homemade vanilla syrup

"our family LOVES breakfast, as you all know.  we used to go through way to many bottles of syrup.  every time i turned around, it was time to buy a new $4 or more bottle.  i decided to come up with a homemade recipe which i knew would save us a ton of money, plus i would know each and every ingredient in the bottle.   it was a little bit of a progress, but i finally got it just right. once i started making my own syrup and saw how easy it was, i had to giggle to myself.  syrups are very versatile since there are so many  different flavors of extracts to play around with.  even maple extract  (kinda pricey, though) for maple syrup. but do me a favor, please.  promise me you will try not to drink it from the bottle, okay?..."