating at the famous restaurant The Fishbones. I searched on google about ZAGAT rated restaurants near this area, and it turns out some good and bad comments on very limited restaurants. But fishbones is nice one, just as those reviews. They has very tender fishsticks for kids, the new England claim chowder is so so, the mixed juice cocktail is great. The cost is mild.

You can see this beatiful sunset here every sunny day.

懂事的bebe，larry是他的英文名字。因为我的脾气不好，他居然变得有些世故，看到我拉下脸来他会自觉去劝说妹妹。他特地嘱咐好几次，要给mrs Riely，他的老师买一个大的海螺，他看到有同学送老师很小的贝壳。所以他要送大的。

从我们的房间走到海滩会经过一个很小的泳池，对面有个outdoors bar，有live music，很响的效果，水平很专业。如果不是带小孩子的话我会有心要上一杯什么喝的坐一坐。

打十八个洞很便宜，她的儿童杆就便宜得像白送。她只是用这个红红的小棍推，推进洞里就说赢了。

Bebe (Larry) has good sense on golf. He even have a "one" mark on these 18 holes, and many "2" also. But sometimes his attitude is not good, keep pushing. So I yelled at him, making other people looking at me. " what a mom you are?,it is just for fun, relax!" that is the way they seemed to tell me.:)

The shells our next door collected.

Walking to beach by bare feet.

他们是一对很有感情的兄妹。我冲一个发火，另外一个会求情。当然会吵架打闹，每次我说你们再吵我就上楼自己睡觉，他们马上安静了。

right out side of our room, it is not with ocean view, but very close to parking and office. We love here. It is not as expensive as those star hotel, but it is really clean and convenient. It is attached with a kitchen, that helped me a lot at christmas eve, since most restaurants were closed and we couldn't find a place to eat.