On Sunday morning wife Jennifer Garner was busy getting her hair and makeup done for the Oscars, so it was Ben Affleck and their nanny who took their daughter Violet to a local spelling bee, and she won!

Jen told E! News on the red carpet, "Our family has already had a great day, so congratulations to our sweetie." Ben added, "I was more nervous at the spelling bee than I am now, I don't know what that says. There was a lot of words. Let me tell you something, you and me might have been in trouble. We belong in the stands."

While Ben and Jen split parenting duties pretty evenly (well, when he's not working on a movie), he definitely raised a few eyebrows when he mentioned her during his acceptance speech for Best Picture last night.

"I want to thank my wife who I don't usually associate with Iran," he joked. "I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It's good. It is work but it's the best kind of work and there's no one I'd rather work." Judging by her face, she was just as surprised as we were, so maybe we should just chalk it up to Ben being nervous onstage?

After leaving the 85th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater on Sunday night, just about every A-lister and producer headed to the Vanity Fair Oscar after party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood.

Ben Affleck showed off his Oscar for Best Picture, Jennifer Aniston gave us a quick wave as she walked in with fiance Justin Theroux, and the notoriously grumpy Halle Berry looked like a million bucks when she flashed us a smile.

Best Supporting Actress winner Anne Hathaway ditched her pink Prada dress for a silky blue number while Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence slipped into a sexy metallic gown, but most of the starlets stayed in the same couture we snapped them wearing on the red carpet. Check out the gallery below!

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It's about time Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner made a red carpet appearance together!

The duo posed for photos at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening, and Jen showed off her slimmed down bod in a purple Gucci dress, while Ben looked quite dapper in head to toe Gucci as well.

So what were their red carpet preps like? "It was mayhem at our house. Our daughter was in a spelling bee at the local rec center," Jen told E! News. "I was in hair and makeup so I couldn't take her, so Ben took her in the middle of everything. She won! Our family has already had a great day, so congratulations to our sweetie. And then she had a basketball game. Life goes on. No one really cares! It's just all about trying to keep the dogs and kids from getting stuff on the stuff."

"I was more nervous at the spelling bee than I am now, I don't know what that says," Ben added. "There was a lot of words. Let me tell you something, you and me might have been in trouble. We belong in the stands."

When Ben was not nominated for his work directing Argo, he did receive a nod as a producer, as the film is nominated for Best Picture. Think it'll win?

Talk about cool parents!

Hollywood power couple Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner got into the Valentine's Day spirit a bit early.

The twosome and daughter Seraphina took a stroll through the Brentwood Country Mart ... leaving with bright red heart-shaped cookies. The little cutie couldn't wait to take a bite! Let's hope they saved a treat for big sister Violet.

Ben seems to be in high spirits despite being snubbed for a nomination in the Best Director category for Argo. Then again, the film has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category.

With wins at the SAG, DGA and Golden Globes, our money's on Argo to bring home the Oscar!

It was family day on Friday as Jennifer Garner and her sister Susannah spent some time bonding shopping for scarves after meeting up with her hubby Ben Affleck and their adorable daughter Seraphina for breakfast at Brentwood Country Mart.

The 40-year-old actress has been enjoying the family time in between all the awards shows to celebrate her husband's success for his critically acclaimed film Argo. The Hollywood power couple most recently attended the Director's Guild of America Awards, where Ben took home the top prize, but we bet they're hoping he gets the biggest one of them all!

On Thursday morning Ben Affleck and wifey Jennifer Garner stopped by Brentwood Country Mart for a cup of coffee (well, for him anyway) after they dropped their little girls off at school.

In between awards shows this winter we've snapped Ben spending lots of time with his three children, but come this spring he's going to be spending a lot of time out of the house working on new film projects.

He'll begin production on the untitled Whitey Bulger movie with pal Matt Damon in Boston, and last month he announced that he was backing out of Focus with Kristen Stewart, but he confirmed that he will be directing and starring in Live By Night, which is also set in Boston. The flick, which is based on Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name, is a Prohibition-era tale of a policeman’s son who "takes to life as a liquor outlaw, which eventually leads him to Florida, Cuba, and the depths of crime." Sounds fascinating!

Ben Affleck may have been snubbed by the Academy when it came to the Best Director category this year, but Argo is nominated for Best Picture, so he might as well put on a happy face and attend all the AMPAS events!

Ben was snapped at the Academy Awards nominations luncheon on Monday in Beverly Hills, and when he spotted Best Actress nominee Sally Field, the two shared a warm embrace. Aww, judging by that smile on her face, he must have made her day!

Meanwhile, Jessica Chastain seemed shocked when no less than a dozen fans wanted her autograph. C'mon honey, you've been nominated for two Oscars in the last two years ... get used to it!

Ben Affleck was named outstanding director for Argo at the 65th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday night.

Affleck previously won big at the Producers Guild Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, and at the Golden Globes earlier this month, where he took home the award for Best Director, with the film also winning the Best Picture category.

During his acceptance speech, Ben talked a little bit about the transition from being an actor to getting behind the camera. "I got to a point in my life where I was really down, really confused, really felt beset on all sides by life, didn't know what was going to happen," he explained to the crowd. "[So] I thought, 'I should be a director!'"

In the press room after the show, Ben also chatted about his Oscar snub, telling reporters, "You're not entitled to win anything. You're not entitled to anything in life. I'm really happy -- I'm thrilled and honored -- that the Academy nominated me as a producer for the movie...It's okay. I'm really lucky. I'm in a great place."