Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap Day

I always thought that anyone with Leap Day as a birthday would have the most awesome birthday ever.  You'd only age once every four years!  If I had been born on Leap Day the year I arrived, I'd be 8 years old this year.  8!  How awesome would that be to say?  "Yeah, I'm only 8, aren't I big for my age?"  But then comes the dilemma of celebrating the birthday - do you do it February 28th, the day before, because it's still in February, or do you do it March 1st, because it's the day after February 28th?  How would you explain that to a young child?  "Today's not your birthday because your birthday doesn't happen every year, but we're going to celebrate it today anyway?"  Weird to a very young child.  Then again, L would be happy if we celebrated her birthday every day, lol!  I remember reading about a family once that had all Leap Day birthdays and thought that could get confusing.  Also, since it's Leap Day, shouldn't you do something special that you'd only do once in a blue moon?  I mean, blue moons happen more often than Leap Days, so make it special dangit!  I think I'll probably go do something fun with the girls on their very first Leap Day ever - maybe get ice cream, play leap frog, something.  What are you going to do to mark the special occasion?

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