died and gone to heaven

This is really a side story of the book club entry. Ethan's favorite person is Allie, hands down. When she is gone he's sad without her and when I tell him it's time to go pick her up from school, he runs to the door to get in the car. Then he squeals with excitement when he can finally spot her amongst all the other students pouring out the building. Whenever Allie has a friend over he thinks that they are there to provide him with entertainment and bugs them the whole time. Luckily, Allie loves Ethan almost as much as he loves her and so she doesn't tire of him too quickly and generally her friends think that he is the cutest and dote over him too. So, imagine if you will our house full of EIGHT Allie-like girls on Friday for book club and Ethan's reaction when the doorbell just kept ringing. He wouldn't leave them alone, had to be the center of attention and they all ate it up which made him want to perform even more. At one point during their loud giggling book disucssion he was jumping on the couch making the sign for "einstein song" and Allie began singing to him. All the girls chimed in and the wide excited smile on his face was priceless. I'm sure if he could talk he would've asked, "is this heaven?"