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Ben Affleck Celebrates His Upcoming 47th Birthday With Son Samuel at the Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland — Pics!

Aug 14, 2019 10:07 am·

By Bryan Brunati

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What a day! There probably isn’t a better way for Ben Affleck to spend his day than with his kids, and that’s exactly what he did recently, as he was spotted with his only son, Samuel, at Disneyland.

The actor, who turns 47 on Thursday, August 15, was seen spending a lovely afternoon earlier this week at the amusement park and at the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction with his boy, 7. The Oscar winner wore a light blue and white long-sleeved flannel shirt over a grey t-shirt, matched with dark blue jeans. He was also seen holding some custom lightsabers, as the father/son duo walked around took in the sights.

No surprise here, but little Samuel was nothing but smiles, as he stayed close to his dad. Ben shares Samuel, as well as two more kids — daughters Violet, 13, and Seraphina, 10 — with his ex-wife, actress Jennifer Garner. The pair tied the knot in 2005 and parted ways in 2018. However, the former couple still realize how important they each are to their children.

“She’s wonderful,” the Good Will Hunting star once gushed during an appearance on Today. “I’m lucky [my kids have] got a great mom, and she helps out a great deal with making sure we coparent in as good a way as possible,” he said.

“Somebody’s the mother of your kids, they’re going to be the most important, central part of your life, and that’s good,” he added. Very true!

Scroll on down below to see more photos of Ben and Samuel’s day at Disneyland!

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While Ben is all about the mother of his kids, he also understands how incredibly vital his role is in their lives is too. “Dads are so important to kids, and it’s our responsibility to be there for them, and to be present, to be mindful, to be attentive, to be part of their lives, to be as in it as moms,” the A-lister explained.

“That’s really the central preoccupation in my life. It’s what makes me happy and the rest of the stuff kind of follows.”

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As far as their kids, Ben is quite close with the trio, especially his son — he was recently seen taking him to baseball practice!

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Ben also teamed up with the 13 Going on 30 actress to take their boy to swimming class too!

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While both Ben and Samuel seem to be huge fans of Star Wars, the same can’t be said about sports, as the Gone Girl director once revealed he was shocked to learn his son’s response after telling him about the history of Boston sports.

“He listens to me and then he stops and goes, ‘Dad, you’re from Boston. I’m from L.A.,’ and I had a full existential crisis,” Ben said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “‘I failed, I’m a bad father, this is a disaster, I don’t know what to do!’ There’s a certain sort of tragic pain that you carry with you as a person from Boston that you except to imbue to your children that they’re gonna carry on, like we suffer through the cold and the misery and lose big sporting events.”

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“I tell you what, I was going to put an end to that,” Ben continued with a laugh. “Because once my son starts telling me, ‘I’m from L.A.,’ I know some guys — a lot of guys from Boston in L.A. who do work in the trades, that kind of thing, trying to make it out here. So I got the New England discount — got some friends that were painters, carpenters, that kind of thing to do a little work in my son’s room and help him understand where he comes from. If not literally, then spiritually.”

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I’m sure Samuel will remember this day!