Natalie Marlowe & The Secret of The Skosh

One morning, Natalie Marlowe accidentally heard her parents talking.

She heard them say the word SKOSH, but what was a Skosh?

It was a mystery & Natalie Marlowe would have to solve it.

Natalie Marlowe knew where to check first. But that didn't work.

Then she did a little computer research.

NOTHING.

Natalie Marlowe then tried some of her informants.

Dolly wasn't talking.

...and Obi didn't seem interested in helping, either.

So she took a break for some crackers & The Street.

Finally, it was time to go to the source.

She asked Mommy & Daddy.

A Skosh is a little bit of something, they began. Then they told Natalie Marlowe all about

The Secret of The Skosh.

And since it was a secret, Natalie Marlowe promised to never tell.

THE END

Secret of The Skosh - Behind the Scenes - Part 1

In case you're wondering what The Secret of The Skosh is, and missed the subtle clues in the story, here you go:

The Skosh!

We had a lot of fun over the two-day shoot for Natalie Marlowe & The Secret of The Skosh. It really was a homespun production. Obi did the caterting, Dad did all the postproduction,

and Mom was the Hair & Makeup department.

Behind the scenes, when it came time to work, Nat was a consummate professional.

She took her work very seriously. Here she is in her cast chair, studying the day's callsheet. The cast chair was one of the demands she made to do this project. That, and lots of yogurt raisins.

Working with Obi was a treat for Natalie, but less so for her Dad.

Trying to get a two-and-a-half-year-old and a puppy on the same page took some patience, luck and a lot of pictures. These two just love to mess around when they're together.

Dolly, on the other hand, was an oak. You could put her on her mark and she wouldn't move. Couldn't have gone better ... except sometimes Nat got a little too wrapped up in the scenes.

*PUNCH!*

The interrogation scenes with Dolly were particularly harrowing as Natalie went METHOD.

A lot of actors have a hard time doing FX shots. Well, Natalie had it down Pat as you can see how well she interacted with the props in some of these pre-FX shots.

Secret of the Skosh - Behind the Scenes - Part 2

It wasn't all work on the set, though. Sometimes our star would just cut loose and let it all hang out.

Karaoke time - probably singing to Gaga or Weezer.

One of the favorite things for the cast and crew to do in their down time was to play cards.

Obi has a mean poker face!

Just some zany outtakes. If you look hard enough, you might notice what we call "Grandma Jackson Eyes."

Soo....tired....

The last pictures taken were of Natalie in her Big Sis shirt. The search for the shirt was probably the most difficult part of the whiole process. One day Nat was told she and Dad were going on a mission to find a big sister shirt. Natalie got excited and spent a lot of time talking about her "mission" and "sister shirt." A search throughout Toledo proved pointless - why are there so many little sister shirts, but no big sister ones? - and so we had to expand the search radius into Michigan.

Thankfully, we found the perfect one and Nat is proud to wear it. In fact, she wore it to meet Mom's doctor - who also took care of Mom when she was pregnant with Natalie.

Oh, and do you think Nat is excited to be a Big Sister?

You bet!