Nicole Kidman's plea to Tom Cruise to allow more time with her kids

Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban [AFP]

Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are eager to spend more time with Nicole's kids from her first marriage to Tom Cruise.

The Oscar winner and her Kiwi born husband hardly get to spend time with Isabella and Connor, the two children Kidman and Cruise adopted while they were married marriage and who now stay with Cruise and his current wife Katie Holmes.

According to a report in Star Magazine, Urban, after his October 2006 rehab stint and busy tour schedule, is desperate to spend precious time with his step-kids.

"Keith says he regrets that he hasn't gotten to know them better. When things slow down this fall, he and Nicole plan to remedy that," the National Ledger quoted a source, as saying.

However, the magazine also claims that Nicole's ex, Cruise, may create problems for the Nashville-based couple's plan to bond with the kids.