Kaden is infatuated with computers, ipods, cell phones, anything electronic and over $200 . . . So for Christmas he received his very own laptop to help re-prioritize his attention to something that would be his to destroy with drool and sticky fingers.
It seems to be working. Minus the fact that he recognize that his computer does not have iTunes installed and therefore unable to play Lady Gaga at this every whim, he’s fairly satisfied. Tarah took this photo of us and our dueling laptops yesterday morning after breakfast. I was checking emails and he was checking the letter "J." As you’ve seen from previous posts, he’s big on dancing to the Sesame Street intro. That’s pretty much the length of his attention for the show, because once the characters start talking and getting into a learning subject, Kaden takes off. He likes music and if the conversation isn’t set to a rhythmic strings and wind melody or a rapid fire bass line. . .he’s not listening.
So, I know you are still thinking about the Lady Gaga reference and possibly concerned that Kaden is too young to be listening to that sort of suggestive devil music. . .well need I remind you that she has recently become a strong role model for young people everywhere (read in sarcasm). Her recent vow of celibacy publicly acknowledges what Kaden will clearly understand through the her conservative music videos. Those videos clearly depict a woman who strives to encourage others that, "it’s not really cool any more to have sex all the time. It’s cooler to be strong and independent" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/11/lady-gaga-explains-why-sh_n_533187.html).
So there you have it. . .Lady Gaga is a role model and a reminder that you can’t judge a book by its cover or an artist by her video, song lyrics or provocative dress.
What we are mostly concerned about is that he can clearly articulate "Gaga," when trying to get mom and dad to play a song, but we only have 4 days to get him to say "Grammie" with the same clarity 
It might be easier if Grammie were to just come out with a hit song with a rapid fire bass line. At that point we could guarantee he’ll be clearly chanting for "Grammie" every morning.
Maybe if we get him an ipod touch, there’s an app for that?
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