Melody Expresses Herself

Yesterday morning, I was taking care of MelodyJoy while Jeannette worked. At one point, I tossed her in the air a couple of times, which she loves, then I put her down and said, "I need to fix lunch now." She immediately burst into the heartfelt demonstration shown above. After about 15 seconds, I realized I needed to get this on video for posterity's sake.

Please note three things:

First, the band-aid on her head has nothing to do with her tears. It's just there to keep her from scratching at a mosquito bite (now a month old).

Second, when I stopped taping, she continued crying for another five seconds or so, then quit instantly when I started playing the video back to her.

Third, at about the 42-second mark of this clip, if you watch very carefully, you can see MJ's famous "shooting tears," that just pop straight out of her eyes. I swear that I've seen these shoot out a good 1/2 inch from her face before falling onto her chubby cheeks.

No toddlers were harmed in the making of this video.