Here are new pics of Madonna and her children Lourdes and David Banda (little Rocco was there as well but he was hidden behind his mum scrum) making their way out of the Kabbalah Centre in NYC yesterday after attending services. Altho they look a bit dour-faced, it seems clear that Madge and her children remain resolute in their unity in the wake of the sad news of the dissolution of her marriage:

Honestly, it looks like biz as usual for Maddy and the kids. Even when she was “happily married” to Guy, the sight of Madonna and the kids making their way into and out of various Kabbalah Centres on a weekly basis was the norm. There are some reports that Kabbalah actually played a big role in the demise of the Madonna-Guy marriage (ie. that Guy wasn’t fully on board with the religious practice) but only the two of them know the truth reasons for the end of their union. As strong as Madonna is, I still feel sad that her marriage didn’t work out. I really believe that she and Guy were truly happy for a long time … for much of their 7 1/2 year marriage. She may not like to show it but I’m sure she’s hurting … deep down inside … somewhere. But, again, she is a rock and I know she’ll be totally fine after all is said and done. At least, that’s what she’ll make sure we all see on the outside.

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This past Monday was the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah (Happy Belated New Year to all my Jewish peoples) and Madonna, being the good Kabbalist that she is, made sure that at least one of her kids and she attended services together at the Kabbalah Centre in NYC. Here are a few ADORABLE photos of Maddy with her young son David Banda (who was rockin’ a pretty spiffy yarmulke, if I do say so myself) making their way into and out of the Kabbalah Centre this week:

Madonna whisked her Malawian son David off to worship at a Kabbalah centre while on a break from her Sticky and Sweet tour in New York last night. The three-year-old, dressed in a white outfit, clung to his superstar mother as they arrived for a service at the temple. The 50-year-old, dressed in a floral print frock and long black cardigan, was also accompanied by her manager Guy Oseary. Across the globe, husband Guy Ritchie was enjoying a night out with the couple’s son Rocco, 7, at London’s Cipriani restaurant. Madonna made no secret of her plans to raise her youngest son as a follower of Kabbalah when she first took over as his carer, but insists he is free to be a Christian like his biological father when he’s older. The singer, who began studying the mystical offshoot of Judaism in 1996, has raised her biological children Lourdes,11, and Rocco, 7, as Kabbalists with the help of husband Guy. David regularly wears a red Kabbalah bracelet on his wrist and Madonna has previously said: “I believe in Jesus and I study the Kabbalah, so I don’t see why he can’t too. If David decides he wants to be a Christian, then so be it.” Madonna is gearing up to perform four dates in Madison Square Garden, New York this month and will end the tour will end in Sao Paolo, Brazil, on December 18.

So cute … I think the yarmulke really suits little David, don’t you? It’s impressive that while Madonna is currently consumed with a world tour of pretty epic proportions she still manages to carve out vacation time and worship time for and with her children. Madonna is proof positive that you really can have it all if you work hard enough. Love it.

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Here are a few pics of Madonna and her children Lourdes, Rocco and David Banda enjoying an afternoon of sightseeing together in Athens, Greece (in between tour stops on Maddy’s Sticky & Sweet World Tour) over the weekend. Daddy Guy Ritchie was not along for the little family holiday (presumably, he was bizzy promoting his new movie RockNRolla elsewhere in the world) but it looks like a fun time was had by all nonetheless … behold:

It’s nice to see that her Madgesty toweled off before hittin’ the sights with her kids, she looks pretty good in these pics … tracksuit notwithstanding. I can’t believe how much notsolittle David Banda has grown just this year already. He looks like a little kid now. It’s nice to see that Madonna is carving out some freetime for her kids as she tours the planet … it’s great to see that mommy duty still takes center stage even while she is on a world tour.

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Here are a couple really cute pics of Madonna’s youngest son David Banda all dressed up like Superman as he stepped out with one of his nanny/minders:

Aww … these pics are cute, I wish there was one of little David face on. You know what, if Madonna is fine with letting the kid wear fugly Crocs shoes in public (which, thankfully, he isn’t wearing in these pics) then there ain’t nuthin’ wrong with the kid dressing as a superhero. He looks so cute, yes?

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OMG … here are a bunch of really cute pics of Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s adopted son, David Banda, helping to feed a carrot to a horse after he and his nanny enjoyed a carriage ride in Central Park this week:

Isn’t this the cutest thing? Little David is another little tyke who is growing up really fast … and he is already developing his own personality. Here are a couple pics of David smiling big for the photographers:

Folks may think that David is a lucky little boy for being adopted by Madonna but I think she’s a very lucky lady to have adopted such a great little kid.

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Madonna’s marriage managed to survive another week of rumor and conjecture as reports of the dissolution of New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez’s marriage to his wife Cynthia swirled in the tabloids … not to mention the drama that her brother Christopher Ciccone is trying to kick up with his new book. Making very sure to stay as far away from A-Rod’s messy break-up with his wife (and totally mum on her brother’s book), Madonna and her family continued to put forth a united front together. Here are pics of Maddy and her entire family as they made their way out of their weekly Sabbath visit to the Kabbalah Centre last night:

Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie put up a united front as they clasped hands during a family visit to the Kabbalah Centre in New York. They did a good job of playing the happy couple in a week which has seen the pop veteran rocked by divorce rumours and allegations she is behind the marriage break-up of baseball player Alex Rodriguez. The 49-year-old has also had to endure hurtful allegations from brother Christopher Ciccone who claims in his tell-all book that she loves her career and herself more than her husband. In one of many barbed comments in the book Life With My Sister, which is due for release on Tuesday, Ciccone wrote: “I hope that it is Kabbalah’s lesson that she is not the centre of the universe.” But yesterday Madonna showed she had bounced back from a miserable week and the smile on her face suggested she found some spiritual peace at the Kabbalah Centre, which preaches about the mysterious Jewish movement followed by the star. Dressed in a casual black tracksuit and sunglasses, the pop star emerged with Ritchie having arrived late at the venue. Also in attendance were children Lourdes, Rocco and adopted baby David Banda … Madonna has refuted reports she is behind the £50million marriage break-up of Rodriguez, the world’s most expensive baseball player, and his wife Cynthia. Her denial follows reports that Rodriguez, 32 - in the first season of a £139million, 10-year contract with the New York Yankees - made a series of visits to Madonna’s New York flat, and that he converted to Kabbalah. Cynthia, 34, has filed for divorce earlier this week. In a statement Madonna said she has “nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study”.

Folks, Madonna is made of sterner stuff than all of this drama that is whipping up around her. Some maintain that she and Guy are merely holding their marriage together until after she completes her Sticky & Sweet World Tour but I maintain that they are just dealing with the same old shizz that they’ve been dealing with for years now. She’s keeping her family together, that says a helluva lot about the woman, I think.

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