Bella-Mia and Micah's calamities

Last year, our mare horse QT foaled a little earlier than we expected. Mia was born in March; we named her Mia (pronounced Meea) because she was a PreMie. After several weeks, we moved QT and Mia into the small pasture by our house. Jonah and Micah became very friendly with the horses, a little too friendly - they became comfortable playing by the horses in the pasture. One day in May, Mia kicked Micah and broke his nose and cut his face between the nose and mouth.

Mia is now weaned from her mother, and she and the neighbor's horse Bella are now in that same small pasture. When Josh moved them there a couple of weeks ago, the twins were so excited! They immediately ran out to the fence and started petting them. Jonah gets a high voice whenever he talks to them, like he's talking to an infant. It's so cute! Micah has no fears towards Mia, which surprises me. He says they are friends! Any time we leave home, Jonah and Micah like to yell to them "Bye Bella, Bye Mia!" (Mia is the black and white paint horse, and Bella is the brown one)

I was looking for a recent photo of Micah to show how his scar has healed, and saw this one from July 4 weekend. No, Micah did not have a fight or get kicked by the horse again. He got bit many times by mosquitos. (yes, I did use repellant) Jonah and Micah are both allergic to mosquito bites. They swell up something fierce! See the little pink line underneath his left nostril? That's the little reminder that the accident really did happen. I personally am afraid of horses, but I am grateful that the incident last year wasn't worse than it was, and I am so glad that he still loves Mia and still likes horses.