She's a Natural.

With the time that Mummy and Dada spent in the hospital bringing Oliver home, Alena decided she would improve on a talent she has had for a while - Playing the piano! Whilst her previous talents were mainly of the disorganized polyphonic type, and fortissimo on a quiet day, she has really focused and is showing significant improvement!

She has great form! Elbows out, wrists up, good posture, any one of my piano teachers would be extremely proud. We secretly think that she and Grandma Palmer have been setting up piano lessons via Skype. It's the only thing we can thing of that explains how she learned to read music!

If only we can get her to reach the pedals before she starts in on Rachmaninoff... Prelude no. 23 might be a bit much for the neighbors when Alena really gets into her groove.  

'Til then, practice, practice, practice!