The perfect costume for my boyfriend

If I had the power to force my boyfriend to do anything in the world, I would use that power to have him wear this costume for Halloween. Let’s just say, he has the body to pull it off.



I apologize to those of you who are easily offended by German stereotypes. This young man is obviously not a representative of all German men. He looks like he is on his way to the movies and threw on some "street" clothes before meeting up with friends. But do all German men dress this way? Of course not! I imagine his orange suspenders come in a wide variety of colors for men to choose from.

Fall activities

I try to make the most of fall before the weather takes a turn for the worse and suddenly I am caught scrapping snow off my car windshield and cursing the dreariness of winter in Michigan. So on Saturday Nate and I went over to Jenny’s Farm Market. We cuddled with the farm animals. A calf tried to eat Nate’s pants, while showing no interest in mine. We devoured pumpkin spice donuts, followed by homemade apple cider. AND! We went on a horse drawn hayride. I would mention how Nate forced me into crawling through the hay maze designed for kids only but I have too much pride to go into those horrific details.

And, because Kroger had a sale on Halloween items I ended up making Halloween themed cupcakes. I’m not an expert at applying frosting but I tried my best.



The green is supposed to resemble slime... Toxic slime.



This is a view of all the tiny cupcakes together. (I used tiny cupcakes instead of the regular size because, well, I think they are cuter. And eating a tiny cupcake is so much healthier than eating a normal size cupcake.)



It’s a pumpkin! Or is it? The frosting was out of control at this point.

I have photos of Jenny's Farm Market up on flickr from a trip in October 2005. I didn't take any photos this time.