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 …

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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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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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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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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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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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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Guy Ritchie certainly seems to be enjoying his status as an eligible bachelor. The Sherlock Holmes director, who has been linked to a number of high-profile women including Elle Mapherson and Jemima Khan, was spotted enjoyed a romantic beach stroll with a brunette in Los Angeles yesterday. The pair had dined together at Marmalade cafe before taking to the sand for a walk along the Malibu foreshore. Guy kept it casual in jeans, a T-shirt and knit vest, while his attractive companion looked a picture of Californian chic in a white maxi dress, cardigan and heels. It seems romance was on the agenda on the East Coast too, with Guy’s ex Madonna taking her toyboy Jesus Luz to a polo game in New York. The singer attended the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic in Manhattan with sons David Banda, 3, and Rocco, 7. They mingled with designer Marc Jacobs in the VIP section while watching Prince Harry compete in the charity match. Madonna, 50, did her best to look youthful in denim jeans, matching jacket and trilby hat while Jesus looked every inch a typical 22-year-old in trainers, tracksuit pants, a T shirt and Ed Hardy cap. Despite the model’s recent claims the two are ‘just friends’, they certainly looked more like lovers as they leaned into each other on their way home.

Just friends my ass … but, whatevs. I am very pleased to see that everyone is moving on and finding new happiness with new people. Life is too short to be bitter and lonely … I may give Madonna & Child grief sometimes (in a lovingly/joking manner) but I do wish them happiness. I wish the same for Guy, too! So glad to see new love blossom!

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Passers-by outside New York’s Kabbalah centre must have performed a double-take when Madonna and her entourage turned up yesterday. For the Material Girl not only brought her on/off toyboy Jesus Luz, but her ex Carlos Leon also came along. Fueling rumours that the 50-year-old is back with the Brazilian model, 22, the Queen of pop left the centre with Luz and her three children in tow. Leon, is of course, father to Madonna’s eldest child, Lourdes, 12. Also in attendance was her adopted son, David Banda, and Rocco – but his father, Guy Ritchie, was noticeably absent. It’s the second time Madonna has been spotted with Luz since she announced on Twitter that the pair had split. The singer split from the model, who 28 years her junior, days before flying to Malawi in a failed attempt to adopt the three-year-old child Mercy James. It was reported at the time that Madonna had been told there was disquiet in the country about her lifestyle. But since her request to take Mercy James back to New York was refused, it appears Madonna has rekindled her romance with her ex. She is currently appealing after her bid to adopt orphaned Mercy was rejected by the Malawian courts.

Talk about an entourage … that’s quite a happy family she’s got there. It’s a shame their happy togetherness had to be marred by her accident last evening but at least we know that her day started out much better than it ended. It appears that Jesus Luz is back in full swing as Maddy’s companion and, barring interference from Immigration, will likely be spending a lot of time together. I suspect Chuy is currently keeping vigil by Madonna’s bedside in the hospital like a good little toyboy should. Again, I do hope that Madonna suffered no serious injuries and that she will be back on her feet very soon.

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Madonna said Tuesday that she was following standard procedures in her adoption of a Malawian girl, her first response to accusations that that she is using her fame to speed the process. The pop superstar also took her 3-year-old adopted son, David, to visit the orphanage in Mchinji, a village near the Zambian border, where he once lived. She brought him Monday to meet his biological father for the first time since he left Malawi in 2006.

“Madonna is committed to maintaining an ongoing relationship with David’s Malawian roots,” said Liz Rosenberg in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Madonna took David, her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes and 8-year-old son Rocco to the orphanage with a security detail including uniformed Malawian police officers and plain-clothed guards from a private security firm. The entourage used two Toyota Land Cruisers to block a horde of journalists and more than 200 curious children. There were scuffles with the journalists, including cameramen and TV crews, as they tried to enter the brick-walled orphanage. Inside, the orphanage’s director Lucy Chipeta brought Madonna and her children to see the room and crib used by David. “It was an emotional moment,” she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “I am happy she brought her other children to see his roots.” Madonna confirmed she is trying to adopt a girl named Chifundo “Mercy” James who is about 4 years old. A Malawian judge held a closed-door hearing Monday on Madonna’s application to adopt the girl but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday. The girl’s 18-year-old mother was unmarried and died soon after she gave birth, according to the child’s uncle, John Ngalande. Her father is believed to be alive but has little contact with his daughter, he said. A coalition of non-governmental organizations called the Human Rights Consultative Committee has criticized Madonna’s adoption attempts, saying that adoption should be the last resort and that children need to be taken care of by their own family. “Mercy James is a child who has her extended close family members alive and we urge Madonna to assist the child from right here,” a statement from the coalition said. But others have said that the adoption would give enormous opportunities to the child that she would be unable to achieve in the impoverished country, where 14 percent of adults are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The U.N. estimates that half of the 1 million Malawian children who have lost one or both parents have been orphaned by AIDS. Malawian law is fuzzy on foreign adoptions. Regulations stipulate only that prospective parents undergo an 18- to 24-month assessment period in Malawi, a rule bent when Madonna was allowed to take David to London. Madonna may also face legal challenges as a single mother; she and Guy Ritchie recently divorced. Madonna first traveled to Malawi in 2006 while filming a documentary on the devastating poverty and AIDS crisis. Her Raising Malawi organization, founded in 2006, raises funds to provide food, shelter, education and health care for children.

It sounds like we really won’t get any new information until the postponed case goes before the court this Friday. In the meantime, it sounds like Madonna and her children are having a lovely time in Malawi. I imagine it was a very emotional moment for Madonna to return to the orphanage where David lived before she adopted him. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how some people can be so critical of her adoption of David and her proposed adoption of Mercy James. In an ideal world, these children would be able to grow up happy and healthy in the care of their mothers … but since that isn’t the case, I think being adopted into a family with the means to provide for an extremely advantageous life is a blessing. But, I shant get into the whole matter all over again. We will soon know what the court’s ruling is and that will settle the case once and for all. And so … we wait.

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