Violet Affleck Makes Mommy Merry

Violet Affleck gets picked up from school on Wednesday (March 18) by Jennifer Garner in Santa Monica, Calif.

Jen‘s latest film, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, is set to be released on May 1, where she plays an old flame of a womanizer (Matthew McConaughey) who is haunted by ghosts of his former girlfriends.

Meanwhile Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones have signed on to appear alongside Ben Affleck in the indie drama The Company Men, Variety reports.