By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

All grown up: Reese Witherspoon's children Ava and Deacon went for lunch in Santa Monica with their mother yesterday


Out for a walk yesterday with their movie star mother, Reese Witherspoon's children looked all grown-up.

Ava, 11 looked like a slightly smaller version of her pretty, petite mother, while Deacon, six, looked like he'd shot up a few inches recently.

The Legally Blonde actress, 34, looked like a proud mum, and with good reason, as she walked the children to lunch at The Ivy with boyfriend Jim Toth.

Wearing a navy and red striped top with a cute denim pocketed mini skirt, Reese was all smiles as she grabbed Deacon's hand.

Ava obviously admires her mother's fashion sense, because she chose a plaid shirt that co-ordinated with Reese's, her pretty blonde hair in plaits.

Deacon, who looks more and more like father Ryan Phillippe every day, sweetly linked arms with Reese's mini-me Ava as they walked.


Happy family: Reese smiled as she grabbed Deacon's hand on their way to meet her boyfriend Jim Toth for lunch at the Ivy


Reese has been dating Hollywood agent Jim Toth since the beginning of the year.
They were first spotted together getting cosy over dinner back in January.

Reese split with Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal last December after three years together.

The couple met on the set of Rendition in late 2006 - a few months after she split from her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, who is father of Ava and Deacon.

Reese and Ryan were divorced in 2007 after seven years of marriage.
A friend told U.S. TV network E!: 'They needed time to figure it out and they were on different coasts. When they were finally together, they talked it out and decided they're not going to be together any more.


Seeing double: Reese Witherspoon's eleven-year-old daughter is the spitting image of her Oscar winning mother


'There are no other people involved. The relationship just ended. It just fizzled. But they also wanted to be careful and private about it because of Reese's kids.'

Witherspoon talked about her role as mother on the Ellen DeGeneres chat show: 'I say lots of mom things, all sorts of things I never thought I would say,' she admitted.

'Like, you know, I’m not your friend — I’m your mother.' Reese added, 'It’s not nice sometimes to be a mom, you have to be really tough. It is a very fine line. You can’t cross over it. Otherwise, they might think they’re winning.'


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