I have been in the habit of taking people’s contact information when I photograph them and sending them the results when I get them back from the lab. Most often, they never reply and I don’t know why I bother. In this case, I am so glad I did. This mother came back with more than a perfect caption, but also details on the caption, and a joke!
This is Mika from Konstanz. He's 10 years old and he decided to go as a balloonist at Fasnacht. So his Dad constructed this costume with a big water balloon, ropes, logs(?), a basket without bottom, old braces from his grandpa. On his leatherjacket he wears a lot of buttons from different "Fasnachts-guilds". He collects them. The aviator hat and the aviator glasses are also from his grandpa. The beard, of course, is his own... he let it grow for month.
Greetings from Konstanz,
Silke