Puppy Love?

February 14th is just around the corner. In preparation for the day, the kids have been writing out Valentines for their classmates. They have selected cards featuring Tangled princess Rapunzel for the girls and Spiderman cards for the boys. Ceilidh uses the larger cards for her classmates with longer names since she can't reduce her printing yet. Devlin has chosen the larger cards to represent the depth of fondness for a particular classmate.
Last week, he announced he had a girlfriend - Susan. Just in case I doubted her existence (remember the whole Paige incident?), he pointed out Susan in the class photo. Nice looking, brown hair, brown eyes. A little plain, but I'm no supermodel myself. She is a nice girl, who would often play with both Devlin and Ceilidh at the parks during the summer.
Getting back to Devlin - he was quite enthusiastic about Susan. Apparently it was not by any great desire, but rather by circumstance that he hooked up with Susan. Since his (current) best friend likes Sherry, and Susan is Sherry's friend, Devlin is now Susan's boyfriend so everyone can play together at recess and lunch time without feeling snubbed. Devlin told his father he had even kissed Susan, but when cross-examined by his mother on this topic, he denied doing anything more than holding hands. Holding hands? Where?!
"In line-ups and during circle time, because they can sit where-ever they want," he explained.
That may explain why there hasn't been any notes from the teacher in the past week about Devlin's misbehaving during circle time. If this little girl is keeping Devlin on the straight and narrow path during class, then how I can object to her and positive influence?
So he selected a larger valentine for Susan, after asking his sister Ceilidh for a pretty card from her collection. While he was full of stories about Susan last week, he hasn't been as forthcoming this week. Perhaps this puppy love has already run its course? Almost as long-lasting as a Hollywood romance!