$(document).ready(function(){
// executed after the page has finished loading
    
	$('#navigationMenu li .normalMenu').each(function(){	// for each menu item

		// create a duplicate hyperlink and position it above the current one
		$(this).before($(this).clone().removeClass().addClass('hoverMenu'));

	});
	
	$('#navigationMenu li').hover(function(){	// using the hover method..

		// we assign an action on mouse over
		$(this).find('.hoverMenu').stop().animate({marginTop:'0px'},200);
		// the animate method provides countless possibilities

	},

	function(){
		// and an action on mouse out
		$(this).find('.hoverMenu').stop().animate({marginTop:'-25px'},200);

	});

});