Jennifer Garner's Manic Monday

Busy mom Jennifer Garner was pictured picking up her sweet daughter Violet from preschool in Santa Monica, Calif. on Monday (February 8). A friend carried the adorable 4-year-old to the car as Jennifer chatted and smiled with the duo.

Later that night, Jen glammed it up at the premiere of her new flick, Valentine's Day, at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The mother-of-two looked smashing in a snug-fitting black dress. Valentine's Day - costarring the likes of Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba and Patrick Dempsey, to name a few - hits theaters this Friday (February 12).

Garner and her husband, fellow actor Ben Affleck, are also parents to 1-year-old daughter Seraphina.