i found a way to slow down a crazy two-year-old boy

get him stuck in a chair.
i was babysitting at my aunt's last night. currently she has 4 foster children, 2 of whom (brothers) are extremely energetic. in other words, they ran. all night. i think that's all they did. run. they weren't naughty, they were just impossible to keep up with. (thankfully my cousin was there to watch the other two.)
i was in the living room with the older brother when my cousin started laughing. the little brother was in the dining room and had slid his little body through the chair and was stuck between the back and the seat. so i went over to pull him out, and couldn't. i yanked and pushed and pulled, and he looked like he had no clue what was going on and wasn't bothered in the slightest by the fact that he was stuck. until i started laughing so hard that i was crying. then he lost it and started bawling. which made me feel bad, but i was still laughing and he was still stuck.
anyway, somehow i finally got him out, which made him happy, and it was that much closer to bedtime, which made me happy. i think i'll try that more often.