Mommy, what's that mean?

Yes, Faith is now asking questions and getting a better idea of what is going on around her. As I was cooking in the kitchen she came in and asked in her little sqeaky voice, "mommy, what are you doing?" Then in the car she asked, "mommy, what are you doing in the front seat with daddy?" As we settled in with books last night for a storytime I pulled out The Jungle Book. We have read this one over and over and not once has any questions arose. However last night it was different. It must have taken 15 minutes to read through it and I do stop for comments during the story. "Mommy what does village mean?" "...pleased mean?.....terrified mean?....pounce mean?... horrified mean? This excites me because I know that #1 she is building her vocabulary with words that are usually not used by a 2 year old and #2 she is not just assuming anything in a story. She is working through it and understanding it. Reading is such a wonderful thing to do with a little one. However I can quickly see from going back to work how parents can loose reading time. I will slack on other areas and cut them short but when it comes to reading she gets a good 30-40 minutes every night. And she still cries when it is time to put the books away. She always talks Bud into one more and then me one more and then me one more short one before the lights go out. Sometimes I wonder how long she would really read. Probably until she fell asleep in our arms like when Grace read to her.