Local woman celebrates Leap Day birthday

On top of this, everyone teases you during every year, ensuring you never get a break.

“It’s insane that it only comes around once every four years and because we normally celebrate it on February 28, it’s even confused me this year!”

Her mother, Tara Fee, recalls the first time Allison Clare realized there was something unusual about her birthday.

Overall, Pearson said she hasn’t experienced many issues with being a leapling. “My little brother is 2, not me”.

The bash, complete with an 80-piece marching band, was a celebration of her 100 years – or, according to the calendar, her 25th birthday.

Q: Tell the truth: are you exhausted of people making Leap Year jokes?

A LEAP year baby gave her parents a very special surprise at the Great Western Hospital today.

And he called the next day and said there will be two waiting for you…. “When someone says state a fun fact about yourself, I can always go to that”.

She said the twins believe they’re going to be the “boss” eventually because they will be “older” than her by a little over two months.

“People will always remember my birthday”. Last year, at 15, she turned three and three-quarters.

Henry Goldacker, of Butternut Street, said she is not anxious about missing birthdays, but would be upset if the proposed calendar change sponsored by George Eastman, of Kodak, takes them away entirely.

The Summer Olympic Games and US presidential elections are held in leap years.

Ironically, one of Swart’s closest friends at WVU shares a leap year birthday.

Q: Growing up, did you get cheated out of celebrating your birthday? Certainly this has paved the way for a unique lifestyle and one in which I can’t manage to make it through a whole year without being teased.

“My mother got a kick out of it. It’s a novelty”, Gladden said.

Q: What’s the most annoying question people have asked you about your Leap Year birthday?

Michael Jordan, a Philadelphia resident who was born February 29, 1968, in Boston, said he’s grown accustomed to his unique birthday. Wiberg is scheduled to work and has dinner plans with her husband, who is celebrating with her on February 29 for the first time. This is because Earth actually completes its revolution around the sun in 365.2422 days, adding up to roughly one more day every four years. Do you know why we have a leap year?

“I don’t get the free birthday offers from stores and restaurants because they don’t know how to program that day in during a non-leap year”, she said.

“I wanted a real birthday every year”, Duncan said.

“They figured out that the calendar was kept getting out of sync when they just used the 365-day calendar”, Winstead said. Without the added day, the seasons eventually would be off.

Laura Mangin celebrates her actual birthday every Leap Year on the day, but every other year, she chooses to celebrate on February 28 and March 1.

The founder of the online club Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, Raenell Dawn, told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that being a Leap Day baby is both comical and frustrating.