She started school at the age of two, graduated by four and got married at the ripe old age of six.

And yesterday, Corrina Rego, like many other Leap Year babies around the world enjoyed something many of us take for granted -- a proper birthday party.

"It's kind of bizarre being a Leap Year baby,'' confessed the `seven' year old. "It's very hard when you are a child because for three years its like you don't exist. All the other kids have normal birthday parties and then when your actual birthday rolls around it's a big deal.'' Mrs. Rego, who usually celebrates her birthday on March 1, said that being a Leap Year baby often attracts a lot of attention, usually at the most inopportune moments.

"When it was Leap Year they used to make a big deal at school and make me stand on stage,'' she recalled. "And whenever I fill out forms people always say to me `oh, you're a Leap Year baby' and proceed to ask a bunch of questions.

"People always ask me how I am and how it feels to be a Leap Year baby. I just tell them, normal -- I don't know any different.'' But the 27-year-old art director admitted that there were some benefits to technically only having a birthday once every four years.

"It kind of sets you apart from everyone else,'' she explained. "And you get to party really hard once every four years.

"Instead of being a freak I like to think of it as being a special mark.'' Mrs. Rego enjoyed her `birthday' yesterday with family and friends at a special dinner hosted by her parents.

Other Leap Year babies: Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker religious movement in the US; Roman Catholic Pope Paul III; and Jack Lousma, astronaut.

Happy birthday!: According to Leap Year baby Corrina Rego, being born on February 29 is `kind of bizarre'. She is pictured here celebrating her `sixth' birthday four years ago with grandmother Alice Faries (left), father Neville Spalding (right) and mother Elizabeth (far right).