Too bad. I dont really enjoy everything either. Its about the group - learn to not ne selfish. I am sure you do things she enjoys but is not so much fun for dad maybe - like to see him pout
So from what I’m hearing let the 8 year old choose what the family does or one of us misses on the stuff the baby likes to do because we need to stay home with or take the eight year old somewhere else. No thank you it’s family time I’m sure the eight year old will get to go places that the three year old might not like, but that doesn’t mean the three year old gets to pick somewhere else. It’s life and we don’t always get what we want. I have 7 kids all different ages and we go to many different places together and we appreciate the time we spend together.
She’s not having a good time that’s okay explain to her that she may not always like all the family outings sometimes we have to go places that we don’t like but thank her for making the best of it and being part of making memories with her younger sibling. I have a 13 and 11 yr old and the 13 yr old is now all of a sudden to cool for baby stuff as he calls it but I always give him a task hey go buy the tickets or food and he feels more independent. I don’t think she is ungrateful she’s probably just growing I agree with your husband try giving her something to do with your husband and you watch the baby for a bit sometimes kids just want to try things on their own without younger siblings and yes definitely let her pick a outing once and a while.
Sounds like it’s something that SHE doesn’t enjoy 
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Maybe next outing let her decide where. Maybe in her mindset she’s too old for what you guys did. She also may need some outings with just you and dad no sister then one with each of you and no sister.
Would YOU be grateful being forced to do things you find boring?
You don’t get to decide what interests your child at any age
Maybe she wasn’t feeling well.
Hold on for teens 
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Is she constipated? Or low on vitamins C or D ? These things can cause dull moods with lack of interest and depression.
She was imn a mood…i have 3 girls and just wait until they are 14 then the fun starts…u aint seen nothing yet…!
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Something could be bothering her perhaps at school?
Why didn’t dad take her to do big kid stuff and you stay with baby to do the young kid stuff and then switch and then when activities are all age appropriate do those with the whole family.
Your husband is the problem. Because he sounds like my husband. Every age is an excuse for kid to act up. Oh he/she just 2, oh she/he just a teenager. That horse 
. Cant stand parenr and people who make excuses for their damn kids behavior. We need more real parents. Better straighten up before it get worst.
That would be me at that age I would be bored silly ,lived on a farm at thay age , hated it. I can understand !
I did this kind of thing as a kid and didn’t have any real reason for it. But I look back at those outings fondly and recount things my parents don’t even remember or they end up saying " wow that was a long long time ago" I’m thinking I had sensory issues that weren’t known to any of us at the time. I still appreciate my folks for bringing me to these things even though I was a grumpy brat.
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Your hubby is right on this
Your 8 yr old has out grown
A lot of things like that
And will find them boring
Even though your 3 yr old loves it now
He/She will become bored with it as well
Try looking at doing things little girls at her age like to do
Such as getting her nails done, a movie and munchies day, a girlie day or even a young ladies high tea
Maybe she’s sick. My son gets super whiny and miserable (he’s 4) and out of character about anything and everything when he’s about to be sick.
It’s just a thing kids do. Mine have all been like that at one age or another the girls started way earlier then the boys! Reminder her why your doing it and to make the best of it. At some point as a parent you have to let them go and grow and discover and let them voice things they like and don’t and what they what to participate in……8 yrs old is NOT that time! Besides forced fun is a thing….school u have to participate in activities the school deems as fun jobs do goofy things like company picnics and ridiculous Christmas parties that are mandatory attendance…it’s just a thing it builds character and team work and bonding etc etc etc.
I wouldn’t really take it as complaining… kiddos are into diff things at diff ages… what would be fun or might seem fun may not be of interest to your older kiddo… if possible maybe try doing something your older kid loves as well every other time there’s a family outing like if your oldest could maybe take a friend along that could help the boredom… I get this I have three kiddos 17yrs a 14yr old in nov and a 4yr old it def is some balancing out
These activities are not baby things the girl had an attitude and she probably don’t even know why she’s an 8 yr old girl that probably now wishes she could have a do over because it was a bad day and it didn’t have to be. Sometimes you can intervene and change it if your willing to give her a minute and a way out with out damaging her ego or embarrassing her
No she’s acting like an eight yr old and very good at it
Tell ur kid to stop being a spoiled brat and give her consequences for her behaviors
Idk my kids are 8 and 10 and would still love fling this I think it depends how they’re raised and jf they grow up young or inside on electronics or outside … my eldest would probably always choose inside and games but my youngest is an outdoors kid and mud and hands on but my 10 year old will play outside aswell
My 11 year old still loves to do that stuff. But my guess would be the age gap. Mine are only 3 and some years apart
I don’t think it matters with the age gap… my kids are 14, 7 && 2.5 and if we go out somewhere they all do the stuff together and don’t complain. Maybe she felt left out so her “bad negative behavior” was getting her attention. I’ve had issues like that with my 7 year old before. But she’s grown out of that and just joins in cause I don’t play that game 
This too shall pass mama… don’t play into it and she’s still a child testing her limits 
Having a bad day. Ignore it. She wants the attention.
Let her have a miserable day, that’s on her. Enjoy the happiness and fun!
Since she is 8 and your little guy is 3, maybe make a day she suggests and let her “take the lead”. An 8 year should have as much fun and the younger one, but maybe she feels she is always doing things for him. Have fun
I was so this kid when I was 16 my parents took me to Disney my parents said it was the worse vacation ever with me I seemed so miserable they didn’t take me on vacation again they said Disney thought them a lesson I learn quick after that to appreciate the things we did together as they wouldn’t be here forever …
Mine are 7 & 5. My 7 year old loves stuff like that meanwhile my 5 year old could legit careless
Maybe she felt too old for some of the activities that your 3 year old had fun with. My 9 year old is super tall for her age and a lot of activities that people her age or younger can do, she can’t do because she’s too tall for it. Maybe let her choose activities she feels comfortable doing and not something that she feels she is too big or too old for. She could feel insecure and you are perceiving it as bad behavior.
Sometimes if you play a blind eye and pretend you don’t notice that they are grumpy and carry on its best, confrontation can make things worse on an outing.
My 12 and 14 year olds can’t wait to go. Maybe she was moody or she just isn’t into it anymore.
What were the activities?
What were the approximate ages of the other kids enjoying themselves?
Did they have anything your daughter was excited to do? Did you let her…or did you say no because the littler one couldn’t?
Not every place like that is designed for bigger kids and even the ones that are; not all activities are going to be fun for an 8 year.
As a parent it’s great you want your kids to bond but you have to keep in mind that 8 and 3 are two totally different age groups.
At 8 your daughter is starting to develop her own individualality. It’s important to take her actual likes and dislikes into account when you plan activities like this.
My suggestion is to research these places before going.
For example…We have a few pumpkin patches in our area and they are not all the same by any stretch of the imagination.
There’s one that is tailored to little kids and has virtually nothing for older kids.
Neither of my kids would enjoy themselves for long.
Yet…we have one that has activities for all kids from littles to teens.
It’s got sensory stuff like corn kennels play area (like a take on a sandbox) it’s got a big jump thing, a Zipline, two slides (a really big one and a little one) petting zoo, mazes for different ages ect.
Both kids have always had a blast.
Is she his daughter and not yours?
So… the kid isnt allowed to be bored of/disinterested in the activities you choose?