HGTV’s Tarek El Moussa Shares Enjoyable Throwback Pics for Mother’s Birthday

Tarek El Moussa took a visit down reminiscence lane to rejoice his mother’s big day.

The HGTV star took to Instagram on Sunday, May 3, to want his mom, Dominique El Moussa, a Happy Birthday. “We don’t call her Cou Cou for nothing! Happy birthday to the best mom ever!” he wrote. “I have so many childhood memories of my mom dragging me all across Europe in broken down buses, staying in hot hotel rooms during Italian heat waves, and as she would say ‘to boot’ no air conditioning. I’ll tell you what… I wouldn’t change it for the world!”

Tarek continued, “We’ve always had so much fun and we’ve seen so many things and now it’s so much fun to watch her with the babies! Happy birthday mom I love you!!! @dominiqueelmoussa.”

Tarek’s Instagram publish included outdated and new photographs of himself and his mother. The add’s first slide featured a throwback snap of himself and Dominique smiling for the digicam. Other outdated snaps included a pic of Tarek as a highschool soccer participant along with his mother, and one other of them posing towards a picturesque backdrop.

The publish additionally featured a number of latest household photographs of Dominique with Tarek’s spouse, Heather Rae El Moussa, and the couple’s son, Tristan. (Tarek shares his eldest two youngsters, Taylor and Brayden, along with his ex-wife, Christina Haack.)

“We love you cou cou,” Heather commented beneath the publish, whereas Haack wrote, “Happy Birthday to one of the best!!” Dominique, for her half, posted, “Hahaha! Yes trips to Europe were so fun! The right way to travel. Love you son!”

Fans despatched their very own birthday needs to Tarek’s mother within the publish’s feedback. “Happy birthday cool lady, love your pop ups on flip or flop.” Another identified, “Those pics of Tarek could be Brayden!! Strong genes.”

Someone else shared, “Hbd beautiful @dominiqueelmoussa. I hope you’ve had the most amazing day, being spoilt.” A distinct individual acknowledged, “Happy Birthday to the best mama ever. Love these!” A separate consumer commented, “Happy birthday mama el moussa!!!”

Heather additionally celebrated Dominque’s birthday in a sequence of Instagram Story posts on Sunday. “Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law Dominique,” she wrote. “You are such a special woman and our family is so lucky to have you.”

Heather continued, “Thank you for raising such an amazing son, and for always showing up with so much love. So grateful you’re in our lives. We love you so much! Happy Birthday!!”

In addition to posting throwback photographs of his mother, Tarek lately revisited his and Heather’s relationship journey through Instagram. “I laid on my boat horn to grab her attention & keep the other guy from hitting on her,” he captioned an April 27 montage of photographs from their romance. “First date & knew I met the love of my life. Less than a week after, we moved in together and never looked back.”

Tarek recalled different main relationship moments, together with when Heather met Taylor and Brayden for the primary time, their 2020 engagement and 2021 wedding ceremony, after they welcomed Tristan in 2023, and starring collectively on HGTV’s The Flipping El Moussas and The Flip Off.