Happy 3rd (12th) Birthday, Connor!

More than 200,000 U.S. citizens (Source) are celebrating a rare occasion today -- their actual birthdates.

Feb. 29, also known as "Leap Day," occurs once every four years (leap year). The tradition dates back to 46 B.C. when Roman emperor Julius Caesar added an extra day to February every four years, according to a Washington Post article, "Kids celebrate leap-year birthdays."

One of those kids is Connor Brant, of Collegeville, who turns 12 today, but in "leap years," is only 3. (Thanks to Caroline Brant for the picture and info!)

The Post article goes on to state that although each non-leap year is 365 days, the average time of the Earth's travel around the sun, "The problem is, the revolution actually takes Earth 365 days plus six hours, 9 minutes and 9.7 seconds. If we didn’t add an extra day every four years, in 100 years, we would be about 24 days ahead of where we should be," according to the article.

Read more about Leap Year at The Washington Post and Yahoo! news.

If you want to celebrate a Leaper/Leapling, or acknowledge another special occasion today in the PV Patch way, e-mail Local Editor Ann Cornell, ann.cornell@patch.com.