A HUGE THANK YOU…

To all my peeps who supported my small business over the last 4 great years, I appreciate you all very much. You are all why KPZ was able to be here for 4 years.

Thank you to all the families that put your trust in me and dropped your kids off for some much-needed me time.

Thank you to all the families that allowed KPZ to be apart of your families celebrations and memories.

Thank you to all the families that I’ve made connections with, and had multiple conversations about kids, life, business, and anything in between.

Thank you to all the families, grandparents, aunties, uncles, and nannies that stopped in to play.

I had the pleasure of watching many of your kids literally grow up at KPZ some from pregnancy all the way to 4 years old. I watched your babies grow, crawl and walk.

A special thank you to my very 1st FREE employee, my mom for always coming to help me during events, cleaning up, staying late with me to help at parties, working some days giving me some time off to spend with my family.

Another special thank you to my big brother whom I call KK for dressing up to be Santa, and the Easter Bunny over the years. With you those events would not have happened nor been such an amazing and fun experience for the kids and families.

Another special thank you to my sister, Manette, for bringing Z and coming to every event I’ve had over 4 years, helping me at events, coming to clean up and supporting me throughout this journey, and finally

A HUGE thank you to my Husband for holding it down at home, picking up the kids, cooking and all that fun stuff I was not able to help out with because I was at KPZ 7 days a week for 4 years!!

Kids Play Zone, will forever hold a special place in my heart being my 1st business, and allowed me to learn about myself in ways I would not have imagined!

And the moment everyone has been waiting for…who will take over….

The new owner, Artensia, an Oakland native, and a current small business owner has decided to rename it to “HaPPi Hands”

The new website is https://happi-hands-llc.square.site/ you can contact her to schedule parties for the future and find out information about play time as well. Her new IG is “happihands.2”

What’s next you ask? Along with some much-needed family time and time to reflect, I’ve had such an overwhelming response when I made the decision to sell KPZ that I’ve decided to consult some families about opening their own play space!

Feel free to send me an email and say HI – kelinda@kidsplayzoneoakland.com – I’d love to see photos of your kiddos!

Cheers to 2025 and all the peace and prosperity ahead!

With lots of gratitute.

Sincererly,

Kelinda “the big kid in charge”