今日は、地元の育児支援の育児講習会に行ってきました。お話中、同じ部屋のちょっと離れた場所のおままごとセットで遊び始めました。
Today we went to an info seminar for child rearing.  During the talk, he started playing with a cooking play set in the same room but with some distance between us.

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包丁を片手に伝い歩き。しばらくしたら、やっと戻ってきてくれたけど、嬉しそうに包丁ブンブン。怖いよぉ〜。
He was holding a toy knife and walking with it. He finally came back to me after a little while but still holding the knife and smiling. A little scary...

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アメリカの叔母さんにお誕生日プレゼントとして木琴を買って貰いました。遊び方、ちょっと違う。一応叩くけど、まだ、食べる確率高し。
His Auntie in the US gave him a xylophone as a birthday present. I don't think he knows how to properly play it. He can hit the bars on occasion but eats the sticks most of the time.

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指しゃぶり。Thumb sucking.

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特別養子縁組の手続きの一環として児童相談所に「同居届」を提出する必要があるとの事で、地元の児相に問い合わせをしたところ、管轄が市役所と言われ、市役所では必要なしと言われ、堂々めぐり。最終的には提出なしだったけど、一般的には必要な手続き。地域によって、方針が違うようです。
As part of the process for a special adoption, you are required to submit a residency notification with child services. However, I received a run around between child services and my municipal government. I did not have to file the form but it is usually necessary.  It seems that the system is different in different areas.