how i met your mother: And a Slappy Thanksgiving to You!

On Monday's episode of How I Met Your Mother, Lily and Marshall hosted Thanksgiving at their new home for the first time, Marshall kept Barney on his toes with the promise of a slap bet fulfillment, Robin dated on older guy and Ted learned how to be friends with his ex.

Things I loved from this episode:

• Robin celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, aka "Real Thanksgiving." As a lover of all things Canadian, I love it when they throw a little bit into the show--and I learned a little bit about the Canadian version of the holiday!
  
• Hip Bob, Robin's date. Since we see the show through Ted's memories, grandfatherly Bob played the part of the young 41-year-old he actually was. So much funnier than if we had seen an actual hunky older guy!
  
• Countdown to slap bet. Remember a few episodes ago when we saw Marshall taunt Barney with his Web site, counting down the seconds to his next slap? Well, the countdown led us to 3:01 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Lily temporarily put an end to Slapsgiving, but gave Marshall slapping permission with a couple seconds to go to catch Barney off guard and end the episode with a Slapsgiving carol.