Yo-Yo Day

Yo yo yo to all our friends!  Today is yo-yo day!  Before we jump to the celebrating part, let's take a brief look at the history of this wooden toy.  Yo-yo's were first invented in Greece around 500 BCE.  They were usually made of terracotta and were painted with designs.

We know this because ancient Greek pottery that we have found has images of children playing with these toys.  Eventually they started to be made out of wood and came to France in the 18th century.

The modern word for this stringed toy, yo-yo, is actually a Tagalog word meaning "come, come".  For more information, visit the following link:

http://www.answers.com/topic/yo-yo

To celebrate today Brandon and I went to the dollar store and picked up two different types of yo-yo's: a manly car wheel shaped one for him, and two light up ones for me.

We watched a few tutorials on youtube for various tricks we could try with our new toys.  They are amazing!  If you really want to see some cool ones, check this out!  One guy actually unstrings his yo-yo and then restrings it in the middle of his trick!!!!

 

We tried a few of these tricks, but weren't very successful.  We had a lot of fun anyway!