I like the capture of the light haloing the blond curls. The child's expression is beautiful. I think you could crop this to a square-ish format, eliminating the twiggy shrub (but not the birch).
Concept and framing of this image is good. This reminds me of jumping in piles of leaves when I was a kid. It is probably your camera but the overall quality of the image makes it look more like a snapshot. I don't know where you live but judging from what I can see here it looks rural and if it is I envy you.
the glowing hair moves this into the art category for me; I'd like to see the shot with a tighter crop around the subject (and perhaps more of the leaves since it's in the title)