Your right on that! I tried fulling around with the mouth before but whenever I tried fixing it, then the snout would look weird. Finally I chose the lesser evil. If I was more careful during the pre-drawing stage, this would have never happened! Honestly though, half of the time on this one was spent fooling around with Applejack's face. I went into it expecting Winona's design to be hard and Applejack to be easy. It turned out to be the other way around.
Not to blabber, but at the end I almost swore that Rarity would be my new favorite pony. Until I attempted her hair of course.
But live and learn. My next will be better.
I'm happy you think it's adorable though, it's good to know my attempt at a softer scene didn't fall completely flat!