This is kind of a non-story, but people seem to enjoy Jennifer Garner and the dimple parade, so here you go. Jennifer and her daughters were pap’d non-stop this weekend (nothing new there), but instead of looking like “the saddest soccer mom in LA” Jennifer looked really happy to be out with the kiddies, and Violet especially looks like she loved her time at the park. Meanwhile, Ben only comes out for the paparazzi extravaganza when he has something to promote. I guess The Town’s promotional tour is over then. By the way, I really, really, really hope that everyone who claims those Brangelina kissing photos were posed say the same thing about these. Just sayin’. Brad and Angelina aren’t the only ones sending messages to their public through candid paparazzi pics. And to underline the point, Jennifer gave a mom-centric interview to People Magazine about her kids and Halloween:

Trick or treat? Jennifer Garner has some more pressing questions to answer first – like getting her younger daughter Seraphina, 21 months, to pick a Halloween costume.

“It seems like every time we ask her, it’s a different farm animal,” Garner told PEOPLE recently. “My oldest daughter [Violet, 4] has a very clear idea, but it’s contingent upon my younger daughter.”

She adds: “Costumes are not ready in my house. Now, I’m realizing I need to at least get the orders in.”

Garner, who earlier this month launched a campaign with Frigidaire to support Save the Children’s work for kids in need, is also already prepared to counter any potential sugar rush.

“I’ll make up some rules,” she says.

Juggling family life, work and philanthropy, Garner says she’s doing her best to strike a balance. “No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult – just to be a good parent at all,” says Garner, who had been filming Arthur with Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. “I have a lot of help. And for that I’m very grateful.”

As for looking put-together, she recognizes one great perk. “I wish every mom could have a hair and makeup team once a week to show up and fix them up,” she says.

[From People]

When I was really little, I was the same size for a few years, and I wore my Tweety Bird costume for three Halloweens in a row. Then when I went through puberty overnight, I changed into an Elvira costume (I had massive boobs at 13, what are you going to do?). I appreciate it when moms really work to make an unusual Halloween costume, but most of the time, I think the majority of kids would just be happy with something from a store, like Batman or a fairy princess. But I would love to see Seraphina as a bumblebee. She just looks like a bumblebee type to me.

Photos courtesy of WENN.