Cowboys vs. The Man
The kids have a new game: cowboys and farms. I think it was inspired by reading the Little House books and a rediscovery of their cowboy outfits. Anyway, everyone has his own farmland (a sheet of paper on which A. has drawn pictures of animals, corrals, etc.). They start fighting: "AM. no!" "Mom, she's putting her farm on top of mine!" etc. So I came in and told them that I'm the Government and that I get to decide where their farms are, since I'm giving them the land. Then I told them to watch out and not fight or the Government will come in and take away their farms or start taxing them. Amazingly, it seems to have solved most of the fighting problems. A. keeps coming to me and asking if this or that is ok with the Government. Being a dictator is goooood.