SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It is said to be the rarest day of the year to have a birthday, that’s because February 29th only comes around once every four years. In this week’s flashback Friday Ann Parker takes us back to 1984 to welcome some Sioux falls leap day babies into the world.
The bloom of eternal youth that’s the gift given the leap year baby at least youth in numbers when Rachel Lee Hilt enters kindergarten she will be just one year of age. Now that first birthday four years from now will set the pattern for the rest of her life. She’ll be able to get her first drivers license when she’s four, run for president at eight, and collect social security at sixteen. But all of those privileges can not erase the fact that one birthday every four years is three birthdays too few. Travis Landon Johnson was born hours ago but this was the first he’d caught wind of his future birthday plans.
“He’s just gonna have to celebrate his birthday a little earlier or a day later I guess.”
If Travis doesn’t seem to like his special birthday now he should look on the bright side a leap year birthday celebration should be four times the fun of any normal birthday, and that’s something to look forward to.
Ann Parker Keloland News.
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