Ceilidh's First Crush on an ...Older Man!

While Ceilidh has selected certain male playmates to be her special friend at various times, she has mostly stuck to boys around her own age group. But a few weeks ago, she developed her first crush on an older man. Much to her father's dismay.
Both Devlin and Ceilidh attended Vacation Bible School this summer at our church. It was a week filled with learning new songs, making lots of crafts, meeting new friends and partaking in new games. On the last day of Vacation Bible School, the kids were invited to bring swimsuits and towels for "wet day". After picking them up, I asked how "wet day" went. "So much fun!" they enthused. I inquired as to what exactly occurred on "wet day". Devlin described water balloon fights and throwing wet sponges at friends. He was dramatic in relaying how he managed to aim and hit his friend who took a large wet sponge to the side. The story was enthusiastically relayed with actions and sound effects, as only little boys can.
Ceilidh was also eager to tell me how much she also had. I asked if she had hit any of her friends. "No, but I got to hit Brett!" came a suddenly shy response.
"Who's Brett?" I asked, my female instincts or perhaps, it was my mother radar perking up.
"He's one of the leaders, and he has hair like this," she motioned with her hands a mohawk over her head, or hopefully, just a faux-hawk.
Ceilidh's face became pink and a goofy smile overtook her face. When I asked some more questions about Brett, she clammed up and buried her face in my lap.
I switched topics to what songs and cheers they learned that day. While Devlin recited his team's cheer, Ceilidh excitedly relayed not her team's cheer, but the leader's group cheer. Hmmm, wonder where her attention was!
Later that evening, after being clued in by Mommy, Daddy asked Ceilidh about her day at Bible school. Her answer was a simple "good". But when Daddy asked about Brett, she buried her flushed face into my lap once again and refused to answer her father. But not before Daddy caught a glimpse of the goofy grin on his daughter's face.
This same scenario was replayed for Auntie Shunaha on Skype.
Poor Daddy, his little girl is discovering the world of boys.
Luckily for him, Ceilidh's first crush on an older boy also coincided with Aisling stomping around the house, arms crossed, stating emphatically, "I quit boys!" While we're not sure what brought that on, Daddy is certainly not questioning it.