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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Madonna and her family spent part of their weekend enjoying a movie together (sans David Banda) seeming to show the world that everything is hunky-dory in their collective lives and nothing and no one is going to stand in their way of family bliss. If it weren’t for those horrible CROCs shoes that little Rocco insists on wearing (why, Madonna … why would you let such a travesty continue to occur?), I’d say that these pics are damn near perfect:

There was no word on what film the happy family were heading out to see (my guess is Journey to the Center of the Earth) but I’m sure a lovely time was had by all. The family already spends much of their time worshiping together or enjoying amusement park rides together … and now they’re off seeing movies together … next up, we should be seeing pics of the happy family picking posies as they skip hand in hand thru fields of lush green grass and colorful flowers. Nope … no family trubs here.

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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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Here are a bunch of really cute pics of Madonna’s sons Rocco and David Banda enjoying a fun-filled day at an amusement park in Central Park earlier this week in NYC. The brothers rode rides, won prizes and spent a lot of bonding time with their respective nannies … behold:

At last, Rocco actually went a day without wearing any of his beloved New York Yankees gear … maybe his dad Guy Ritchie gathered up all of his Yankees clothing and burned it (it’s just a guess). You’d think that Guy would have his sons all decked out in Manchester United gear but I guess he can’t help it if members of his family are New York Yankees fans ;) The kids must really love Central Park … they spend pretty much every single day there while their mother is bizzy with her rehearsals for her upcoming world tour and their father is bizzy going to the gym or whatever. Central Park is a really fun place … but it’s bound to get old sooner or later. Ah well, maybe the kids are too young to notice — it looks like they’re still having fun, especially in these pics.

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After flying across the Atlantic Ocean to be with his wife and kids (and having his wife’s publicist clarify that no divorce is being planned), Guy Ritchie spent part of his first day in NYC in the company of his thick and beefy personal trainer … and possibly his wife’s laundry. Since Madonna is hard at work at rehearsals for her upcoming Sticky & Sweet World Tour, it makes sense that Guy would have to find other ways to occupy his time now that he’s in NYC. Additionally, Maddy’s sons — Rocco and David Banda — spent part of their day at the Central Park Zoo with the nannies … here are a few pics:

Man, you gotta love that Rocco is all decked out in New York Yankees gear, especially considering that ridic A-Rod rumor that’s going around :) I understand that Lourdes, Madonna’s only begotten daughter, spent her day in the care of her father Carlos Leon. It looks and sounds like all the Leon/Ciconne-Ritchies are enjoying the best that NYC has to offer. Clearly, there ain’t no family discord at work here.

With rumors swirling at a fever pitch that Madonna’s marriage to Guy Ritchie is (yet again) on the rocks, it makes sense that Maddy would want to regroup and center herself at her place of worship. Actually, Madonna makes it a habit of attending services at the Kabbalah Centre of whatever city she’s in on a weekly basis but maybe this weekend’s visit is especially necessary for her considering the reports going around about the alleged dissolution of her marriage. Here are a few pics of Madonna, her children Lourdes, Rocco & David Banda and her daughter’s father Carlos Leon making their way into the Kabbalah Centre in NYC last night:

With no wedding ring on her finger and no husband in sight, Madonna and her three children – and Carlos Leon, 11-year-old daughter Lourdes’s biological dad – visited Manhattan’s Kabbalah Centre Friday night for Sabbath services and returned again on Saturday. So where was Guy Ritchie, rumored to be splitting with Madonna? British tabloid reports had him in London, but headed to New York this weekend. Britain’s Sun has an unnamed source saying Ritchie seeks to keep the couple’s marriage going, although Madonna is focused on rehearsals for her upcoming world tour. On Thursday, it was reported in the London Times Madonna had consulted noted divorce British attorney Fiona Shackleton, who had represented Paul McCartney and Prince Charles in their bitter divorces from, respectively, Heather Mills and Princess Diana. On Friday night, Madonna’s group [arrived at the Kabbalah Centre] in three waves … The service had just about ended, with a dinner about to begin. Madonna stayed some 20 minutes before leaving with Rocco and David for her home on Central Park West, according to a source. On Saturday, Madonna and her three children returned to the center for services. Her presence didn’t create any kind of stir, as congregants gave her hardly any notice. With Lourdes at her side, Madonna sat in a front-row seat, wearing a black baseball cap and tight black T-shirt. David, in a white baseball cap and Rocco sporting a Yankees cap, spent much of the time playing quietly with some other children on the floor of the sanctuary. A bar mitzvah took place, and at its conclusion Rocco joined all the congregants in throwing Sunkist fruit gem candies at the bar mitzvah boy. At the service’s conclusion, Lourdes wrapped her arms around her mother’s neck and gave her a big, long hug.

People magazine also reports that Maddy is in NYC right now to prepare for her upcoming Sticky & Sweet World Tour, sticking to a regiment where she works out at home in the morning before heading out to a studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to rehearse with her dancers for the tour. I don’t imagine that all the speculation about her marriage helps out with all of the stuff she’s got going on in her life these days but I’m not ready to jump aboard the divorce bandwagon just yet. Madge and Guy have been rumored to be heading for divorce for years so these latest reports just sound like more of the same. In any event, Madonna’s got work to do and she’s gonna do it, no matter what difficulties come her way.

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