Yesterday we saw photos and video of Lourdes Maria dancing on stage with her mother Madonna in Israel Monday night and today we get to see photos and video of Maddy’s son Rocco John getting up on stage to perform with his mother last night. Rocco hung out with the DJ on stage while Madonna performed and then busted out some dance moves of his own during a few numbers last night:

With big sister Lourdes grabbing the spotlight in Madonna’s video and dancing with her on stage, Rocco clearly wanted a piece of the action. The nine-year-old joined his famous mother on stage for the final night of her worldwide Sticky and Sweet tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. His Lourdes, also joined in the show, taking centre stage during dance routines and playing the piano on stage. Although the 51-year-old singer is reportedly a strict mother who doesn’t like the children to watch TV or read magazines, she seems to have no concerns about letting them have a little taste of the limelight. Rocco, Madonna’s son with ex-husband Guy Ritchie, joined her on stage on three tracks. He was seen pulling out some fancy footwork to the David Guetta track When Love Takes Over during the Paul Oakenfold set at the Hayarkon Park gig. He was later spotted jumping up and down and singing along to another dance track, before joining DJ Inferno wearing a baseball cap sideways in the DJ booth for mum’s performance of Music. Big sister Lourdes was also allowed on stage, joining in a dance routine with her mother at Tuesday night’s gig and playing the piano. She was dressed in the same revealing outfits as her mother during Give It To Me, and the popstar ended the concert with one armed draped around her daughter. Lourdes is proving to be quite the Madonna protege and even scored a starring role in her mother’s latest video clip for the single Celebration, which was released earlier this week.

Oh yeah, Madonna’s kids have tasted fame and they want more … this is just the beginning, I tells ya … you just wait and see. After the jump, check out a short video of Rocco jumping around on stage in Israel last night …

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After spending some time with their mother Madonna and her much younger toyboy Jesus Luz in Portofino, Italy earlier this week in celebration of her 51st birthday, Rocco John and David Banda were reunited with their father Guy Ritchie in London, England today so that they could spend time with their pops. Interestingly enough, Guy’s female work associate Lauren Meek (who worked with him on his films RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes) spent the day with Ritchie and his sons … could it be that she and Guy are more than just work friends?

Sure, the mere fact that she was hangin’ with Guy and his sons doesn’t necessarily mean that anything of a romantic nature is going on but … I dunno. He’s a very attractive man, she’s an attractive woman. From what I understand about their relationship work-wise, he refers to her as his “rock”, especially in the wake of his divorce from Madonna. This may very well be what Guy’s new family looks like these days … and everyone looks very happy. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all.

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Birthday celebrations for Madonna’s 51st continued in Portofino, Italy yesterday as she and her young lover Jesus Luz frolicked and played off the Italian coast. As you may recall, yesterday we saw photos of Madonna & Child with her newest children Chifundo Mercy James and David Banda heading out for a birthday yacht ride … today we get to see that Maddy wanted to celebrate her birthday outside the boat as well:

Most of us would have been happy with a cake and the good wishes of a few friends and family. But for her 51st birthday, Madonna opted for an altogether more exciting affair – and brought her 22-year-old lover, two adopted children and daughter along for the ride. The celebrations began on Sunday night when the singer hosted a sumptuous dinner party in the Italian resort of Portofino, where she is staying with her boyfriend Jesus Luz, her adopted children David Banda and Mercy James, and her daughter Lourdes. For the party she hired an entire floor of the exclusive Splendido Hotel where suites cost as much as £4,500 a night. She was joined by around 30 guests, including Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. They presented her with a huge cake with sparklers on top and a specially-designed lace dress. Throughout the meal, Madonna was seen kissing Jesus, whom she met in December last year shortly after splitting from Guy Ritchie. He seems to have taken on the role of father figure to David, three, and Mercy, four, judging by the way he was carrying and playing with them during the day. Yesterday, Madonna was taken by private boat along with her two adopted children and Jesus to the home of the two designers, where she continued her celebrations. Dressed in a personalised basketball kit, she was seen taking an acrobatic leap into the sea as the rest of the party looked on.

As you can see, her son Rocco John is in the background of the first photo (of Madonna diving into the water) proving that he is with his mother on this Italian getaway (he and Lourdes Maria were not featured in any of the photos posted yesterday and it was assumed by some that — because of all the kids Madonna has these days — he was lost at baggage claim). You know, for a 51 year old broad Madonna is still a pretty spry bird (who seems to have an affinity for granny-lookin’ parasols). Clearly, she works it out every night on the performance stage but it’s quite another thing to be so physically engaging out in public. She really looks like she is making the most of her birthday celebrations … live it up, girl!!

