These children have grown up quickly.
A brother and sister from Brooklyn born on Leap Day, four years apart, are celebrating a unique birthday together for the first time this year.
Parents Dane and Lindsay Demchak welcomed their son, Omri, on February 29, 2016.
My younger sister Scout was born exactly four years later on February 29, 2020.
This year, Omri and Scout will be 8 and 4 years old, respectively. And I’m overjoyed to be able to celebrate my birthday on the actual day.
“This is our first real joint birthday celebration. So this is going to be a little bit special,” added mother Lindsey.
“This year, friends and family from near and far will gather for a joint birthday party. We plan to invite 50 to 60 people to our coffee shop, City League Coffee Roasters,” she said. Ta.
Dane said some people fly in for the event.
Most years, the family celebrates the once-in-a-lifetime coincidence of children on different days, the parents said.
“We do my thing [son’s birthday] February 28th, my daughter’s March 1st,” Dane explained.
“We’ve always had a traditional birthday party, you know, a small party at home with dinner and then just our immediate family,” Lindsey added.
Thursday’s celebration concludes a week of celebrations for the family, which includes their youngest child, born in March 2023.
“[Lindsay’s] My birthday is Monday and my mother-in-law’s birthday is today,” Dane told the Post.
“This whole week has felt like a celebration. Lots of cake and candles,” he said.
The fact that the Demchaks had two leap year births was even more surprising because neither child was due on a leap day, Lindsey recalled.
“It was really a coincidence,” she told the Post, noting that neither birth involved medical intervention.
“We always try to make it clear that it was really crazy,” she explained.
Dane admitted that the four years since Omri met her newborn sister at Coney Island Hospital and celebrated her fourth birthday have “just flown by.”
As for how to explain the concept of a leap year to Mr. Omri and Scout, both parents said that the concept of a leap year is not necessarily the easiest challenge for parents.
“I keep trying to explain to them how special this is, but it’s so hard because they’re so young. And to be honest, they don’t really understand what a leap year actually is. “I haven’t,” Lindsay admitted.
“Trying to understand as an adult is confusing!” Dane agreed.
“We just tell them that we share a special birthday. They deserve it because they are special,” the proud father said with a smile.
