Only the bare minimum

Small children have a natural tendency towards minimum. A. will only take the bare minimum with him when he goes anywhere. Nothing extraneous or unnecessary. For example, the other day, when he woke up from his nap, all he wanted to bring downstairs was Dog (his dog, who comes everywhere), two books, some cars, a train, and baby Dog. Nothing unnecessary. Same with going to the park the other day. Just Dog, a ball, a book, some pencils, and a pokemon ball thing.