Too Many Tamales!

We read a story yesterday the kids really enjoyed called Too Many Tamales.  It was about a girl that wanted to try on her mother's diamond ring eventhough she knew she wasn't allowed to.  She ended up not being able to resist temptation and put it on her finger.  She was helping her mom and aunt knead dough to make delicious tamales when, before she knew it, the ring was gone!  She had her cousins help her eat all 24 tamales in hopes of finding the ring inside.  However: they found nothing!  When the girl was about to confess to her mother that she lost her ring: she saw the ring twinkling as bright as ever on her mother's finger!  This story started a discuss about rules in our own household and why they are important.  Our emphasis study this month in Social Studies is on rules and laws so this story was definitely applicable.