How did KrK happen?

I worked at several centers around the Halifax area since I finished my ECE and even spent a year directing.  I then returned to full time practitioner status at another center as I just felt I was not ready to be a director.  My dream had always been to open my own program.  I felt I could offer quality as well as a difference.  I felt I had some elements to add that did not exist in the programs around at the time.  So in 1995, I told my Dad I was going to do it.  He decided to get involved in it too!   So I gave my notice at the beginning of July and my boss took me away from the kids and put me in the kitchen for that month!!!!!  eek!   I cannot believe that the children and I survived!   LOL   Meanwhile, the center was being constructed in 4 pieces in another province.  I kept popping out during the evenings to review the plans and see if anything needed to be tweaked and began to compile the list of supplies and equipment I would need to buy.  I wanted a program for 28 children.  My Dad said he would not help if I did not make it BIG.  At this point in time, I was invested enough in the whole project that I took a deep breath and said "ok, then..."  We opened for 84 children with 4 classrooms for preschoolers only.  We had our first family enroll a month before the building was assembled : )  The Lowes : )  And all of the pieces arrived for assembly at the end of August.  It was crazy watching it be put together.  The playground was done before the building!  The 4 pieces of our building were trucked on the highway from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia.  We then added toddlers to our license in 1996, and then infants in 1998.  In 1999, we built an expansion on the building to have a specialized infant area.  While we have been encouraged to expand and open other locations as the time went on, I have felt (and the team has as well) that we have our hands full here and we would never want to short-changed the program we are dedicated to by trying to be in several places.  Some people can do it, we just feel we can do our best here in the one location.