How I Met Your Mother

Suit up, How I Met Your Mother fans! Barney, Lily, Marshall, Robin, and Ted have been some of prime time's funniest characters for seven whole seasons, responsible for such honorable traditions as Slapsgiving. The show isn't returning until next month, but I've still been quoting its greatest lines in its absence. Check out all my most memorable bits below, and let me know what yours are!

• "It's going to be legen — wait for it — dary." — Barney
• "You son of a b*tch!" — Lily
• "Haaave you met Ted?" — Barney

Last week, we were lucky enough to catch up with Alyson Hannigan, star of How I Met Your Mother and mom to almost 3-year-old Satyana, with another little one on the way. In the process of potty training her own daughter, Alyson has partnered with Huggies Pull-Ups to encourage other moms to take on her fun approach to toilet training.

LilSugar: Congratulations on your second pregnancy. When are you due, and do you know what you're having?
Alyson Hannigan: We do! I'm due this Summer. But we're keeping [the baby's gender] under wraps for now. That is, unless Satyana decides to spill the news — we'll have to wait and see if that happens.

LS: Satyana must be excited to be a big sister. How are you preparing her for the new arrival?
AS: She's such a little girl now. She's very excited! We've been trying to include her in some of the decision-making, like decorating the baby's nursery. We ask for her input when we're picking things out.

LS: And your character Lily on How I Met Your Mother is expecting a baby, too. That's nice that you don't have to hide your pregnancy for the show.
AS: Yes, Lily's actually further along than I am!

LS: What's the process of toilet training been like with Satyana?
AS: I was really intimidated going into it. But because we made it fun, she's really been fantastic. We're still in the process . . . we haven't tried an overnight yet.

LS: Any tips that other moms could benefit from?
AS: Ask your child if they have to go every 20 minutes. Teach them the Potty Dance — make it fun. And if you live in a warm climate, let them run around without their clothes on. My daughter loves to be naked anyway, and this just made it easier. That, and lots of encouragement.

CBS focused on its current shows during the Winter TCA, bringing out comedy How I Met Your Mother, which is currently in its seventh season. Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan were the only actors present today, but they had plenty to say, along with series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. They talked about what's next for Marshall and Lily and their new little family, Robin's recent revelation, and the perennial question about when we'll meet the mother.

• Though no one gave us anything concrete about the mother, Bays insisted, "we know what the end game of the series is." Segel piped up to say that he was "so relieved when I found out there was an actual plan," and then joked about it, implying that it might be the apocalypse before we find out: "We have to see if the Mayans are right! It might be Dec. 21, 2012."
• Bays and Thomas answered the question of whether Marshall and Lily are really moving permanently to their suburban home by saying that we're all about to find out. Thomas said that we're "going to see them deal with that" in the next few episodes.
• Fans weren't the only ones irritated with the show faking us out with Robin's kids. Hannigan recounted, "You should have seen us at the table read. I was like, season pass delete!" But she said she was angry because she cared so much.
• On the show's evolution, Thomas mentioned that they couldn't have done storylines like Marshall losing his dad in season one or two. For his part on that arc, Segel said that "it was a real honor" to be given the chance to play out Marshall's grief, and echoed that "it's a real honor when people ask the best of you."