PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It solely occurs as soon as each 4 years, however right this moment is the day – February 29, Leap Day!
It’s the day added to the calendar to regulate for the truth that a yr is definitely 365 and 1 / 4 days lengthy.
Which begs the query – what’s it like in case your birthday is February 29?
I caught up with a “leap child” to search out out what that is like.
There are about 5 million leap infants or Leaplings on this planet, in accordance with The History Channel and one among them is Jim Newcomb and right this moment he’s legally old sufficient to drive.
“I’m lastly allowed to drive as a result of I’m celebrating my sixteenth birthday,” he mentioned. “Even although it was a profession, I used to be a driver.”
A lifelong Teamster and father of two, Jim smiles about his birthday now, however when he was a toddler, it was a bit totally different.
“It was considerably of a burden as a result of associates, schoolmates, and classmates would tease me, particularly after my second they referred to as me a two-year-old,” he recalled.
Every time he has to current his beginning certificates, he mentioned individuals do a double-take after they see the date.
Over 36 years along with his spouse Kellie, Jim has leaned into having such an uncommon birthday.
“When I turned 13, I used to be teasing my spouse that now I’m hitting puberty once more,” he mentioned with amusing.
As for when he celebrates, his dad and mom years in the past left it as much as him: February 28 or March 1.
“Of course, I informed them how about each days – February 28 after which March 1, they laughed,” he recalled. “They mentioned no, simply decide one, so I mentioned the twenty eighth. Then they requested how come not March – effectively, I wasn’t born in March.”
It’s additionally the date acknowledged on all of his authorized paperwork.
In the eyes of the federal government, somebody born on Leap Day is taken into account a yr older on March 1.
Jim can be not alone in his household in the case of being a leapling – his nice niece shares his birthday and they’re getting collectively right this moment to have a good time.
She is 12 right this moment, or that is her third leap birthday!
