Do you want to contribute to the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation's newest initiative? They are raising funds to build a state of the art playground for kids at the Beyond Shelter in LA.

If so, text CHILD to 90999. It's $5 a text and they need $25,000 to complete the job.

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No matter how many mushy quotes on parenthood we hear from celebs, I still can't get enough...I LOVE hearing stars talk about their babies!  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden recently talked about how Harlow's doing and what it's like watching her grow up.

Nicole on more kids:

"If it happens, it happens."

Nicole on Harlow growing up:

"She is pulling herself up standing ... we don't have to burp her anymore."

Joel on Harlow's conversation skills:

She says 'mama' and 'dada.' She says 'dada' when she wants to play. Wants to laugh. And 'mama' is everything else. When we walk into a place, she waves to everyone."

Nicole on the paparazzi:

"My priority is to make her unaware. She's eight months now. I can't put her in the infant seat and cover her. She'd definitely know something's going on ... she wants to experience life and, as a mother, that's important."

And finally Joel says that being a parent,

"opens your eyes. Every child I look at reminds me of my child. And every mother I see reminds me of Nicole."

In case you're wondering, they are still continuing their work with the Richie-Madden Children's Foundation.  If you want to support them, they have a texting program going on:

Their new initiative: Encouraging people to text "child" to 9-0999 ($5 will be donated to a children’s charity they sponsor).

These two seem like they are in a really great place with their lives right now!

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden were photographed returning to LAX with baby Harlow and it got me thinking. Hubby and I are planning on going overseas in April and the flight is expected to be about 8 hours. We have two children under 3 and I fear that it will be a nightmare!

Have you taken your children on a long flight? Did you survive? Or is it something I need to prepare myself for? 

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They're happy. They're really happy right now. So Nicole Richie and Joel Madden don't want to change that. They must have saw SATC. :) When asked if wedding bells were in Joel's future, the musician said there were no immediate plans.

 

"We don't have any plans for that right now," Madden told PEOPLE on Wednesday. "We're just happy, and we're being a family, and that's where we're at right now. But marriage means something different to everyone."

"Right now we're really happy," the Good Charlotte frontman says, "and we're concentrating on our family, and that's what is making us happy right now. We're moving at our own pace."

Flannel, cigarettes and other illegal substances that I won't post on INO. What a party! Click here to check out some photos from a party the Olsens threw and Nicole Richie attended.

Benji and Joel Madden sat down with E! Televisions Daily 10. In the interview, the Madden brothers open up to Michael Yo about staying away from the paparazzi, what makes a good father, spending time with family and making sure Harlow is brought up to be a confident, smart woman.

Joel says a big difference between him and his twin brother are their lifestyles:

“We're very different. Benji's always on the fast track and I’m at home with my family. Me and Nicole are just home every night. A big night for us is her mom watching the baby and we go out for sushi."

Joel says the relationship between his twin brother and Paris Hilton caught him by surprise:

“It’s a very odd coupling. I didn't see it at all… I didn't think she'd be into him."

Regarding which of them they think will tie the knot first, Benji says:

“We’ll have to flip a coin on that one.”

Joel continues: “I have no clue.”

Regarding a future marriage to Paris Hilton, Benji says:

“You will know when we're engaged... I'm gonna buy that rock man…I'm gonna buy that big one!"

Protective Uncle Benji will not lay out the welcome mat for any rock stars who come calling for his baby niece Harlow when she’s old enough to date:

“Uncle Benji’s gonna buy a new shot gun!”

The complete interview will be broadcast on Michael Yo’s satellite radio show “Yo on E!” Wednesday, June 18 and Thursday, June 19 (4:30 p.m., ET/1:30 p.m., PT) on Sirius Channel 107 and XM Channel 162.

This is what Joel Madden posted on his blog earlier today. It seems that Star Magazine reported the pair got married and he was tired of fielding calls from his family.

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WE DID IT!! NICOLE AND I FINALLY GOT MARRIED!! click here for the pictures!!

CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR A PICTURE OF ME AND MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. ALL I CAN SAY IS I AM SO VERY HAPPY.......

HAHA. JUST KIDDING.

So i feel really stupid even posting this, but i've been getting calls and texts from my family all week asking me why they weren't invited to my wedding. I guess the only answer i could give them was that i didnt know we were having one. So i just found out that star magazine wrote some story about a 2 MILLION dollar wedding we are supposed to be having, and thats where it came from. Sooooo if you were **** at me for not inviting you or even telling you, dont blame me, theres nothing to worry about. Its just star magazine. How long do you think it will be before they write we called it off, or we broke up? i give them a week or two......

What a party! If Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were in town, they would have most certainly been invited to Kingston's birthday bash considering all the other Hollywood moms and dads received an invite. Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman brought along little Max while Nicole Richie and Joel Madden came with Harlow. Victoria Beckham brought Cruz as well. How fun! Nice to see that celebrities intermingle at family events such as this.

And just in case you were interested, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale purchased those blow up lions from Oriental Trading. I know this because I have a ton of them for my son's upcoming party this summer.

Photos by Flynet

Nicole Richie, Joel Madden and Harlow enjoyed a little family time as they went for a coffee run and enjoyed the gorgeous spring weather. It's nice to see Nicole is a simple pair of jeans and a tee. I guess even fashion divas have a day off... Except for Dita of course... :)

Photos by Flynet

The Madden boys depart LAX separately.  Can you tell which is which?Check out what my cyber friends are writing about.

• What is Naomi Campbell doing with a bat, red tights, and some craaaaazy shoes?!?  I think I'm scared!  (D-listed)
• Uh oh, a video from Angelina Jolie's checkered past might surface.  (A Socialite's Life)
• Hilarious!  Giant celebrity mouths like these just aren't normal!  (Cityrag)
• Amy Winehouse buys some guy a hamburger....why doesn't she buy herself a hamburger?!?  (Drunken Stepfather, Site NSFW)
• Outtakes from shots from the Rolling Stones cover with the girls from The Hills.  It looks awkward.  (Hollywoodtuna)
• Miley Cyrus gets served by ACDC (a dance crew).  They made some really cool videos!  (Just Jared)
• Crazy rumors about Beyonce....she's pregnant, Jay-Z is gay?!?  What!?!  Never heard that one before...  (Mollygood)
• Kim Kardashian knows how to get out of a car without showing the world her bits and pieces.  (Bastardly)
• Oh no!  Why do people think this blind item is about Blake Lively?!?  Please don't be her!!!  (Lainey Gossip)
• Hmm...so that's where Lindsay Lohan gets it from!  (Celebslam)

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