Kid greets mum with hilarious sign at airport

WHEN a hardworking mother came home to her loving family after a business trip, this wasn’t quite the welcome she expected.

A MUM returning home from a business trip was left a little red-faced by the hilarious welcome sign her young son was holding as he greeted her at the airport.

Barbara Nielsen was on her way back home to Oklahoma after a week away in Arkansas for work when husband Brandon and son Daimen went to the airport to pick her up.

But young Daimen had a little surprise in store for mum, greeting her in the airport arrivals terminal with a large cardboard sign bearing the words: “Welcome home from prison mom”.

Ms Nielsen posted a photo on Facebook of Daimen smiling with his cheeky sign — and while she saw the funny side of it, she also knew exactly who was to blame.

“Brandon is a jerk, lol. This is the sign Daimen was holding when I got off the plane,” she wrote.

The post was shared by a friend, who wrote: “So a friend was gone for a week on BUSINESS and her husband made this sign for their son to hold to welcome mom back! I died laughing.”

The image of little Daimen and his sign then went viral, with more than 132,000 shares and 76,000 reactions at the time of publishing.

Daimen’s sign rivals those of an Australian couple who made headlines earlier this year with the unique way they greet each other at the airport.

Robyn Thomas, who lives in Brisbane, and her boyfriend Crin, who lives in Melbourne, spend most weekends flying back and forth to see each other.

One of Robyn’s hilarious greeting signs for her boyfriend. Picture: Two World Wanders

Boyfriend strikes back. Picture: Two World Wanders

And to keep the gruelling arrangement amusing, they greet each other at the airport bearing witty signs, such as “I hope your anal colonoscopy went well!” and “Even tho [sic] we’re cousins I still want to get married”.

“Strangers looked at us very funny — it’s most awkward for the person holding the sign,” Ms Thomas told news.com.au.

“Crin does a sign for me every time I fly into Melbourne, so it’s very even.”