Hoda Kotb celebrated her 62 birthday on August 9 with three generations of her family.
She received three birthday cakes on her special day, and she blew out the candles with her daughters Hope Catherine Kotb, five, and Haley Joy Kotb, eight, and she also posed in a sweet family picture alongside her mother, Sameha Kotb, 84.
The entrepreneur went filter-free with a sans-makeup look as she rocked a bold red button-up long sleeve shirt, while dancing along to everyone's singing.
Her daughters matched her casual look as Hope wore a striped blue and white dress, Haley donned a t-shirt with USA on it, and Sameha sported a long-sleeve white shirt.
Hoda switched into a white button-up shirt with beige pants and beige sneakers, while hugging her daughters on the couch in another photo. The former Today anchor captioned the post: "Thx for all the love."
© InstagramFans react
Fans flocked to the comments to wish Hoda a happy birthday. One person wrote: "Happiest Day to you precious one!!!!!"
A second follower added: "Happy birthday Hoda! I hope you are feeling how much you are loved by everyone! Love you! @hodakotb."
A third commenter continued: "Happy birthday Hoda. You and your girls look so happy."
Another fan added: "Hoda. Happy bday and thanks for inspiring us all!!! May this trip around the sun be filled with so many wonderful adventures, memories and love."
One person wrote: "Happy Birthday Hoda. Your girls are precious."
© InstagramHoda's take on aging
The Joy101 founder believes that age is just a number and that sometimes the best things come later in life, contrary to popular belief.
She revealed during Axios House at Cannes: "All of my blessings, all of them came after 50. Every single one."
© InstagramHoda recalled that she became a mother to her two girls after she hit that big milestone. On top of that, she also left the Today show and began a new era being the businesswoman behind Joy 101.
The star emphasized: "They used to say, 'Oh, it’s over.' It's not over. We decide. We decide when it's over. We choose." For her, life is "wide open," and she's just getting started.
She explained that everything comes down to energy and that our personalities and interests define us more than our number.
© InstagramHoda expressed to Country Living: "I think spirit is ageless and I think when you see someone coming, you know what their spirit is. I've seen a 30-year-old who's hunched over and a 90-year-old who's effervescent, bubbling, and curious."
One person who inspires Hoda through and through is her mom. She gushed: "I'm sitting next to my mom, who's amazing, and she's the epitome of falling in love with new things all the time, telling me about a new product she tried, or a new person she met, or a new this, and she's effervescent. That kind of spirit is what beauty is to me."
