Cute little story to explain a favorite snack of the boys in later chapters, Skipper's favorite coffee mug and of course, Skipper's hat :D Hope ya like it :D
Skipper's birthday was coming up, and the brothers were stuck on what to get him. Skipper was of course training at the moment in a training room that Rico had found the other month. He didn't much care for his own birthday, but always made sure that the others had the best birthdays he could give them.
Rico had decided to try his hand at cooking, and was mixing a collection of berries and sugar into small pastries that he would cook in the oven. Kowalski was working on making Skipper a mug for his coffee, as the boy had started drinking coffee after losing his uncles. Private on the other hand didn't have an idea on what to do. He looked around at his makeshift toys that his brothers had gotten him and the toys that he still had from his uncles. He never played with those anymore though, but he knew that his brothers liked making things. He smiled.
"I'll make Skippah something too!" He grabbed his old drum and some stickers. He then grabbed an old bowl that he had been using for another drum. The bowl was made out of plastic and had been broken, but Private was only after a specific part. He then made his way into Kowalski's "Lab" and grabbed the glue. "Skippah's gonna love this!"
Two hours later, Skipper found Private sleeping next to a makeshift captain's hat. What surprised the eight year old most was that his little brother had tried to spell his name. "Skippah" was written in glitter glue on the "brim" of the hat. It was made out of the bottom of the boy's drum and the visor was made out of a shard of the plastic bowl that had once been his other drum. Skipper picked up the sleeping three year old and hugged him. He then carried the boy to his bunk while Rico brought out their "Lunch" of what he now dubbed Sugar Bombs. Kowalski poured Skipper some of his favorite black coffee.
Skipper couldn't help but smile at his brothers. "You guys are the best team any commander could ask for." Then he let out a few tears of happiness and brought the boys in for a hug while placing his new hat on his head. "And the best brothers anyone could ask for too."
