Passed Out Drunk Marker Face – The Kids Version

Be careful where you pass out.....

I think at one point or another in our late teens through early twenties we all go to a party where someone who was beyond drunk and passed out was the victim of marker attack to the face. Some of us have been most unlucky and have been the mark-ee, some of us have had loads of fun being the mark-er. I have only seen this type of marking ritual in teens and young adults, never by children, at least until recently. I got home late from work one night thinking both kids would be asleep. I was half right….my almost three year old daughter was wide awake and running around like she was possessed (minus the spinning head) and five year old son was out like a light on the couch. This was nothing out of the norm…..both kids usually conk out on the couch if we let them stay up past their bed time.

My wife and I were in the kitchen talking about something or other.  I walked into the living room to pick up my son and throw him in bed. I turned the corner to pick him up only to find out my daughter had already gotten to him. He was sawing logs on the couch with a toy purse in one hand, a doll under the other arm, pink lip balm all over his face, and some toy earrings hanging from his ears. I yelled to my wife “Hey, come in here! You gotta see this!” She walked into the room and we both looked at each other and laughed uncontrollably. I laughed “She got him good!” and my wife just shook her head.  She looked at my daughter and asked “What do you have to say for yourself?” My daughter pointed to him and said “He’s a girl now!” I thought this was a learned behavior but it is apparently more instinctual than originally thought. Maybe it is genetic? I guess my daughter must have this gene if it is truly inherited. Either way, instinct or learned behavior, she is pretty darn good at this classic party prank. I’m sure she will be a master by the time she makes it to college.