{"id":1162,"date":"2010-01-18T19:19:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/2010\/01\/ballerina-boy.html"},"modified":"2010-01-18T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:19:16","slug":"ballerina-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/theirbadmother\/2010\/01\/ballerina-boy.html","title":{"rendered":"Ballerina Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jasper likes to dress up as a ballerina. He likes to dress up like a ballerina, it seems, because twirling is much more fun when you have something around your waist that twirls with you. Jasper likes to twirl. He likes to twirl even more when there is a tutu involved.<\/p>\n

Luckily for Jasper, we have a lot of tutus. And princess costumes, and sundry feminine accessories.<\/p>\n

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But despite Jasper’s love of all things pink and frilly, he is still 187% BOY…<\/p>\n

\"balllerina-boy-in-man-boots.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>… and don’t you forget it.<\/p>\n

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