How I Met Your Mother

Lily has always been one of those people

who loves their birthday. Loves it.

It's my birthday!

So it's a good thing she married Marshall.

It's still my birthday!

Because he loves planning birthdays.

Feliz cumpleaños, baby.

The theme of this today's birthday breakfast

in bed is...

"Spanish Interlude"

♪ ♪

Ooh!

And...

How on Earth did we end up

in the lyrical rolling hills of Northern Spain?

Yay!

Baby, tonight is going to be so much fun.

Just the five of us,

black-tie dinner, and Ted is picking up

your favorite cognac pumpkin cheesecake from Edgar's.

Yay!

Okay, I am off

to run your super secret birthday errand.

Yay!

And I'm taking this guy with me

because I don't like the way he's looking at you.

Yay.

A new camera!

Oh, thank you, Marshall. I love it!

Well, little bonus:

I took some naked pictures of myself before I wrapped it.

Put a bow on it.

There wasn't a bow on it.

Wrong "it."

Thank you, honey. I'm going to get

some great shots of our little group with this.

Now, kids, you've seen your Aunt Lily's

photo albums: leather bound,

acid free paper,

adorable handwritten captions.

And most importantly, the group shot.

Cute photo, right, kids?

But what you don't see is what happened

ten seconds before this picture was taken.

Okay, I want to get the perfect group shot.

Marshall, sit between Barney and Robin.

Why?

Oh, you know, uh, light,

color, balance, aperture...

You're just saying camera words.

Wait- you don't want Barney and me

to look like a couple in this picture,

do you? Of course I don't!

You two aren't going to last!

I'm going for timeless here.

How dare you?

That is so rude!

It's true.

Totally true- we're running

on fumes here, but still rude.

We hated Lily's group shots.

Okay, maybe I get a little bossy,

but I just want to remember those times.

Like tonight.

I can't imagine a better birthday than,

than being here with just my four best friends.

Yay!

And Ted's here now. Yay! Oh!

Happy birthday!

This is Amanda.

And Amanda... yay.

Ted, you were supposed to bring a cheesecake,

but instead you brought two grocery bags

and a woman we've never seen before.

Hi. I'm Marshall. Welcome to our home.

Start talking.

Amanda's going to make Lily a cake.

She's a chef.

We met when I was at a restaurant

last week and I sent some soup back.

Lucky, she's got such pretty hair

I didn't mind eating a little bit of it.

They call me "The Shedder" at work.

I'm so glad you're making my birthday cake!

In honor of Lily's

32nd birthday, I've got

a lot of great games planned, starting with...

"Lil-ial Pursuit."

Okay, who's got number one?

I do.

Of course you do.

Okay, Amanda goes first.

32 seconds on the clock

to answer as many questions as possible. And...

Go! Question one:

What is Lily's favorite color?

Well, she's wearing pink,

so I'm going to say pink.

Okay, that's Robin.

Oh, uh...

Her...

favorite color is...

elbow.

I believe Ted was mouthing the word "yellow."

Which also would have been wrong.

This game is called "Gilding The Lily."

Nice. Thank you.

Okay, you've all written down

your favorite things about the birthday girl.

And Lilypad, you guess who wrote what.

"Lily makes

"everyone in her life,

from her friends to her students..."

Lily's a kindergarten teacher-

that's what he means by "students."

"...feel loved.

"She makes the best

"oatmeal raisin cookies ever,

can recite every line from Goonies..."

Lily saw Goonies in the theater right after her parents separated.

For a long time after that, she had real trouble trusting people...

Ted!

"And she's the strongest person I've ever met.

"I can't imagine my life without her.

I love you, Lily."

Aww... Robin!

Of course it was me.

Come on. Aww, that's so sweet.

Okay, Lily, you try to guess

who wrote this.

"You seem really nice."

Oh...

I'm going to guess Amanda?

No, that w me.

And I meant every word.

Well, I should get back to that cake.

Okay, let me know if you need anything.

All right, quick! Let's do the group photo!

Everybody gather around the fireplace.

Oh, uh, hang on, I'll, uh, I'll let Amanda know.

Oh, no, that's okay. She's busy in the kitchen.

Let's not bother her. Come on.

Hey, hang on a second. You...

You don't want Amanda in the photo, do you?

No, no, it's just, you know,

auto-focus, shutter speed, zoom...

Lily, what's going on?

Who wants a party hat?

Hey, look! Look, I'm a bird!

Let's all be birds.

Lily, tell me the truth.

No, of course not. I'm not going to let

another one of your dumb skanks ruin my precious memories.

Lily, what are you talking about?

Ted, you always do this.

You bring girls that we barely know

to all our big group events.

I do not. Oh, really?

Oh, well, let's just take a little walk

down Random Skank Lane.

Or, or we could just keep on a-strolling down

Best Birthday Ever Avenue.

Do I get a vote? Skank Lane! Skank Lane!

Hey, hey, guys. I've composed a song for the evening.

Follow along. The chorus goes like this:

♪ Happy, happy Lily day ♪

♪ Happy, happy Lily day... ♪

Christmas morning, four years ago.

Our first Christmas together, just the five of us.

Ooh, Ted, here's another fun little trivia me.

It's called: Name That Bitch.

It's, it is Sa... San...

Wrong. You're thinking of Santa,

'cause it was Christmas.

Fun fact- each year, my mother has Easter tea

with her friend Bunny.

Okay, not that fun.

I remember her name.

It's Sarah.

Close. It's Leilani.

She just had to come to Christmas because you said,

"Guys, she might be the one."

And she's not the only

"might be the one."

New Year's Eve, 2007:

Barney, Lily, Robin, Ted, Marshall

and "She's the One" Emily.

Robin's Uncle Cecil's funeral:

Marshall, Lily, Robin, Barney, Ted and...

"this just proves you find the one

when you're not looking" Isabel.

My appenx surgery:

Robin, Marshall, Barney, Lily, Ted, and...

Well, this one you admitted you were just trying to bang.

Respect. Oh, hey.

Remember this yoga instructor

you brought to my birthday last year?

♪ You. ♪

Thank you.

Thank you. Oh, my- oh, my God.