Savannah and LeBron James are watching their youngest child grow up right before their eyes.
On Tuesday, the couple celebrated daughter Zhuri James‘ first day of sixth grade, and Savannah admitted she wasn’t quite ready for the milestone.
“The girl started 6th grade today… Am I okay? Not really,” she wrote on Instagram. “Did I cry about it? Yes.”
But the tears came with plenty of pride.
“Am I so proud of her and excited to see her continue to grow into an amazing young woman? Absolutely. Go be great Baby!!” Savannah added.
LeBron also marked Zhuri’s first day, sharing a video of his daughter sitting in the car on her way to school.
“My Baby Z first day of 6th grade today! Man o Man!! Ammo is fully loaded and I ain’t playing about my Princess. Have a wonderful school year mama face, have fun and continue to be YOU! It’s always ENOUGH! Love you,” he captioned the post.
Zhuri, who turns 12 on October 22, is the youngest of LeBron and Savannah’s three children. The couple are also parents to sons LeBron “Bronny” James Jr., 21, and Bryce James, 19.
While basketball has become a family affair for LeBron and his sons, Zhuri has found her own sport. She plays volleyball, something her dad recently made very clear.
“She’s a volleyball player. Don’t get my wife mad. My wife is done with this basketball s***. She’s done with it,” LeBron told reporters after a March game against the Golden State Warriors.
During the same postgame interview, he spoke about being a girl dad and how having a daughter after two sons changed him.
“It’s special. It’s special. It’s definitely softened me up over the last 11 years,” LeBron said. “I had two boys to begin with, but getting a little girl 11 years ago, man, it’s definitely softened me up. So, it’s special to have her. You know, it’s a different type of love.”
Savannah has also spoken about the mother-daughter relationship she shares with Zhuri. In a 2023 interview with The Cut, she recalled being caught off guard when her then-7-year-old daughter told her that she wanted to grow up to be just like her.
“It was all the things that were appealing to a 7-year-old at the time. It scared me, to be very honest,” Savannah said.
When the interviewer noted the pressure that comes with knowing someone is watching you, Savannah responded, “Every freaking move.”
“I was already kind of in a place of working on myself; in the last four years, I’ve been on this intentional journey of being a better woman,” she continued. “So a part of me, when she said that, I was scared, but then I was kind of like, okay, well, I’m onto something. We just got to keep it moving in a positive direction.”
Savannah added, “I’m just hoping that with all of the decisions that I’m making and the things that she’s seeing, when she’s 14, she’s still saying she wants to be like me. I try to pour into her every single day.”