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Yesterday we saw photos of Madonna and her children — Lourdes Maria, Rocco John, David Banda and Chifundo Mercy James — boarding a private plane from Paris, France presumably to Maddy’s next Sticky & Sweet Tour concert stop in Belgium. But, before the fam hit the road, er, air … the kiddies spent a fun afternoon playing at the amusement park in la Jardin de Tuileries. Here are a few cute pics of the kids playing at Tuileries:

These have to be the cutest pics of Maddy’s kids yet. They all seem to be having an amazingly fun time … and the look on Mercy James’s cute little face really tells the tale here. She is incredibly beautiful … I love these photos. I’m sure it’s a bit difficult for the kids to be on the road with their mother (tho, on the other hand, they prolly love spending their Summer vacation touring the world) but it looks like there is a lot of playtime built into their schedule. These are fun pics, y’all. I love them :)

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After playing a couple of shows in London, England and then one in Paris, France, Madonna packed up her newly expanded family and made her way out of Paris by private plane in order to make her way to Belgium for the next stop of her newly revived Sticky & Sweet Tour … here are pics of the Maddy Bunch gettin’ out of town yesterday afternoon:

Madonna will be on tour up until early September so she and the kiddies have plenty of private planing ahead of them. It looks like little Miss Mercy James is getting a crash course in luxurious living now that she’s officially part of Maddy’s family. Here’s hoping it’s a successful tour … in every respect.

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Here are a couple of supercute pics of Guy Ritchie spending some quality bonding time with his two sons, Rocco John and David Banda, in the UK this week. Guy, his boys and some friends made their way to see a theatrical production of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens … behold:

Guy Ritchie enjoyed a boys’ day out with sons Rocco and David yesterday as he took the pair to see the Peter Pan play in Kensington Gardens. The casually dress trio arrived at the production with friends and three-year-old David clutched his film director father’s hand as they may their way inside. Ritchie, 40, was every inch the doting father and couldn’t stop smiling as he enjoyed some bonding time with his boys. The ex-husband of pop star Madonna has been looking after Rocco, eight, and David at his home in Wiltshire while she bonds with newly adopted daughter Mercy in London. Madonna’s oldest daughter Lourdes is also thought to be with them. The 50-year-old pop star is said to be determined not to ‘smother’ four-year-old Mercy.

It’s very obvious that divorce is never the best family option for families but many, many times it’s a circumstance that cannot be helped. It seems to me that Madonna and Guy are doing a very good job keeping the kids of paramount importance and ensuring that they are able to spend lots of quality time with both of their parents. It’s not like Guy has to be commended for spending time with his own children but it is a happy sight to see him so involved in their lives (well, as much as he can be considering that they now live with their mother an ocean away). Maddy will be bizzy with the resumption of her Sticky & Sweet Tour in just a couple of weeks … methinks that daddy Guy will be picking up some of the parental slack in the coming weeks and months.

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New reports today insist that Chifundo Mercy James, the precious little Malawian girl that Madonna has been allowed to adopt, boarded a private jet in Malawi that was bound for London, England … presumably to meet up with her new family. The only problem is, no one is completely sure where Madonna is at the moment. She flew in from NYC with her children in tow earlier this week but then left the UK late Friday on another private jet. If Mercy is flying in to London from Malawi, where did Madonna fly off to?

Mercy Chifundo James, the 3-year-old toddler adopted by Madonna, was secretly flown from her home country of Malawi into London early Saturday morning. “A private jet flew in from South Africa and collected her at five minutes to six last evening,” an airport source tells PEOPLE. “She connected to London from Johannesburg at 10:30 p.m.” Mercy, who will be joining big sister, Lourdes, brothers Rocco and David Banda, – also a 3-year-old from Malawi – was accompany by a nanny, a child nurse and another aide. Madonna has homes in England and in the United States … Madonna, who was seen leaving London by private jet Friday afternoon after earlier flying in from New York’s JFK airport, was still expected in Malawi, but no one could confirm when she would arrive. “There are still preparation for her coming,” said a source at Raising Malawi, the charity the singer set up in the African nation. “We still have a two-week booking at Kumbali Lodge.” The Lodge is an exclusive ranch Madonna has been staying during all three of her visits to Malawi. Owner Guy Pickering confirmed his place has been booked for two weeks but could not divulge more. “We don’t discuss our clients; that’s private information,” he said.

HMMM … all of this seems … wrong. My guess is that the report that Mercy left Malawi is a ruse to throw people off track. It seems more likely to me that the little girl was flown to the Kumbali Lodge to meet up with Madonna and co. to begin the bonding process. If the family is scheduled to be in Malawi for a couple of weeks then I’m sure that’s where everyone is meeting up. Whatever the case may be, I am happy to know that the adoption process is moving forward and things appear to be on track. Mercy will return home with her new family soon enough … but for now, bonding. Sounds like a good plan to me.

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